Schedule (Updated Frequently)

Date Instructor Location Topic Readings Due dates
Wed, Jan 9 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Introduction and course logistics; representation of 3D moving scene, perspective projection Slides (ppt), Chapter 1 in [1], [2] or [3]  
Mon, Jan 14 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Image Formation, brief tutorial MATLAB and OpenCV Slides (ppt), Chapter 2 in [1], [3] Chapter 2, 3 in [2] also see code examples Assignment 1 out (OpenCV and Matlab)
Wed, Jan 16 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Image operations, filtering, image features (corners, edges, lines)Filtering Slides (ppt) Features Slides (ppt) Chapters 3, 4 in [1], read 3.1, 3.2 in [3] or 4.1-4.3 in [2] Linear Algebra Slides 1 (pdf) Slides 2 (.pdf)
Fri, Jan 18 David Stavens Gates B03 Discussion Matlab/OpenCV and HW Assignment 1 Materials, Matlab materials
Mon, Jan 21 No Class No Class Martin Luther King Day Read the SIFT paper
We, Jan 23 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Image correspondence, optical flow (.ppt), Chapter 4 in [2], 4.1-4.3 in [3], Chapter 8.3 in [1] Assignment 1 due
Fri, Jan 25 TA Gates B03 No discussion    
Mon, Jan 28 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Advanced Features SIFT features, Haar features, feature matching, Slides (.ppt) D. Lowe's paper, Viola & Jones paper  
Wed, Jan 30 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Stereo, Two View Geometry, camera pose and 3D structure recovery (.ppt) Chapter 7 in [1], Chapter 5 in [2], Chapter 10.1-10.3 in [3] Assignemt 2 due
Mon, Feb 04 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Camera Calibration Camera Calibration Toolbox, Zhang's algorithm Slides (.ppt) Chapter 6 in [1], Chapter 6 in [2]  
Wed, Feb 6 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Uncalibrated single view and two view geometry Slides (.ppt) EM-Ransac (.ppt) Chapter 6 in [1], Chapter 6.1 6.2, 6.4.2, 6.5 in [2]  
Fri, Feb 8nd TA's Gates B03 Discussion: HW Assignment 3    
Mon, Feb 11 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Multiview Structure From Motion (affine methods, PCA) Slides (.ppt) Slides Assignment 3 due
Wed, Feb 13 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Step-By-Step Model Building from Multiple Photographs, Advanced Stereo (Dynamic Programming) Slides (.ppt) Chapter 11 in [2]   Project proposals
Mon, Feb 18 No Class No Class President's Day    
Wed, Feb 20 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Advanced Stereo Slides (.ppt) Image Stitching and Panoramas Slides-1 (.ppt) Slides-2 (.ppt) Full View Panoramas (Szeliski 97), Multi-band blending (Burt 83), Recognizing Panoramas (Brown 03) Assignment 4 due
Fri, Feb 22 Kosecka Gates B03 Midterm review session    
Mon, Feb 25   Skilling Aud. MIDTERM EXAM    
Wed, Feb 27 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Segmentation and Grouping Slides (.ppt)    
Mon, Mar 3 Kosecka Skilling Aud Temporal Filtering and Tracking (condensation, Kalman) Slides-1 (.ppt), Slides-2 (.ppt)    
Wed, Mar 5 TBA Skilling Aud. Tracking Continued, PAPER WRITING AND PRESENTATION GUIDELINES    
Mon, Mar 10 Kosecka Skilling Aud. Detection and Recognition of objects in images Slides (.ppt)    
Wed, Mar 12 Kosecka Skilling Aud Detection and Recognition of objects in images
   
Monday, Mar 17 All instructors TBA Final Project Presentations (9:00-12:00) Terman Auditorium;  
Thusday, Mar 20 N/A N/A Final Project Reports Due at 11:59pm