Schedule

Event

Date

Description

Course Material
Discussion

01/06/2025
Monday

Python, Jupyter, and DataHub overview

Lab 0 out
Lecture

01/07/2025
Tuesday

Course Introduction and 2D Fourier transform
[Intro Slides] [Analog Images: Part I]
- What is machine perception/image processing?
- The basic objects: Images
- Vector-space formulation of analog images
- 2D systems
- 2D Fourier transform
Due

01/10/2025 23:55
Friday

Lab 0 Due
Discussion

01/13/2025
Monday

Linear Systems and the Fourier Transform in 2D

Homework 1 out
Lecture

01/14/2025
Tuesday

2D LSI Systems and Image Acquisition
[Analog Images: Part II] [Image Sampling and Acquisition: Part I]
- Orientation estimation
- Characterization of LSI systems
- Sampling theory
- Aliasing problems
Discussion

01/20/2025
Monday

NO DISCUSSION -- Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Lab 1 out
Lecture

01/21/2025
Tuesday

Image Quantization and Filtering
[Image Sampling and Acquisition: Part II] [Image Filtering: Part I]
- Image quantization
- Grayscale vs. spatial resolution tradeoff
- 2D z-transforms
- Image filtering
Due

01/24/2025 23:55
Friday

Homework 1 Due
Discussion

01/27/2025
Monday

Image intensity values and aliasing

Homework 2 out
Lecture

01/28/2025
Tuesday

Image Filtering Considerations and Binary Morphology
[Image Filtering: Part II] [Morphological Processing: Part I]
- Separability
- Boundary conditions
- Useful image processing filters
- Binary morphology
Due

01/29/2025 23:55
Wednesday

Lab 1 Due
Discussion

02/03/2025
Monday

Practice Midterm Group Work

Practice Midterm out
Lecture

02/04/2025
Tuesday

Practice Midterm
[Practice Midterm] [Practice Midterm Solutions]

The midterm will cover all material through the first half of week 4
Due

02/07/2025 23:55
Friday

Homework 2 Due
Exam

02/11/2025 17:00
Tuesday

Midterm Exam
Discussion

02/17/2025
Monday

NO DISCUSSION -- President's Day

Lab 2 out
Lecture

02/18/2025
Tuesday

Morphological Processing and Common Image Processing Tasks
[Morphological Processing: Part II] [Image Processing Tasks: Part I]
- Binary morphology
- Graylevel morphology
- (Local) image normalization
- Template matching and matched filters
- Edge detection and Canny’s algorithm
- What is image segmentation?
Discussion

02/24/2025
Monday

Morphological Processing

Homework 3 out
Lecture

02/25/2025
Tuesday

Image Segmentation and Directional Image Analysis/Processing
[Image Processing Tasks: Part II] [Directional Image Analysis/Processing]
- Image segmentation
- Radon transform
- Structure tensor
- Steerable filters
- Edge and ridge detection: Revisited
Due

02/26/2025 23:55
Wednesday

Lab 2 Due
Discussion

03/03/2025
Monday

Sobel Filters and Directional Image Analysis

Lab 3 out
Lecture

03/04/2025
Tuesday

Image Reconstruction, Inverse Problems, and Least Squares
[Image Reconstruction: Part I (Slides)] [Image Reconstruction: Part I (Board)]
- Imaging as an inverse problem
- Imaging operators and modalities
- Discretization of inverse problems
- Least squares
Due

03/07/2025 23:55
Friday

Homework 3 Due
Discussion

03/10/2025
Monday

DISCUSSION CANCELLED

Homework 4 out
Lecture

03/11/2025
Tuesday

Proximal Gradient Methods and Plug-and-Play for Image Reconstruction
[Image Reconstruction: Part II (Board)]
- Convexity
- Regularized least squares
- Proximal gradient methods
- Plug-and-play methods for image reconstruction
Due

03/12/2025 23:55
Wednesday

Lab 3 Due
Due

03/17/2025 23:55
Monday

Homework 4 Due
Exam

03/20/2025 19:00
Thursday

Final Exam