CS 7321: Computer Vision I (Information/Administrivia) Winter 1997 2:05-2:55pm, Jan 8, 1997 - Mar 14, 1997 Classroom: CoC 102 (Monday, Wednesday), CoC 101 (Friday) http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs7321_97_winter/info.html

Instructor

Description of Course

Topics to be covered

1. What is Computer Vision ?
2. Image Formation
3. Edge Detection and Image Segmentation
4. Line-Drawing Interpretation
5. Shape from Shading
6. Texture
7. Stereo
8. Motion
9. Shape Representation

Prerequisites

Text(s):

Required:

A guided tour of Computer Vision
V. S. Nalwa, Addison-Wesley 1993 (Should be available at the Bookstore)

Recommended but not required text:

Computer and Robot, Vision Volume I and II
R. M. Haralick and L. G. Shapiro, Addison-Wesley, 1993

Additional Reading(s):

Additional Books

Books that are suggested for additional reading or to brush up on some topics. If possible (or on request), a few of these will be on reserve at the library

Papers

Additional Readings that may be assigned during the course.

Assignments

• Commentary and Critique on Assigned Reading (One Page)
  Due electronically by 10am of the day of the class the reading was assigned for.
  
  20% of the Grade

  3 Problem Sets will be handed out

  35% of the Grade

  • PS #0: Handed Out Jan 10, 1997 (Week #1) Due Jan 13, 1997: 5%
  • PS #1: Handed Out Jan 22, 1997 (Week #3) Due Feb 3, 1997: 15%
  • PS #2: Handed Out Feb 5, 1997 (Week #5) Due Feb 17, 1997: 15%

  A fourth Problem Set maybe assigned, in which case PS #1, PS #2 and PS #3 all will weigh 10% each.

  A Final Project

Exams

• Mid Term Exam
  Feb 7, 1997 (5th Week of the Quarter)
  15% of the Grade

Class Participation

• Discussions and Participation in class is encouraged.
• Volunteers to lead discussion during OPEN DAYS on additional material and help with WWW pages
  10% of the Grade

Final Projects

• Due Mar 14, 1997 (last day of class | final exam day)
  A final project constitutes an implementation of one of the techniques discussed during the course of the quarter in the class.
  20% of the Grade .
  The final project will require:
  A proposal
  A preliminary report
  A final report and a presentation.
  Final projects can be done in teams of 2/3, with prior approval of the instructor.

Policies

Honor Code:

Academic Honor Code instituted by the Students of Georgia Tech applies in this class.

Collaboration:

The critique and summary of readings HAS TO BE DONE ON YOUR OWN WITHOUT ANY COLLABORATION.

Discussions on projects and problem sets is allowed, however, the solutions to the problems sets and projects have to be done individually. In case of discussions in groups, please specify to me who were the members of the group that came to the submitted solutions.

Late Policy:

5 late days are allowed that they can use throughout the quarter without penalty. Please specify when turning in assignement that you are using your allowed late days. Overall, each day of late assignement (not covered by above 5 late days) will result in one letter grade drop.

Reports:

All written material will be submitted electronically in HTML format and will be put up on the WWW pages for this course. If for some reason you object to this please see the instructor.

Office Hours

Computing Resources

• We will use the following two labs for work in this class:
  • SGI Indy Cluster (130 CoC)
    Hours Posted on the Door

    Imaging Lab (304 CoC)

    M-Th 9a-10p, F 9a-6p, S-Su 12n-6p
• Matlab will be preffered platform for all work, however, for Final Projects, you can use any language/system/set up. We will also schedule the above labs for a meeting during class time.
• Accounts to labs that you do not have access to (ie. computer accounts) wll be provided. Please make sure you fill in the right forms.

Handouts

Newsgroup

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