Topics include:

• Global illumination
• Reflectance
• volumetric scattering and translucency
• Representations of material appearance
• Human perception and error measures
• Rendering hardware and its application
• Computational photography
• Rendering dynamic/animated environments
• Shadows and visibility
• Monte Carlo techniques
• Finite element techniques
• Sampling, filtering, and anti-aliasing
• Texture models, analysis, and synthesis
• Non-photorealistic rendering
• Image-based measurement and rendering
• Sensing for graphics
• Point-based rendering
• Real-time rendering and real-time ray tracing
• Systems and software architecture for rendering
• Virtual/augmented reality and interactive systems
• Audio/sound rendering