CS 4476-A Fall 2025 - Georgia Tech

Schedule

Note: tentative schedule is subject to change.

S: Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications, by Rick Szeliski. See Resources

FCV: Foundations of Computer Vision, by Antonio Torralba, Phillip Isola, and William Freeman.

Slides will be posted before each lecture in this OneDrive folder.

Week Date Topic Readings Assignment
Course Introduction
W1 Tue, Aug 19 Introduction [S 1.1-1.3], [FCV 1,2,3]
W1 Thu, Aug 21 Math Review
W2 Tue, Aug 26 Light and Color [S 2.3.2], [FCV 8] Syllabus Review Due
W2 Thu, Aug 28 Cameras and Image Formation [S 3.1.1-2, 3.2], [FCV 5]
Filters and Features
W3 Tue, Sep 2 Linear Filters [S 3.2.3, S 3.3.2-4, 4.2], [FCV 17] PS1 Due
W3 Thu, Sep 4 Gradients, Edge Detection [S 4.1], [FCV 18]
W4 Tue, Sep 9 Local invariant features (part 1) [S 4.1]
W4 Thu, Sep 11 Local invariant features (part 2) [S 2.1.1-2, 6.1.1, 6.1.4]
Geometry and Calibration
W5 Tue, Sep 16 Alignment, 2D Transformations, RANSAC [S 4.3.2], [FCV 38, 41]
W5 Thu, Sep 18 Homography and image warping [S 3.6.1], [FCV 38, 41] PS2 Due
W6 Tue, Sep 23 Intro Stereo and Calibration [S 7.2, 11.1.1, 11.2-11.5], [FCV 39]
W6 Thu, Sep 25 Review Day
W7 Tue, Sep 30 Exam 1 - in person
W7 Thu, Oct 2 Epipolar Geometry [S 7.2, 11.1.1, 11.2-11.5], [FCV 40, 44]
W8 Tue, Oct 7 Fall Break
W8 Thu, Oct 9 Stereo & Structure from Motion [S 7.2, 11.1.1, 11.2-11.5], [FCV 40, 44] Check-in Survey Due
Deep Learning and Recognition
W9 Tue, Oct 14 Intro to Learning [S 14.3], [FCV 9]
W9 Thu, Oct 16 Gradient Based Learning [FCV 10]
W10 Tue, Oct 21 Neural Networks [FCV 12] PS3 Due
W10 Thu, Oct 23 Backpropagation [CS 231 Backprop ex], [FCV 14]
Vision Architectures and Models
W11 Tue, Oct 28 Convolutional Neural Networks I [CS 231 Convnets], [FCV 24]
W11 Thu, Oct 30 Convolutional Neural Networks II [CS 231 Convnets], [FCV 24, 36.2]
W12 Tue, Nov 4 Vision Transformers [FCV 26]
W12 Thu, Nov 6 Segmentation & Detection
Advanced Applications and Topics (tentative)
W13 Tue, Nov 11 Generative Models [FCV 32]
W13 Thu, Nov 13 The Importance of Data PS4 Due
W14 Tue, Nov 18 Review Day
W14 Thu, Nov 20 Exam 2 - in person
W15 Tue, Nov 25 Recent Research
W15 Thu, Nov 27 Thanksgiving Break
W16 Tue, Dec 2 No Lecture