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<h1>CIS 565: GPU Programming and Architecture</h1>
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Fall 2014
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University of Pennsylvania<br />
<a href="http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/index.html">Computer Graphics @ Penn</a><br/><br/>
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Course Overview •
<a href="faq.html">FAQ</a> •
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<a href="studentwork.html">Student Work</a> •
<a href="http://cis565-fall-2013.github.com/">Previous semester</a>
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<h2>Description</h2>
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A timely selection from the following topics: GPU hardware, CUDA, massively parallel algorithms, graphics pipeline, real-time rendering, 3D engine architecture, asset formats, OpenGL, OpenGL ES, WebGL, and mobile GPUs.
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This is a project-intensive course with significant coding, writing, and presenting. It is more work than any other course, but it is worth it.
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<h2>Prerequisites</h2>
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<li>Passion for computer graphics.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~badler/courses/cis560.html">CIS 460/560</a>: Introduction to Computer Graphics. Preferably received an A.</li>
<li>Strong C or C++.</li>
<li>Also useful:
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<li><a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~milom/cis371-Spring13/">CIS 371</a>: Digital Systems Organization and Design, or</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~cis501/">CIS 501</a>: Introduction to Computer Architecture.</li>
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<h2>Organizer</h2>
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<a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~pcozzi/">Patrick Cozzi</a>, [email protected]<br/>
Office Hours: By appointment
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<h2>Teaching Assistant</h2>
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<a href="http://www.harmonymli.com">Harmony Li</a>, harmoli+cis565 (at) seas.upenn.edu<br />
Office: Moore 100 (until further notice)<br />
Office Hours: Sunday, 4 pm to 6 pm. Wednesday, 4:30 pm to 6 pm
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<h2>Meeting</h2>
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Monday, 6 - 9 pm, Moore 212<br />
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<h2>Online</h2>
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<li>Google Group: <a
href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cis-565-fall-2014">[email protected]</a> for general and project questions<br /></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/CIS565-Fall-2014">GitHub Organization</a> for projects<br /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/GPU-Programming-Architecture-6540935">LinkedIn Group</a> for networking with current and previous course students</li>
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<h2>Recommonded Books</h2>
No books are required, but course material comes from many sources including:
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<a href="http://www.elsevierdirect.com/morgan_kaufmann/kirk/">Programming Massively Parallel Processors</a>, Second Edition, 2012, David Kirk and Wen-mei Hwu.
Old draft pdfs are on the <a href="http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece498al/Syllabus.html">website</a> for ECE 498 AL at UIUC.
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<li><a href="http://www.realtimerendering.com/">Real-Time Rendering</a>, Third Edition, 2008, Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, and Naty Hoffman.</li>
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<h2>Grading</h2>
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<li>Projects: 60%</li>
<li>Final Project: 40%</li>
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<h2>Academic Integrity</h2>
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An academic integrity violation will result in the student receiving an F in this course.
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See <a href="http://www.upenn.edu/academicintegrity/">Academic Integrity at the University of Pennsylvania: A Guide for Students</a>.
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<h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
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<a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~kiderj/">Joe Kider</a>, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gary-katz/3/a40/a1b">Gary Katz</a>, and <a href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/~suresh/web/">Suresh Venkatasubramanian</a> taught this course before me.
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All my former TAs have helped shape this course: <a
href="http://liamboone.blogspot.com/">Liam Boone</a>, <a href="http://www.yiningkarlli.com/">Karl Li</a>, <a href="http://vsampath.com/">Varun Sampath</a>, and <a href="http://mccaffreydev.blogspot.com/">Jon McCaffrey</a>.
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Previous students have provided significant course feedback including: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/xing-du/3a/626/a23">Xing Du</a>, <a href="http://www.yiningkarlli.com/demoreel/">Karl Li</a>, and <a href="http://ianlilley.wordpress.com/">Ian Lilley</a>.
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Many passionate folks in our field have also provided course input: Johan Andersson, (<a href="https://twitter.com/repi">@repi</a>),Quarup Barreirinhas, (<a href="https://twitter.com/quarup">@quarup</a>), Wolfgang Engel, (<a href="https://twitter.com/wolfgangengel">@wolfgangengel</a>), Mikkel Gjoel, (<a href="https://twitter.com/pixelmager">@pixelmager</a>), Eric Haines, (<a href="https://twitter.com/pointinpolygon">@pointinpolygon</a>), Dominik Lazarek, (<a href="https://twitter.com/Omme">@Omme</a>), Emil Persson, (<a href="https://twitter.com/_Humus_">@_Humus_</a>), and Christophe Riccio, (<a href="https://twitter.com/g_truc">@g_truc</a>).
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