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MAT 235 / CS 290I

Winter 2007

Instructor

Prof. Matthew Turk (contact info)

Office hours: Monday 9-10am and Friday 9-11am (usually - call or email to be sure I'm there) in 2163 Engineering I

TA

Shane Cantrell (shanec at cs.ucsb.edu)
Office Hours: Monday 3-5pm, GSL (CS computer lab across from our classroom), and by appointment

Meeting Times and Location

Tues/Thurs 9:00-10:50am in Trailer 932

Communication

Questions: imaging at cs.ucsb.edu goes to the instructor and the TA

Course mailing list: http://lists.cs.ucsb.edu/mailman/listinfo/imaging

• Here are a couple of visual illusions that I came across recently. The first one, I've never seen before, and it's quite compelling. (The second one is old, but it's a nice version.)

• As in the midterm, you can bring one 8.5"x11" piece of paper to the final exam (both sides) for use in the final exam.

• Remember the final exam review session - Monday 9am

• The "turnin" command is now working....

• Interesting face imaging article and the software

• Interesting item: A conference on Distributed Smart Cameras - camera systems that do much more than just capture images.

• There WILL be class on March 8th after all!

• See the Assignments page for notes on HW#2 [so far, just one note on problem #1].

• HW#2 is available - see the Assignments page. It's due on Wednesday, March 7.

• Matlab Examples from the Matlab Lecture

• Ray Tracing Solution for Problem 5 of HW#1

• Notes on HW#1

• Homework assignment #1 is now posted on the Assignments page.

• A note on the slides from class: There are occasionally some slides in there that were not used in class - they show up as "hidden" in the Powerpoint. These generally have extra information that we didn't have time in class to cover, but you should still go through them.

• Here are a couple recent job announcements, just to give you one idea of some interesting imaging-related positions.

• The slides from 1/9 are posted (click on the date on the Schedule page). Please look over the extra slides, starting with slide #36, that give a preview of the upcoming topics. Also, look through the "Quiz" slide (#59) and think about these questions - which ones do you know the answer to? (How sure are you?)

• Interesting and relevant article on James Cameron's next movie, "Avatar". Quote:
  
  "For its aliens, 'Avatar' will present characters designed on the computer, but played by human actors. Their bodies will be filmed using the latest evolution of motion-capture technology - markers placed on the actor and tracked by a camera - while the facial expressions will be tracked by tiny cameras on headsets that will record their performances to insert them into a virtual world.

  "The most important innovation thus far has been a camera, designed by Mr. Cameron and his computer experts, that allows the director to observe the performances of the actors-as-aliens, in the film’s virtual environment, as it happens."