Calendar: CSC2503 Foundations of Computer Vision

Below is a tentative calendar for the the course lectures and tutorials. This will be subject to change as we make our way through the course. I recommend that, as you get started, look at the software libraries and tutorials page to get your Matlab environment set up.

The dates for assignments are tentative; they will be finalized during in the term.

Date Topic / Lecture Notes Readings / Demos Course Work
Week 1, Sept 12, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial:
  • no tutorial this week
Readings: Demos:
Week 2, Sept 19, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial:
  • Intro to Matlab, Radiometry and Reflectance.
  • Notes
Readings: Demos:
  • colourTutorial.m (UTVis)
  • linSysTutorial.m, imageTutorial.m, samplingTutorial.m (ISE)
Assignments:
Week 3, Sept 26, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial: Readings:
  • Forsyth & Ponce: Ch. 7,8,9.1-9.2
Demos:
  • imageTutorial.m, pyramidTutorial.m (in ISE)
  • Sampling demo: upSample.zip

Week 4, Oct 3, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial:
  • Sampling details and demos
Readings:
  • Forsyth & Ponce, Ch. 8
  • Forsyth & Ponce, Ch. 22.1-22.3
Demos:
  • trainEigenEyes.m and detectEigenEyes.m in utvisToolbox/tutorials/eigenTut/
  • cannyTutorial.m (utvis)
Week 5, Oct 10, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial:
  • No tutorial due to Thanksgiving
Readings:
  • Forsyth and Ponce, Ch. 15.
Demos:
  • robustLineScript.m, robustDemo.m, oTensorDemo.m, and houghDemo.m in utvisToolbox/tutorials/lineTut/

  • To run them, add to your path
    '/utvisToolbox/edge',
    '/utvisToolbox/tutorials/lineTut',
    '/utvisToolbox/tutorials/lineTut/localUtil'
Assignments:
Week 6, Oct 17, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial:
  • least squares, robust estimation and efficiency.
Readings: Demos:
  • intromotionTutorial.m, motionTut.m (utvis)

Week 7, Oct 24, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial:
  • flow/motion tutorial
  • assignment questions
Readings: Demos:
  • introMotionTut.m, motionTutorial.m in tutorials/motionTut (utvis)

Week 8, Oct 31, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial:
  • particle filtering
Readings: Demos:
  • SIFTtutorial/tutorial.m (utvis)
  • 3dRecon/grappleFmatrix.m (utvis)
Assignments:
Week 9, Nov 7, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial:
  • CANCELLED (study week)
Readings:
Demos:
  • see 3dRecon/README.* (utvis)

Week 10, Nov 14, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial:
  • SFM, Factorization
Readings: Demos:
  • TBD
Assignments:
Week 11, Nov 21, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial:
  • Boosting, Rejection Cascades, Decision Stumps
Readings:
  • TBD
Demos:
  • TBD

Week 12, Nov 28, 2011 Lectures: Tutorial:
  • TBD - Q&A for A4.
Readings: Demos:
  • TBD

EXAM Thursday December 8, 2011
Room: SS2105, 2-5PM.