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Schedule Visual Computing SS06


Topic Lecture
Exercise
Type Handout Duration
Introduction – graphics pipeline-API-architecture April 04/05 none
Colors and color models, perception April 11/12 Practice: OpenGL rendering. April 11 1 week
Transformations, projections, camera models April 18/19 Theory: Light and colors. April 18 1 week
Lighting, reflection, shading models, ray tracing April 25/26 (held by DC) Practice: Trackball using Quaternions. April 25 1 week
Texturing and aliasing, parametrization 3 lecture hours on May 3 Practice: Multipass rendering. May 2 1 week
Sampling theorem, Fourier transform, convolution, LTI May 9/10 Theory: Parametrization, Fourier May 9 2 weeks
Linear filtering (low pass, high pass, band pass), Laplace pyramides, recursive filtering May 16/17 none
Nonlinear Filtering, edge detection, non-linear diffusion May 23/24 Practice: Mipmaps (only Tuesday) May 23 1 week
Shape from X May 30/31 Practice May 30 1 week
Bayes rules, optimal classifiers June 6/7 Theory June 6 1 week
Linear classifiers, support vector machines June 13/14 Practice June 13 1 week
Dimensionality reduction, PCA, ICA, local linear embedding June 20/21 Theory June 20 1 week
Clustering – K-means, C-means, EM - compression June 27/28 Practice June 27 1 week
MRF models, Bayes nets July 4/5 none