CS612 Fall 1996: Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics

Computer Vision & Visualization

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Description:

This graduate seminar will review some of the recent literature in Computer Vision and Visualization. We will start the semester reviewing recent articles out of IEEE Computer and IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. The intent is to extend our conception as to how computer graphics fosters better understanding of complex data and the complex algorithms.

Attention will then shift from image creation to image understanding. While distinct problems and fields of study, there are overlaps and synergy. We will see through our survey of the literature that as visualization algorithms become more sophisticated, they begin to perform `interpretation' and begin to exploit image understanding techniques. We will also consider image understanding algorithms as test cases for how advanced interactive visualization supports research into semi-automated problem solving.

The topics to be covered in the image understanding portion of the seminar include: geometric model matching, object indexing, learning control strategies for object recognition, Eigen-space image classification techniques, template probing and wavelets.

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Logistics

When:Mon, Wed, Fri. 10:00 to 10:50
Where:USC 100
Instructor:J. Ross Beveridge
491-5877
ross@cs.colostate.edu
USC 237
Office Hours:Mon, Wed 11:00-11:30, Thur. 2:00-3:00

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Course Requirements

Textbook:

Semester schedule and reading list (Postscript) is available. A complete readings packet has been prepared by the print shop.

Pre-requisites:

CS510 or permission of the instructor.

Grading:

Students will be graded based upon a final project, participation in class, written synopsis of articles, and oral presentations made to the class. All course participants, both students taking the course for credit and students auditing, are expected to present and lead discussions on papers. The schedule will be worked out in class.

Project Proposal 20%
Project Writeup 25%
Project Presentation/Demonstration 10%
Written summaries of papers 25%
Leading discussions 10%
Participation in class 10%

Between the project proposal, the writeup prepared at the conclusion of the semester, and the presentation/demonstration given to the class, the project accounts for 55% of the total grade. It is the intent that every student develop (or extend) a system in order to test a new idea associated with visualization and/or computer vision. The high-end graphics workstations in the Department's Computer Graphics Laboratory are available and students are encouraged to utilize other equipment/software as may best suite their particular project.

As graduate students, you should utilize each other as one of your best resources. You are of course encouraged to talk with other students about the papers and research ideas. You are also encouraged to seek each others help when it comes to getting the most out of using equipment and software packages. That said, make sure that anything you turn during the class is your own work. Please read the departmental policy statement regarding incompletes, cheating, and class attendance. This policy statement is in the file ~info/csu/student-info.

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Topics and Timing:

A complete semester Schedule and Bibliography is available in postscript.

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