University at Buffalo

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

CSE 473/573 - Computer Vision and Image Processing

Spring 2021

TuTh 9:35AM - 10:50AM

 

ZOOM - ONLINE

 

 https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/94505773055?pwd=Y0xHU3RVZXpMOEIwZlQ2dkNLWDNzUT09

 

Course Syllabus

 

This semester will continue to be a challenge and your instructors are committed to making this course as engaging as possible. We hope that you will take this seriously and work with us to make this as enjoyable as possible.

 

Course attendance is on the live link is mandatory, although I will record classes in case there are problems with connections. You are expected to participate in class, through online polls and questions. These polls and questions will be noted and used at the discretion of the instructors when considering the final grade. There may also be pop quizzes that will be used in the same way, not as a formal part of your grade to just to make sure you are engaged. They will be more a barometer for you, then a formal assesment on our part.

 

Thank you for you signing up for this class and please let us know what can be done to improve the class, not only at the end, but at any time and we will do our best to address any issues that may come up.

 

Administrative Information

Instructor:

Dr. David Doermann

Office:

113M Davis Hall

Email:

Prefers to be contacted through Piazza

Office Hours:

Tuesdays 12-2, or by appointment

Zoom Link

See Piazza - Resources - Staff

 

Teaching Assistants:

Teaching Asst:

Sudhir Yarram

Email:

Prefers to be contacted through Piazza

Office Hours:

See Piazza - Resources - Staff

Zoom Link

See Piazza - Resources - Staff

 

Teaching Asst:

Xuan Gong

Email:

Prefers to be contacted through Piazza

Office Hours:

See Piazza - Resources - Staff

Zoom Link

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Course Information

Lectures, Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects and a final exam during the 14-week semester.

 

Course Objectives

This course is an introduction to those areas of Artificial Intelligence that deal with fundamental issues and techniques of computer vision and image processing. The emphasis is on physical, mathematical, and information-processing aspects of the vision. Topics to be covered include image formation, edge detection and segmentation, convolution, image enhancement techniques, extraction of features such as color, texture, and shape, object detection, 3-D vision, and computer vision system architectures and applications.

 

The material is based on graduate-level texts augmented with research papers, as appropriate.

 

Tentative Topics to be Covered:

History of CV/IP

Local Descriptors

Objects & Scenes

Feature Selection/Boosting

Image Formation

Alignment and Fitting

Segmentation

Evaluation

Image Processing

Transforms

Object Classification

Vision Applications

Feature Extraction

Homographies

Object Recognition

Datasets and Crowdsourcing

Filtering

Ransac

Stereo Image Formation

Role of NNs

Edge Detection

Texture

Stereo Matching

 

Feature Detection and Matching

Morphology

 

Object Detection

 

 

Prerequisites: CSE 305, equivalent, or permission of instructor

 

Textbook: Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications, by Richard Szeliski (online), published papers where applicable

 

Course Requirements

-        Class attendance and participation is expected

-        You are responsible for ALL materials presented in class and assigned to read

-        Quizzes will be given during class time only.

-        There will be three projects

-        Regular deliverables on the project will be graded during the course

 

Assignments and Submissions

-        All assignments will be graded out of 100 points and weighted according to the table below

-        I will drop ONE homework or Quiz Grade, whichever results in a higher overall grade

-        All assignments will be turned in via UB Learns

-        Quizzes and tests will be given online through the UB Learns system. For some quizzes and test, you will be required to install the Respondus browser

 

Grading

Weighting

Assessment / Assignment

Number

20%

Homeworks

4

20%

Quizzes

4

35%

Projects

3

25%

Final

1

100%

 

 

 

Important Policies

-        It is entirely your responsibility to follow the policies outlined here and by the university

-        Please ask the instructor(s) if you have questions.

 

Late Submission Policy

-        Completed homework and project deliverables are to be submitted by their deadline (11:59pm).

-        For homework, you will have up to 3 days to receive a grade reduced by 50%. No additional late days allowed.

-        Projects: You will be allowed a total of 3 days/partial day late submissions throughout the semester. Each late day beyond the 3 allowed will reduce your grade by 50%.

-        No individual project/homework will be accepted after 3 days late.

 

Regrading Policy to Correct Grading Errors

-        Assignments, quizzes and exams may be submitted for regrading to correct grading errors.

-        Regrade requests are due no later than one (1) week after the scores are posted.

-        Regrade requests must be clearly written and attached to the assignment.

-        When work is submitted for regrade, the entire work may be regraded, which may result in a lower grade.

-        Work done in pencil may not be considered for regrading.

 

Exam Policy

-        No makeup exams will be given except in provably extreme circumstances.

-        Notify your instructor 24 hours prior to the exam via e-mail if you are going to miss it. If it is medically impossible for you to give prior notice, please obtain a note from a physician detailing the period (and the reason) you were medically incapable of communicating with the instructor.

-        If you miss an exam/quiz because of sickness or similar reasons, visit a physician and obtain a note detailing the period and the reason you were medically incapable of taking the exam/quiz.

-        You are responsible for knowing about the exam date. Please plan your travel and other activities accordingly.

 

Grading Policy

-        No "I" (Incomplete) will be given except under provably extreme circumstances.

-        There is no grade negotiation at the end of the semester.

 

Disabilities

-        If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning, or psychological) that will make it difficult for you to carry out the course work as outlined, or that requires accommodations such as recruiting note-takers, readers, or extended time on exams or assignments, please advise the instructor during the first two weeks of the course so that we may review possible arrangements for reasonable accommodations. In addition, if you have not yet done so, contact the Office of Disability Services.

 

Academic Honesty and Professional Ethics:

All work must be your own

-        Do not take the answers, words, ideas or research findings of other people as yours; cite and acknowledge properly, and develop your own ideas.

-        No cheating

-        According to departmental policy, any violation of academic integrity will result in a Failing Grade for the course, and termination of departmental financial scholarship.

-        Tools will be used to check similarity. Similar submissions will result in Failing Grade for all involved parties.

-        Use of a code from an online repository (when permitted) must include a proper and clearly visible attribution in your report.

 

Course Schedule:

-        The course schedule will be provided in a separate document, as it may change in minor ways throughout the semester.