CS 7321: Computer Vision I

Schedule

**TENTATIVE**
Official Georgia Tech Calendar for Winter 1998
Meeting Time: 3:00 p- 4:30 p (Tuesday/Thursday)
Location: CoC 102
[JK&S: Machine Vision, Jain, Kasturi and Schunck (Text Book for this class)]
 
Week 
Date 
Topic 
 Lecture Notes
1  Red CheckTuesday 
1/6
  • Introductions / What is computer vision?
  • Handouts:
    • Erratum for JK&S.
    • Rosenfeld, "Eyes for Computers: How HAL could see?", Chapter from HAL's Legacy (Editor, David Stork), MIT Press, 1997
    • Nalwa, "The Eye and Beyond", Section 1.2.2 from A Guided Tour of Computer Vision, Addison-Wesley, 1993.
    • Intro sheets (return to me)
  • Welcome Email
 C2000 Slides
Red CheckThursday 
1/8
  • Applications / Illusions.
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 1, Chapter from Hal's Legacy
  • Critique #1 Due: "Eyes for Computers: How HAL could see?", Chapter from Hal's Legacy (Editor, David Stork), MIT Press, 1997.
 C2000 Slides
2 Red CheckTuesday 
1/13
Red CheckThursday 
1/15
  • Human Vision & Image Formation
  • Readings: Finish JK&S Chapter 1 & Nalwa, "The Eye and Beyond"
  • Critique #2 Due:
    • Compare Human vision system to what you know about cameras OR
    • Do JK&S Excercises 1.1 & 1.2
  • Notes on Image Formation (from CS7321 winter 1997)
 C2000 Slides
3 Red CheckTuesday 
1/20
  • Binary Computer Vision
  • PS0 Due (Before class)
  • Handouts:
    • Haralick & Shapiro, "Chapter 1: Introduction", Computer & Robot Vision,  Addison-Wesley, 1993. 
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 2 (Until Section 2.4)
 C2000 Slides
Red CheckThursday 
1/22
  • Morphological Operations
  • PS1 Out (Due 2/3/98) [Due date extended]
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 2 (Section 2.4-end)
  • Critique #3 Due: 
    • Look thru JK&S Exercises 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3.  Hand in a solution to only ONE.
 C2000 Slides
4  Red CheckTuesday 
1/27
  • Image Regions 
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 3
  • Handouts:
    • Haralick & Shapiro, "Chapter 5: Binary Morphology", Computer & Robot Vision,  Addison-Wesley, 1993.
    • See Lecture notes for 1/15/98.
 C2000 Slides
Red CheckThursday 
1/29
  • Image Filtering 
  • PS1 was due here, now due 2/3/1998
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 4, and Appendix B.
  • Weelky Assignment #4 Due: 
    • Read JK&S Section 5.5 Region Growing and study Algorithm 3.8, Also study Appendix A. Write small note on what is going on in this algorithm.  How would you implement it?
 C2000 Slides
5 Tuesday 
2/3
  • No Class, We'll make it up somehow.
Red CheckThursday 
2/5
  • Edge Detection
  • PS1 Due by NOON (I will look at the time stamps of submitted files) **EXTENSION of  2 days*
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 5
  • Handouts: 
    • Burt and Adelson, "The Laplacian Pyramid as a Compact Image Code", IEEE Transactions on Commun(31), No. 4, April 1983, pp. 532-540.
    • Burt and Adelson, "A Multiresolution Spline with Application to Image Mosaics", ACM Transactions on Graphics(2), No. 4, pp 217-236, October 1983
 C2000 Slides 
Matlab Script
6 Red CheckTuesday 
2/10
  • Laplacians/Image Pyramids
  • PS 2 Out (Due 2/17) *CHANGED*
  • Readings: Papers by Burt and Adelson
  • Weelky Assignment #5 Due: 
    • Read Burt & Adelson Paper and CRITIQUE them.  What is useful here? Why? 
  • Handout
    • Page 28, 29 Figure 2.5 from Chapter 2 "Image Formation", Computer Vision, Ballard and Brown, Prentice Hall, 1982.
 C2000 Slides 
(NOTES lost!, SORRY, I'll try to provide handouts. - IE)
Red CheckThursday 
2/12
  • Coutours & Line Interpretation
  • PS 3 Out (Due 2/26/98)
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 6
  • Handout
    • Flow chart for Gaussian and Laplacian Pryamids.
 C2000 Slides
7  Red CheckTuesday 
2/17
  • Texture
  • PS 2 Due *CHANGED*
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 7
 C2000 Slides
Red CheckThursday 
2/19
  • Mid term
    • Will be in class
    • Will be in 2 parts
      • Multiple choice, T/F
      • Answers to questions (essay/math). Concepts emphasized
    • Open TEXTBOOK Only.
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8  Red CheckTuesday 
2/24		 C2000 Slides
Red CheckThursday 
2/26
  • Color
  • PS3 Due
  • Choose Final Project (Proposal Due)
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 10
 C2000 Slides
9 Red CheckTuesday 
3/3
  • Depth/Shape
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 11
  • Weelky Assignment #6 Due: 
    • JK&S Exercises 10.5, 10.6 and 10.10 
 C2000 Slides (audio only)
SORRY Zenpad had problems 
Thursday 
3/5
  • Work on Projects
  • I will in class or in my my office for disucssions - IE
10 Tuesday 
3/10 
 
  • Motion
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 14
  • Notes on Motion (from CS7321 winter 1997)
  • Weelky Assignment #7 Due: 
    • JK&S Exercises 11.4 and  11.3 OR
    • JK&S Exercises 14.4 and 14.5
    AND
  • Object Recognition
  • Readings: JK&S: Chapter 15
  • Weelky Assignment #8 Due: 
    • JK&S Exercises15.3 and 15.6
  • Class Evaluations
 C2000 Slides
Thursday 
3/12
  • Final Project Prelimary Presentations
  • Final Project Progress Report Due.*CHANGED*
11 Friday
3/20
  • Final Projects DUE by 10am.
Firday 
 3/20
  • Final Exam Slot: Friday 11:30am-2:20pm    CCB 102

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