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CM50248: Visual understanding 1

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Computer Science
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • CW1 (CW 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Undergraduate students selecting this unit should note the teaching structure
Description: Aims:
To understand the fundamentals of Computer Vision and be equipped with the skills needed to specify and undertake an independent project.

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Apply techniques in low-level vision, linear and non-linear filtering, feature extraction and description.
2. Understand visual modelling of geometry and appearance, and techniques for estimation and inference from images.
3. Assimilate current work in the field and devise an independent research area.
4. Plan and execute a research and development project and evaluate this in the context of the state-of-the-art.

Skills:
Linear Algebra (tfa), Probability (tfa), Geometry (tfa), Programming and Development (tfa).

Content:
Image Formation, Image Processing, Linear Filtering, Gradients, Blurring, Scale-Space and Pyramids. Image Features, Corners, Lines, Blobs, Harris, Canny. Descriptors, SIFT. Projection, Planar and Epipolar Geometry. Image Stitching and SFM. RANSAC, Bundle Adjustment. Dense Matching. Stereo and Optical Flow. Introduction to Object Recognition, Introduction to Learning for Vision.
Programme availability:

CM50248 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Computer Science

CM50248 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Computer Science
  • USCM-AFM01 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science (Year 4)
  • USCM-AAM02 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science with Study year abroad (Year 5)
  • USCM-AKM02 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science with Year long work placement (Year 5)
  • USCM-AFM14 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics (Year 4)
  • USCM-AAM14 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics with Study year abroad (Year 5)
  • USCM-AKM14 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics with Year long work placement (Year 5)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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