Computer Science 570/670

Welcome to the Computer Vision Class Wiki!

The professors for this course are Allen Hanson (http://www.cs.umass.edu/~hanson) and Erik Learned-Miller (http://www.cs.umass.edu/~elm).

Office Hours

Allen's are TBA and by appointment.

Topics

• Introduction to Computer Vision
• The MATLAB Programming Environment
• Sensors
• Image Formation
• Human Vision
• Features (Part 1)
• Basic Probability
• Pattern Classification and Clustering
• Features (Part 2)
• Motion and Stereo Vision
• Tracking
• Applications (Medical, Information Retrieval, and 3D Reconstruction)
• Perceptual Organization
• Image Interpretation

Links

• CourseBulletinBoard
• LectureS
• MatLabInfo
• ImagePage
• GradingInfo
• Collaboration
• AssignmentPage (Also has information on the course project and some project suggestions.)

Points Of Interest

• Chris Stauffer's web page. http://people.csail.mit.edu/people/stauffer/Home/stauffer_research.php
• Staggered motion illusion http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_feet_lin/
• Motion illusions http://cvs.anu.edu.au/johannes/mot_ill.html#linmot
• Another page on the Aperture Problem http://vision.bhs.mq.edu.au/~peterw/aperture2.dcr
• The Aperture Problem http://www.psico.univ.trieste.it/labs/perclab/integration/english_version/aperture.php3
• Volker Blanz's home page (see Tom Hanks movie here). http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~blanz/
• The physics of CCDS: http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys445/lectures/ccd1/ccd1.html
• Amazing math site, MATHWORLD: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
• Shree Nayar's Lab (cool cameras): http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/CAVE/
• Animal eyes: http://ebiomedia.com/gall/eyes/eye1.html
• Evolution or creation? http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v23/i3/lobstereyes.asp