CS 3020-001 Fall 2026 Research Forum

#include <stdlib.h> // card > aek.ppm   
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
typedef int i;typedef float f;struct v{f x,y,z;v operator+(v r){return v(x+r.x,y+r.y,z+r.z);}v operator*(f r){return v(x*r,y*r,z*r);}f operator%(v r){return x*r.x+y*r.y+z*r.z;}v(){}v operator^(v r){return v(y*r.z-z*r.y,z*r.x-x*r.z,x*r.y-y*r.x);}v(f a,f b,f c){x=a;y=b;z=c;}v operator!(){return*this*(1/sqrt(*this%*this));}};i G[]={247570,280596,280600,249748,18578,18577,231184,16,16};f R(){return(f)rand()/RAND_MAX;}i T(v o,v d,f &t,v&n){t=1e9;i m=0;f p=-o.z/d.z;if(.01<p)t=p,n=v(0,0,1),m=1;for(i k=19;k--;)for(i j=9;j--;)if(G[j]&1<<k){v p=o+v(-k,0,-j-4);f b=p%d,c=p%p-1,q=b*b-c;if(q>0){f s=-b-sqrt(q);if(s<t&&s>.01)t=s,n=!(p+d*t),m=2;}}return m;}v S(v o,v d){f t;v n;i m=T(o,d,t,n);if(!m)return v(.7,.6,1)*pow(1-d.z,4);v h=o+d*t,l=!(v(9+R(),9+R(),16)+h*-1),r=d+n*(n%d*-2);f b=l%n;if(b<0||T(h,l,t,n))b=0;f p=pow(l%r*(b>0),99);if(m&1){h=h*.2;return((i)(ceil(h.x)+ceil(h.y))&1?v(3,1,1):v(3,3,3))*(b*.2+.1);}return v(p,p,p)+S(h,r)*.5;}i main(){printf("P6 512 512 255 ");v g=!v(-6,-16,0),a=!(v(0,0,1)^g)*.002,b=!(g^a)*.002,c=(a+b)*-256+g;for(i y=512;y--;)for(i x=512;x--;){v p(13,13,13);for(i r=64;r--;){v t=a*(R()-.5)*99+b*(R()-.5)*99;p=S(v(17,16,8)+t,!(t*-1+(a*(R()+x)+b*(y+R())+c)*16))*3.5+p;}printf("%c%c%c",(i)p.x,(i)p.y,(i)p.z);}}

Class time/location:

Mondays, 9:40-10:30 AM in WEB L126 (Note - this is a new location as of 8/17!) 

Instructor:

Prof. Erik Brunvand    Office: MEB 4154

Syllabus: 

Please read the course syllabus! It has all the details of grading, attendance policy, details of what you should be turning in for assignments, etc. 

Assignment templates:

Lecture summaries:

• Word: answer_template.docx
• Latex: answer_template.tex

Final report - research paper summary:

• Word: research_paper_summary_template.docx
• Latex: research_paper_summary_template.tex
  
  

Class Schedule:

Papers Recommended by our Speakers

1. Erik Brunvand (intro lecture)
   • Some web resources about considering graduate school from Northeastern University,  and US News and World Report
2. Jenny Lin
   1. A Compiler for 3D Machine Knitting
3. Daniel Brown
   1. Toward Robust, Interactive, and Human-Aligned AI Systems
4. Mark Gillespie
5. Anna Fariha
   1. Data-Semantics-Aware Recommendation of Diverse Pivot tables
6. Yue Jiang
7. Benjie Wang
8. Blair Sullivan
9. John Regehr
10. Jason Wiese
11. Luis Garcia
12. Keneth Marino
13. Ganesh Gopalakrishnan
    1. Array Programming on GPUs: Challenges and Opportunities
14. Erik Brunvand
    1. Algorithmic Arts: Attracting a New Type of Student to Computing - The Algorithm is the Medium
    2. Making Noise: Using Sound-Art to Explore Technological Fluency
    3. Kinetic art and embedded systems: a natural collaboration