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 CSE 190D, Sp '13: PIXELS: Computation with Images
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Class Meetings:  MGH 030 (schematic); MWF 2:30-3:20
 
Instructor:  Steve Tanimoto, tanimoto at cs  ; Office hours Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10:30-11:20 (CSE 638)
 
TA:  Evan Herbst, eherbst at cs  ;Office hours Tuesdays at 11:00 (CSE 491)
 
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Course Description:

The course is a project-oriented introduction to image processing and to the Python programming language. Students are not required to have prior experience with programming. Topics include digital representation of images, transforming image geometry and color, image compression, filtering, fractals, morphing, image analysis with morphological operators, web querying by image contents, comparison of human and robot vision, feature extraction, classification, a variety of programming techniques, and basic game design. The final project will be done in collaborative groups. Four credits.

 
Prerequisite: High-school mathematics
 
Software: PixelMath, and Python. The PixelMath Python API is described here.
 
Grading: In-class laboratory activities, homework exercises, programming projects, two quizzes. (No final exam.) Overall weights roughly: labs 10%, projects and assignments 70% Quizzes 10% each.
 
Textbook:

An Interdisciplinary Introduction to Image Processing by S. Tanimoto MIT Press, 2012. (Available from the U Book Store, Amazon, etc.)

 
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