High-Performance Computer Graphics

Course facts

Credits: 7.5 HP, A level

Study period: LP2 (Nov-Dec)

Schedule: TimeEdit

Elective for: D4, C4, E4, F4, Pi4

Lecturer: Michael Doggett

Teaching Assistants: Rikard Olajos, Arseni Ivanov

Prerequisites: EDAF80

Formal course plan: In English and in Swedish.

Overview

This course is about generating 3D graphics for interactive applications using custom graphics hardware such as Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). We will cover how a GPU works and how to program a GPU for applications such as games from mobile platforms right up to high end graphics from Nvidia, AMD and Intel

This course will be given in English.

Project

Part of the course will include a project where students create a 3D application using a C++ Framework called 'Bonobo' which can be run on high end 3D graphics cards.

Exam

The exam will be on 2026-01-08, Thursday, 14:00-19:00, in MA 8.

EDAN35 exam from 2015-01-13
EDAN35 exam from 2010-12-16

Example exam questions and solutions.

Computer Science Department rules about group work and plagiarism.