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- Computer Vision: A Modern Approach
by Forsyth and Ponce
- There will also be a number of supplemental readings
Course Overview
This course will focus on topics in and
applications of level computer vision. While we will cover a number
of areas of in computer vision, we will focus on high-level computer
vision, examining techniques that enable the computer to perform
automatic object segmentation and recognition in both visual and
sketched images. Through a number of programming projects, we will
examine techniques including binary and color image analysis, object
segmentation, model representation, pattern classification, and sketch
processing and recognition.
The work in this course consists of readings, problem sets, paper
reviews/presentations, and a final project, write-up, and
presentation. There are no exams in this course.
Problem Sets
Problem sets will be assigned approximately every 2 weeks. There
will be 4 (possibly 5) problem sets during the first 2/3 of the
course (the last 1/3 of the course will be devoted to the final
project).
Paper Reviews
In addition to doing the bi-weekly problem sets, you will read
research papers, write reviews of those papers, and be responsible for
presenting one paper in class during the course of the semester.
Final Project
The final project will be done in teams of 1, 2, or 3 (teams of 1
strongly discouraged). It will be an expansion of one or more of the
ideas we have covered in class, preferably inspired by cutting-edge
research (although be careful to keep the scope small or you
will never finish). The project will consist of three components:
- Programming
- Final paper (including peer review and revisions)
- Final presentation
The final project presentations will be given during the final exam
timeslot (or earlier if students wish).
Late Homework Policy
For problem sets, you may have 4
extension days to be used at your discretion over the course of the
semester. Extensions may only be used for problem sets. You may use
up to two extension days on any one problem set. Other than that,
late assignments will not be accepted. There will be no extensions
given for the final project report deadline.
Grading
- Problem sets:
The core work in the problem
sets will be graded from an F to a B. A's may be earned only for
completing one or more of the suggested extensions to a given problem
set.
- Paper reviews and presentations
will be graded with a check, check plus or check
minus.
- Final projects (including reports, papers, reviews and
presentations) will be graded from F to A.
Grades will be weighted as follows:
- Project 40%
- Problem Sets 45%
- Paper reviews 10%
- Paper presentation 5%