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Advanced Vision (Level 10) (U01942)

? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : INF-4-AV

This course aims to build on the introductory computer vision material taught in Introduction to Vision and Robotics. The main aim is to give students an understanding of main concepts in visual processing by constructing several vision systems during the course of the lecture series and practicals.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Successful completion of Year 3 of an Informatics Single or Combined Honours Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School. This course assumes basic knowledge of image data, geometry, matrix algebra, trigonometry. Students must also be able to program in MATLAB.

? Prohibited combinations : Advanced Vision (Level 11) (P01186)

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Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information
07/01/2008 14:00 14:50 Room G.04, William Robertson Building Central

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area
Lecture Monday 14:00 14:50 Central
Lecture Thursday 14:00 14:50 Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

After succesfully completing the course a student should:
- Understand machine vision principles (assessed by exam).
- Be able to acquire and process raw image data (assessed practical).
- Be able to relate image data to 3D scene structures (assessed practical).
- Know the concepts behind and how to use several model-based object representations, and to critically compare them (assessed by exam).
- Know many of the most popularly used current computer vision techniques (assessed by exam).
- Undertake computer vision work in MATLAB (assessed practical).

Assessment Information

Written Examination 70%
Assessed Assignments 30%

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length
1ST May - - 2 hour(s)

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mr James Bathgate
Tel : (0131 6)50 4094
Email : james.bathgate@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Amos Storkey
Tel : (0131 6)50 4491
Email : A.Storkey@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses

School Website : http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/

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