Lecture Schedule and Notes
VISION (AND LINEAR SYSTEMS)
-
image
formation 1: visual angle, sampling, disparity
(slides)
- image formation 2 : lens equation, diopters,
luminance
(slides)
- retina: photoreceptors, color, ganglion cells
(slides)
- linear systems 1
: convolution, impulse responses, DOGs
(slides)
- linear systems 2: Fourier transforms
(slides)
(notes)
- linear systems 3: convolution theorem,
filtering
(slides)
(notes)
- linear systems 4:
2D Fourier, Gabors, sampling
(slides)
(notes)
- pathway to visual cortex: LGN to V1,
orientation and disparity
(slides)
- stereo:
vergence and fusion, disparity tuned cells
(slides)
(notes)
-
motion 1: normal velocities, intersection of constraints
(slides)
- motion 2: observer translation & rotation, eye movements
(slides)
-
psychophysics 1 : thresholds, contrast sensitivity
(slides)
-
psychophysics 2: noise: e.g. contrast, motion, slant from texture
(slides)
- psychophysics 3: cue combinations: maximum
likelihood, priors
(slides)
AUDITION
-
sound 1:
pressure, dB, waves
(slides)
- sound 2: frequency, music, speech, spectrograms
(slides)
- ear:
head related impulse response, place vs. temporal coding
(slides)
- sound localization:
intensity and timing differences, filtering
(slides)
-
echolocation and recognition by bats : CF vs. FM
(slides)
OTHER TOPICS (time permitting)
- acuity and hyperacuity
- color constancy
- population codes
- classification images
- attention
- perceptual organization
- auditory scene analysis
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Other resources
Exercises 1
Exercises 2
Exercises 3
Exam 1 (lec. 1-6, Oct. 3) with solutions
(PDF)
(mean 10.5/15)
Exam 2
(lectures 7-11)
(Solution)
(mean 7/10)
David Hubel's book on
vision
Assignment 1
(PDF)
(Matlab code)
& solutions
(zip)
Assignment 2 posted
(PDF),
(code),
solution (PDF)
(code) (mean 26/30)
Khan academy video on neurons
Daniel Kish
video on
echolocation by the blind
Assignment 3 Solution:
(PDF for Q1 and Q2)
matlab code (Q2)
Exam 3A
Exam 3B
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