CMPT 361: Introduction to Visual Computing

(Summer 2022)

Introduction

We will offer an introduction to fundamental concepts and techniques in both computer graphics and computer vision, with more emphasis placed on material that is deemed central to both fields. With a focus on classical topics, we will also shed light on the most recent trend and developments in the fields and the interplay between them. Students completing this course will be well prepared for more advanced courses in both computer graphics and computer vision. Programming assignments will be conducted in WebGL/JavaScript for the graphics-related problems and MATLAB for vision-related ones.

Prerequisite

Must-have: CMPT 225 Data Structures/Programming, and MATH 232 Applied Linear Algebra or MATH 240 Algebra I: Linear Algebra
Good-to-have skills: strong in programming; comfortable with math.

Course Staff

Principal Instructor: KangKang Yin
Guest Instructor:
Teaching Assistant: Taher Ahmadi; Rahil Lavkumar Balar; Shishir Gopinath; Anupam Jose

Resources

Recommended Textbooks: "Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications , 2nd Edition", by Richard Szeliski (online)

" Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with Web GL, 7th Edition", by Edward Angel and Dave Shreiner.

Reference books: OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL; Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice

Matlab Onramp
The OpenGL Programmer's Guide (the Redbook) 8th Edition;
OpenGL ES 3.0 Programming Guide;
WebGL Programming Guide;
WebGL Beginner's Guide;
WebGL: Up and Running;
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

Course Schedule (tentative, subject to changes, check regularly)

The classes will be held on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays 10:30-11:20 at BLU9660. Instructor's office hours: Thursdays 10:30-11:20am on ZOOM. TA's office hours: Rahil Fridays 3:00-4:00pm on ZOOM.
Lecture notes will be available before classes in CourSys.
Evaluation and Grading: Four Programming Assignments (two vision and two graphics, each 15%); Final Exam: 40% (August 14, Sunday, 7-9pm, WMC3520 West Mall)

*Week*	*Monday*	*Wednesday*	*Friday*
1		May 11 Introduction	May 13 Image Formation
2	May 16 Matlab Tutorial	May 18 Colors and Perception	May 20 Image Filtering
3	May 23 Victoria Day, no class	May 25 Image Filtering	May 27 Sampling and Aliasing
4	May 30 Matlab Lab	Jun 1 Image Pyramid Programming Assignment 1 Out	Jun 3 Edge Detection
5	Jun 6 Edge Detection	Jun 8 Corner Detection	Jun 10 SIFT
6	Jun 13 Matlab Lab	Jun 15 Feature Matching	Jun 17 Deep Learning Programming Assignment 2 Out
7	Jun 20 CNN	Jun 22 Graphics Pipeling	Jun 24 Geometric Objects
8	Jun 27 HTML and JavaScript Tutorial	Jun 29 Coordinate Systems	Jul 1 Canada Day, no class
9	Jul 4 WebGL and GLSL Tutorial	Jul 6 Transformations	Jul 8 Transformations
10	Jul 11 Graphics Programming Lab Programming Assignment 3 Out	Jul 13 Modeling	Jul 15 Viewing and Projection
11	Jul 18 Viewing and Projection	Jul 20 Lighting and Shading	Jul 22 Polygonal Shading
12	Jul 25 Texture Mapping	Jul 27 Texture Mapping	Jul 29 Vision Programming Assignment Review
13	Aug 1 BC Day, no class	Aug 3 Ray Tracing	Aug 5 Review and Discussion
14	Aug 8 Last class: Guest Lecture on Visual Effects by beloFX		Aug 12 Office Hour