keith@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Stephan Keith FFD) (05/24/91)
Dear Educational Community: The ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee is kicking off another project, the Computer Graphics Courseware Repository. The following includes the text from the mailer we are sending out along with the complete survey. This includes a brief discussion about what CGCR is about. Please either mail your complete survey to: S.R. Keith Vice Chair, ACM SIGGRAPH CGCR 424 Custer Road Hayward, CA 94544 or via email to keith@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov keith.siggraph@xerox.com Subject: CGCR Survey Response Information follows: The Computer Graphics Courseware Repository The general purpose of the CGCR project is to acquire courseware that aids in the teaching of computer graphics, referee the courseware, and provide a means to redistribute it. In order to better meet the needs of the Educational Community this repository will serve, we are conducting a survey to acquire statistical information about that community. As an educator, we need to know what your interests are, what you teach, at what level, the types of computer platforms generally used and/or supported, and the type of media you prefer for distributing reviewed CGCR software. Most importantly, we need to know what type of courseware you are most interested in contributing and acquiring. Currently, we are considering including software and images, but we are open to suggestions for other types of courseware. Each courseware acquisition will be refereed and judged on its educational value, its proficiency in teaching the subjects associated with Computer Graphics, and its technical quality. Thus, accepted courseware can be considered a refereed publication. A catalogue of courseware, complete with evaluation results and a commentary will be published on a regular basis. Commercial courseware will be evaluated in precisely the same manner. The evaluation results and commentary will be published in the CGCR catalogue, but the software will have to be acquired either from the vendor or via established commercial software outlets. To complete the survey, checking a box indicates an affirmative response. There are places to add items not listed in this survey, so input for unique elements are possible. There is also a section which allows you to comment on any aspect of the survey, including criticisms and suggestions. Please feel free to copy and distribute this survey to your colleagues. We value your input. Please complete and mail the survey back to us as soon as possible. Surveys we receive prior to SIGGRAPH '91 will be used to generate statistics for preliminary evaluation and future plans for the CGCR; however, surveys will be accepted until 1 December 1991. The return address is on the address page of the survey. [This is noted above] Simply refold the survey with the above address showing, staple it, stamp it and mail it back to us at your earliest convenience. ATTENTION: email users -> If you email your completed survey back to me, one way to reduce bandwidth is to simply delete those items you say "no" to; all items which remain will be considered a "yes". If you just send to me numbers to the questions as affirmative responses, that will work just as well. Please do include at least your name and your institution. Very sincerely yours, G. Scott Owen Stephan R. Keith Chair, ACM SIGGRAPH CGCR Vice-Chair, ACM SIGGRAPH CGCR Survey follows: 1991 ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Educator Survey Computer Graphics Courseware Repository Following information is for ACM SIGGRAPH CGCR use only. It will be kept confidential. 001 Name: _ 002 Title: _ 003 Institution: _ 004 Department: _ 005 Address: _ 006 City: _ 007 State: _ 008 Zip: _ 009 Country: _ 010 Province _ 011 Phone Number: _ 012 Email address: _ APPLICATION AREA(S) IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN o 100 GENERAL PRINCIPLES, COMPUTER GRAPHICS o 101 ART/ANIMATION o 102 CAD/CAM o 103 CAE/CIM o 104 PRESENTATION GRAPHICS o 105 SIMULATION o 106 IMAGE PROCESSING o 107 GRAPHICS SYSTEMS DESIGN o 108 GRAPHICS SYSTEMS SOFTWARE o 109 GRAPHICS SYSTEMS HARDWARE o 110 SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL YOU TEACH o 120 Kindergarten - 6th Grade o 121 7th - 8th grade o 122 9th - 12th grade o 123 College/University - Lower Division o 124 College/University - Upper Division o 125 College/University - Graduate SPECIFIC COMPUTER GRAPHICS SKILLS YOU TEACH o 200 Raster Graphics Techniques o 201 Vector Graphics Techniques o 202 Video Graphics Techniques o 203 Computer Graphics Fundamentals (rotations, translations, matrix ops) o 204 2D Computer Graphics o 205 3D Computer Graphics o 206 2D Computer Animation o 207 3D Computer Animation o 208 Image Rendering Techniques o 209 Ray Tracing o 210 Z-Buffer o 211 Wire Frame o 212 Image Shading Techniques o 213 Constant Shading Principles o 214 Gouraud Shading Principles o 215 Phong Shading Principles o 216 Solid Modeling Principles o 217 Constructive Solid Geometry Principles o 218 Boundary Representation Principles o 219 Freeform Curves and Surfaces o 220 Computer Aided Design Principles o 221 Computer Aided Manufacturing Principles o 222 Computer Aided Engineering Principles o 223 Spline Algorithms and Techniques o 224 Fractals o 225 Graphics User Interfaces (GUI) o 226 GUI: Windows (PC) o 227 GUI: Macintosh o 228 GUI: X11 o 229 GUI: Other: ___________ o 230 Graphics Standards: CORE o 231 Graphics Standards: GKS o 232 Graphics Standards: CGM o 233 Graphics Standards: PHIGS o 234 Graphics Standards: PEX o 235 Graphics Standards: NAPLPS o 236 Graphics Standards: IGES o 237 Graphics Standards: Other: _______________ o 238 Unique Skills 1:_____________ COMPUTER SKILLS YOU TEACH TO SUPPORT COMPUTER GRAPHICS o 300 Software Engineering o 301 Structured Software Design o 302 Data Structures o 303 Programming o 304 Programming Languages o 305 FORTRAN 66 o 306 FORTRAN 77 o 307 APL o 308 SNOBOL o 309 PL/1 o 310 LISP o 311 PROLOGUE o 312 COBOL o 313 PASCAL o 314 C o 315 C++ o 316 Assembly Language (all types) o 317 Other Programming Language 1:____________ o 318 Other Programming Language 2:____________ o 319 Other Programming Language 3:____________ o 320 Operating Systems Principles o 321 UNIX (all types) o 322 VMS o 323 MVS o 324 MS/DOS o 325 PS/2 o 326 Macintosh o 327 Other Operating Systems:__________________ o 328 Communications (e.g, TCP/IP, SNA, etc) o 329 Artificial Intelligence o 330 Data Base Technology__ o 331 Hardware Engineering o 332 Logical Digital Design (non-microprocessor) o 333 Bit-Slice Design o 334 Microcomputer Systems Design o 335 8-bit o 336 16-bit o 337 32-bit o 338 ASIC Design o 339 Hardware Other 1:_________________ o 340 Hardware Other 2:_________________ o 341 Hardware Other 3:_________________ o 342 HyperMedia o 343 HyperCard o 344 HyperMedia Other:_________________ YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND (optional) o 400 Associate Degree o 401 B.S. o 402 B.A. o 403 B.F.A. o 404 M.S. o 405 M.A. o 406 M.F.A. o 407 Ph.D. o 408 Art - all forms (fine art, animation, commercial) o 409 Biology o 410 Business Administration o 411 Chemical Engineering o 412 Civil Engineering o 413 Computer Science o 414 General Engineering o 415 Electrical Engineering o 416 Liberal Arts o 417 Mathematics o 418 Mechanical Engineering o 419 Physics o 420 Psychology o 421 Medicine o 422 Other: _____________ o 423 You have formal computer graphics education o 424 You have on the job training in computer graphics o 425 You are self taught COMPUTER PLATFORMS YOU USE/SUPPORT FOR COMPUTER GRAPHICS EDUCATION o 500 VAX o 501 NeXT o 502 Silicon Graphics IRIS workstations o 503 Sun Workstations o 504 SPARC o 505 386i o 506 Sun 3 o 507 IBM RS/6000 workstations o 508 Generic X-Windows o 509 Personal Computers (IBM/Clones) o 510 CGA o 511 EGA o 512 VGA o 513 XGA o 514 Other:__________ o 515 Macintosh o 516 Black/White o 517 8-Bit Color o 518 24-Bit Color o 519 Amiga o 520 Other Platform 1:______________ o 521 Other Platform 2:______________ o 522 Other Platform 2:______________ FILE FORMATS o 523 TIFF o 524 PICT o 525 GIF o 526 RAS (SunRaster file) o 527 Other:_________________ TYPE OF MEDIA TRANSFER YOU USE/SUPPORT o 600 Magnetic Tape - 9 track o 601 Magnetic Tape - Cartridge (Platform specific) o 602 5" Floppy Disk o 603 3 1/4" Floppy Disk o 604 CD-ROM o 605 Email o 606 FTP o 607 Other:_____________ Type of Courseware you are interested in Software Types of software (describe; e.g.: Tutorials, Examples, coded Algorithms etc.) [describe here ] Images Types of Images (describe) [describe here ] Other General Comments or Comments about the survey: --------