MEETING-DATE:February 10, 2011 MEETING-LOCATION:DC 1331 MEETING-TIME:11:30 MEETING-CHAIR:Craig Kaplan MEETING-CHAIRPIC:craig.jpg COFFEE-HOUR-LAST-WEEK:Phil & Tiffany COFFEE-HOUR-THIS-WEEK:Cherry -- from scratch! COFFEE-HOUR-NEXT-WEEK:Volunteers? FORTH-DATE1:February 17, 2011 FORTH-DATE2:February 24, 2011 FORTH-DATE3:March 3, 2011 FORTH-DATE4:March 10, 2011 FORTH-LOCATION1:DC 1331 11:30 FORTH-LOCATION2:DC 1331 11:30 FORTH-LOCATION3:DC 1331 11:30 FORTH-LOCATION4:DC 1331 11:30 FORTH-CHAIR1:Ben Lafreniere FORTH-CHAIR2:Cherry Zhang FORTH-CHAIR3:Ed Lank FORTH-CHAIR4:Stephen Mann FORTH-CHAIRPIC1:ben.jpg FORTH-CHAIRPIC2:cherry.jpg FORTH-CHAIRPIC3:ed.jpg FORTH-CHAIRPIC4:smann.jpg FORTH-TP1:Craig Kaplan FORTH-TP2:Tiffany Inglis FORTH-TP3:Ben Lafreniere FORTH-TP4:Philippe Lamoureux FORTH-TPPIC1:craig.jpg FORTH-TPPIC2:tiffany.jpg FORTH-TPPIC3:ben.jpg FORTH-TPPIC4:philippe-bright.jpg TPNAME:Eugene Greene TPTITLE:Bindless Graphics TPABSTRACT:OpenGL data passing paradigms have evolved through the years. A new paradigm is that provided by relatively recent "bindless graphics" extensions. Bindless graphics potentially allows us access to more data, as well as allowing us to access it faster. Nvidia's extensions, in particular, also give us access to powerful new functionality. I will outline the paradigms provided in the many OpenGL specifications, and talk about how they can be improved with bindless graphics. TPPIC:edgreene.jpeg DIONE:Equipment purchases? (Steve and Craig) DITWO:Lab tours during March Break Open House DITHREE: DIFOUR: AIONE:DC 1331 is not available on March 24th. AITWO:Updates on the poster? AITHREE: AIFOUR: DMONE: DMTWO: DMTHREE: DMFOUR: SEMINARS: