COMP 4060/7950: Computer Vision, Fall 2012 Instructor: Yang Wang Lectures: M/W 3:45pm-5:00pm, E2-304 EITC (note the new location) Office hours: M 2:00pm-3:00pm, W 12:00pm-1:00pm, or by appointment Google group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/comp7950-fall12-manitoba Desire2Learn: https://universityofmanitoba.desire2learn.com (mainly for assignment submissions) AnnouncementCourse OverviewComputer vision is the discipline of ``teaching machines to see''. The goal of computer vision is to make sense of photographs, videos, and other imagery. In this course, we will cover both basic and more cutting-edge materials in computer vision. The course will provide foundations for understanding the computer vision literature and for doing independent research in this field.PrerequisitesBasic knowledge of linear algebra, calculus, probability. For undergraduate students, this means you should have taken all the MATH/STAT courses required for the CS major (MATH1300, MATH1500, STAT1000) with good grades. Ideally, you should also have taken a course in probability (e.g. STAT 2400). Previous exposures to image processing and/or machine learning are desirable, but not required. Some assignments involve programming in Matlab. Previous experience with Matlab is not required, although students are expected to learn the language.Students are also required to do a final project, so you need to have basic programming and algorithm skills to finish a project. For the final projects, students can use any programming languages they choose. Students from other departments are welcome to take the course, as long as you have the background listed above. Please talk to the instructor if you have questions about your readiness for the course. Depending on your status (department, grad or undergrad), you might need to do some paperwork in order to register. Please contact CS and your home department for details. TextbookNo required textbooks. The following books are useful as references.
Homework assignments: you will have 4 grace days over the semester for these assignments. Other than that, late assignments will not be accepted. Please fill out and sign the following honesty declaration form (COMP 4060, COMP 7950). Then submit it as a hard-copy to me (either in person, or slip under my office door). You only need to do it once for this course. Instructors are not allowed to begin grading until this form is received.
Paper presentation (COMP7950 students only) (presentation schedule)
LinksAcknowledgementI would like to thank many people at other institutions for making their teaching materials available. Much of the course design is borrowed from Derek Hoiem, Kristen Grauman, Svetlana Lazebnik, Rob Fergus, Fei-Fei Li, Greg Mori, Deva Ramanan, among others. |