Readings

WEEK 1: Jan 7, 9

Readings
  • S. W. Zucker. Early Vision. Encyclopaedia of Artificial Intelligence, 2:1131--1152, 1987.
    Start Date: Jan 7th. Summary Due: Jan 16th.
  • D. H. Hubel and T. N. Wiesel. Brain Mechanisms of Vision. Scientific American, 241:150--162, 1979.
    Start Date: Jan 9th. [No summary required]
  • WEEK 2: Jan 14, 16

    Readings
  • D. Marr and E. Hildreth. Theory of Edge Detection,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 207:187--217, 1980.
    Start Date: Jan 14th. Summary Due: Jan 28th.
  • P. Parent and S. W. Zucker. Trace Inference, Curvature Consistency, and Curve Detection.
    IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 11(8):823--839, 1989.
    Start Date: Jan 17th. Summary Due: Feb. 4th.
  • Notes
  • Student Prepared Course Notes notes on Biological Vision
  • David Heeger's notes on Linear Systems
    Introductory (ps) (PDF)
    Advanced (pdf)
  • Mike Langer's linear systems notes (see Lecture Schedule)
  • WEEKS 3 and 4: Jan 21, 23, 28, 30

    Readings
  • P. Parent and S. W. Zucker. Trace Inference, Curvature Consistency, and Curve Detection.
    IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 11(8):823--839, 1989.
    Start Date: Jan 13th. Summary Due: Feb 1st.
  • Reference Material and Notes
    • Manfredo P. Do Carmo. Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces. Chapter 1: Sections 1-5.
    • Trace Inference (ps.gz) (PDF)
    • Relaxation Labeling (ps.gz) (PDF)

    WEEK 5: Feb 4, 7

    Readings
  • R. A. Hummel and S. W. Zucker. On the Foundations of Relaxation Labeling Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 5(3):267--287.
    Start Date: Feb 4th. Summary Due: Feb 13th.
  • Max Wertheimer. Laws of Organization in Perceptual Forms .
    Start Date: Feb 4th. [No summary required]
  • Assignments
  • Assignment 1 (PDF) is now posted.
  • WEEK 6: Feb 11, 13

    Readings
  • Lance Williams and David Jacobs. Stochastic Completion Fields: A Neural Model of Illusory Contour Shape and Salience. Neural Computation 9(4):837858, 1997.
    Start Date: Feb 11th. Summary Due: Feb 20th.
  • Notes
  • See Lance William's home page for related articles.
  • See David Jacob's home page for related articles.
  • WEEKS 7 and 8: Feb 18, 20, 25, 27

    Readings
  • Jan J Koenderink. What does the occluding contour tell us about solid shape? Perception, 13:321-330, 1984.
    Start Date: Feb 20th. Summary Due: March 4th.
  • Jan J Koenderink and Andrea J van Doorn. The shape of smooth objects and the way contours end Perception, 11:129--137, 1982.
    Start Date: Feb 20th. Summary Due: March 4th.
  • James Sethian. Level Set Methods (Chapters 1 and 2). Start Date: Feb 20th. [No Summary Required]
  • James Sethian. Level Set Methods (Chapter 5). Start Date: Feb 20th. [No Summary Required]
  • WEEK 9: March 4, 6

    STUDY BREAK.

    No class this week.

    WEEK 10: March 11, 13

    Readings
  • M. Kass, A. Witkin and D. Terzopoulos. Snakes: Active Contour Models. International Journal of Computer Vision, 17(2):321--331, 1987.
    Start Date: March 11th. Summary Due: March 20th.
  • K. Siddiqi, Y. B. Lauziere, A Tannenbaum and S. W. Zucker. Area and Length Minimizing Flows for Shape Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 7(3):433--443, 1998.
    Start Date: March 11th. Summary Due: March 20th.
  • Notes

    WEEK 11: March 18, 20


    Readings
  • Ohad Ben-Shahar and S. W. Zucker. The Perceptual Organization of Texture Flow: A Contextual Inference Approach. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 25(4): 401--417, 2003.
    Start Date: March 18th. Summary Due: March 27th.
  • Notes and Assignments

    WEEK 12: March 25, 27


    Readings
  • Ohad Ben-Shahar and S. W. Zucker. The Perceptual Organization of Texture Flow: A Contextual Inference Approach. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 25(4): 401--417, 2003.
    Start Date: March 18th. Summary Due: March 27th.
  • H. Blum. Biological Shape and Visual Science (Part I). Journal of Theoretical Biology, 38:205--287, 1973.
    Start Date: March 27th. Summary Due: April 3rd.
  • Notes
    • In class midterm on March 27th.

    WEEK 13: April 1, 3


    Readings
  • K. Siddiqi et al. Shock Graphs and Shape Matching. International Journal of Computer Vision, 35(1):13--32 , 1999.
    Start Date: April 1st. [No summary required]
  • P. Perona and J. Malik. Scale-space and Edge Detection Using Anisotropic Diffusion. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence,12(7):629--639 , 1990.
    Start Date: April 1st. Summary Due: April 10th.
  • Notes

    WEEK 14: April 8, 10


    Readings
  • P. Perona and J. Malik. Scale-space and Edge Detection Using Anisotropic Diffusion. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence,12(7):629--639 , 1990.
    Start Date: April 1st. Summary Due: April 10th.
  • Project Presentations April 8th: Kuldeep, Babak, Zeinab, Fahim, Srushti.
  • Project Presentations April 10th: Lixiong, Chu, Andrew, Giorvash, Charana, Edgar
  • Notes