Teaching on Shlomi Steinberg

CS370 Numerical Computation — Spring 2026

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000

CS888 Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics — Winter 2026

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Course Overview

This seminar-style course will consist primarily of paper presentations and discussions. Students will take turns presenting papers, followed by a group discussion of the relative merits and limitations of the paper in question. Students are also expected to study the presented papers, prepare paper reviews/reports and engage in discussion.

Students will encounter and use a variety of numerical, computational, and mathematical techniques and tools, such as numerical integration, efficient spatial queries, integral equations, stochastic models, signal processing, optics, parallel computation, efficient memory accesses, and so on.

CS488 Introduction to Computer Graphics — Spring 2025

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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CS888 Theoretical Foundations of Light Transport Simulations — Winter 2025

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Course Overview

This class will cover the theoretical foundations of light transport, from the perspective of a computer scientist that wishes to perform light transport simulations. The aim is to develop a strong understanding of the fundamentals of modern light transport formulations, their domains of applicability and the accompanying assumptions.

List of topics:

Fermat’s Principle
Ray optics (Hamiltonian optics) & the optical phase space
The transition from ray to wave theories
Diffraction
Polarization
Locality & incoherence in light transport simulations
Optical coherence
Incoherence due to uncertainty

Required prerequisites:

Calculus, linear algebra and ODEs on an undergraduate level

Supplemental text books:

Optics, Hecht
Linear Ray and Wave Optics in Phase Space, Torre
Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of Light, Wolf

Text books are not mandatory, but recommended.

CS488 Introduction to Computer Graphics — Spring 2024

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000

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CS888 Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics — Rendering — Winter 2024

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Course Overview

Rendering is widely used for synthesizing realistic images that we all see in movies, TV commercials, and industrial design. This seminar-style course will consist primarily of paper presentations and discussions. We will primarily focus on offline rendering techniques for physics-based light transport simulation. Students will encounter and use a variety of numerical, computational, and mathematical techniques and tools, such as numerical integration, efficient spatial queries, integral equations, stochastic models, signal processing, optics, parallel computation, efficient memory accesses, and so on. The course takes the style of a seminar: students will take turns presenting papers, followed by a group discussion of the relative merits and limitations of the paper in question. Students are also expected to read each paper and engage in discussion.