Algorithms and Images: Computer Graphics as an Introduction to Science

Abstract

With appropriate software, computer graphics can be an ideal introductory science course, one that is attractive to many students who would normally try to avoid such courses. It is important that this course emphasize mathematics and algorithms rather than results; a “black box” approach to technical issues omits the intellectual rigor that is essential to the way science is carried out. Many of the standard techniques in graphics are accessible to students at a relatively low level, even without programming experience.

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

Publication Date

3-1-1991

Publication Title

SIGCSE Bulletin

Department

Computer Science

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/107005.107020

Notes

Proceedings of the Twenty-second SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.

Language

English

Format

text

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