Catalog Description: Paradigms for computational vision. Relation to human visual perception. Mathematical techniques for representing and reasoning, with curves, surfaces and volumes. Illumination and reflectance models. Color perception. Image segmentation and aggregation. Methods for bottom-up three dimensional shape recovery: Line drawing analysis, stereo, shading, motion, texture. Use of object models for prediction and recognition.

Units: 3

Also Offered As: VIS SCI C280

Related Areas:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Biosystems & Computational Biology (BIO)
• Graphics (GR)

Prerequisites: MATH 51; MATH 52; MATH 53; and MATH 54. (Knowledge of linear algebra and calculus).

Formats:
Spring: 3.0 hours of lecture per week
Fall: 3.0 hours of lecture per week

Grading Basis: letter

Final Exam Status: Written final exam conducted during the scheduled final exam period

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Class Schedule (Spring 2026):
CS C280 – TuTh 15:30-16:59, Hearst Mining 390 – Alexei Efros, Angjoo Kanazawa

Class Notes
- Time conflicts are not allowed

- Interested non-EECS/CS PhD students will be vetted by the instructors. Please attend the first class meeting for further instructions.

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