Computer Vision

All work for this course is to be done in compliance with the standards of conduct set by Duke's Academic Integrity Council for both graduate and undergraduate students.

Using someone else's material in your work without giving credit is cheating, and will result in a failing grade in the exam or assignment involved in any case, and a failing grade in the course for more serious cases. The same holds for making materials available to others in the class: Who gives and who receives information will be treated the same way. "Using" or "making available" concerns any transfer of information, direct or otherwise. "Your work" is anything you turn in, including homework, project reports, and exams. As the sole exception, class materials, including textbook, handouts, slides, and homework assignments need not be cited when they are used. [This paragraph was edited on September 15, 2015.]

Homework assignments will be posted on the homework page and announced on the class home page at least a week ahead of the due date.

Email your homework as a single PDF file (unless otherwise instructed) to hskim@cs.duke.edu before beginning of class on the due date. Use LaTeX to create the PDF file (see the class resources page and this intro to LaTeX if you are new to LaTeX). Do not send a zip file or other archive, or a collection of multiple files.

Homework is to be done either individually or in pairs, and working in pairs is strongly encouraged. No other groupings are allowed. Late homework incurs a 10% penalty per calendar day of delay. For instance, an assignment due on Thursday and handed in the Monday thereafter incurs a 40% penalty.

Some of the homework assignments are in the form of mini-projects, in that they will involve some programming and require writing a brief document summarizing results and observations. Format guidelines for the writeup will be given.

There will be a midterm exam and a final exam on the dates announced on the main course page. Both exams are closed-book, closed-notes, and aim at motivating you to remember definitions and understand basic concepts. Sample exam questions will be made available ahead of time.

Participation to class counts for 10 percent of the final grade. Regular attendance is necessary but not sufficient for credit on participation. The main component of participation involves asking and answering questions and taking part in discussions. It does not matter whether answers are correct, questions are appropriate, or the discussion points are clever. Mistakes are expected, but indifference to the topics covered or unwillingness to engage are not.

All handouts, including homework assignments and solution samples, are required reading.

Students are expected to be familiar with Matlab, have access to the full and up-to-date distribution of Matlab, including toolboxes, and be able to work with software in various languages downloaded from the web. See the resources page for a Matlab tutorial. All OIT computer labs at Duke and many Duke departments provide the full Matlab distribution.