Computer Vision Material

Prerequisities for Computer Vision
a. Introduction to Computer Graphics
b. Computational Photography
c. Introduction to Machine Learning

1.Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (UCLA Summer School 2013)
http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/schedule.aspx?pc=GSS2013
Comments: Nice Videos from 2 weeks of workshop

2. Advances in Computer Vision (MIT Course)
http://people.csail.mit.edu/torralba/courses/6.869/6.869.computervision.htm
Comments: Nice ppt and exercises

3. CS143 Introduction to Computer Vision (Brown Univ Course)
http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs143/
Comments: Teaches Intuitive Thinking about Images

4. Computational Photography
http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/courses/15-463/2010_spring/463.html
Comments: Excellent Introduction to Computational Photography

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Object Tracking

1. Background Detection using OpenCV
http://mateuszstankiewicz.eu/?p=189#!

Video Lectures on Image Procesing

1. UC Davis Image Processing Course
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA64AFAE28B8DD0FD

2. Digital Image Processing by Charles Bouman (C++)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ZrjaBngMS15UhKHUnNqW5wLBA4vlQeB

3. UC Berkeley Image Processing Course
http://www-video.eecs.berkeley.edu/~avz/video_225b.html

4.Good Image Processing Lectures
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFF4241D8F970FA32

5. Computer Vision Lecture by UCF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=715uLCHt4jE&list=PLOUso-Fehhx1OAMR5UG9yHOGvX4SwO3X0

Linear Algebra Courses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2eYLK6TpRs&list=PLD41890D674A5B2C7

Image Processing Algorithms to know

1. Canny Edge Detector, Sobel Edge Detector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P35WsRDnTsU
Code:http://pythongeek.blogspot.com/2012/06/canny-edge-detection.html

2. Harris Corner Detector (What is the difference between canny and sobel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P35WsRDnTsU

Review Eigen Vectors in Linear Algebra

3. What is SIFT (Scale 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPcMS49V5hg

Pattern-matching algorithms, denoising algorithms

Vision Processing using FPGA - Apps

http://www.t3lab.it/en/progetti/vialab/
Missing Link Electronics

How to make a pinhole camera

1. http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/pringles_pinhole.html

2. http://www.mrpinhole.com/calcpinh.php

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Topics I want to know

1) Imatest Master -- Testing Image Quality
such Dynamic Range Test etc.,

2) Bayer Coding, White Balance, Gamma Correction

3) Object Detection, Recognition, Tracking in low Signal to Noise Ratio Conditions

4) Pin Hole Camera, FOV, Aperture, Shutter Speed

5) OCR, Biometrics, Depth Estimation

6) Defocussed Lens

7) Textures, Video Textures