The group project mark, provisional final mark and provisional rank have been released. All provisional marks are PROVISIONAL only until the assessment committee meets and approves them.
You can access all your marks by typing:
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The WebCMS3 system updates overnight so you may not be able to access the marks through WebCMS3 until tomorrow. To see your marks on WebCMS3:
Select Timetable
Select 1PGA or 1UGA (postgraduate/undergraduate)
Select the “marks” icon (similar to a bar chart) against your name.
The test mark has been released.
You can access your marks by typing:
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The WebCMS3 system updates overnight so you may not be able to access the marks through WebCMS3 until tomorrow. To see your marks on WebCMS3:
Select Timetable
Select 1PGA or 1UGA (postgraduate/undergraduate)
Select the “marks” icon (similar to a bar chart) against your name.
The myExperience Survey is still open. Please take a few minutes to fill in the survey if you have not already done so. Your constructive feedback is highly valued and will help us improve the course for future students.
You can complete your survey via:
Thank you.
A small number of students have experienced a problem submitting their assignment via the website and have been getting a '502 - Bad Gateway' error. Systems support are looking into this problem. They have advised me that you should still be able to submit via the command line:
* Copy the file to your CSE home directory
* log in using Putty or vlab
* run 'give cs9517 GroupReport_and_Code file.zip file.pdf' from the command line
The marking criteria for the final project demo and report are now available on the course website at Course Work->Assessments->Project->Final Project Demo->Final Project Demo and Report Marking Criteria.
Please note that the partial marks given for each step will not be released. Only a total mark out of 30 will be released, which will include the week 9 presentation, the final demo and final report.
A schedule for the final project demonstration has been posted on the course website and can be found at Course Work->Assessments->Project->Final Project Demo->Final Project Demo Schedule. Please check the schedule for your group's presentation time and location.
Demonstrations will be held this Thursday 25th October from 3pm - 5:30pm . You must attend the entire session. We will be starting promptly at 3pm (4pm in Sitar) so please arrive 5 minutes early. As the Sitar lab is only available from 4pm, those presenting in the Sitar lab should attend the Flute or Oboe labs for the first hour.
Each group will be assessed by their mentor and a member of the academic staff.
Please don't forget to complete your myExperience Survey, if you have not done so already.
You can complete your survey via:
Your completing the survey with your constructive feedback is highly valued and appreciated.
The invited lecture is about to start in 5 minutes. Do attend, it promises to be a very interesting talk.
The myExperience S2 2018 surveys are open for students to complete.
You can complete your survey via:
Your completing the survey with your constructive feedback is highly valued and appreciated.
Time will be provided to complete the survey in class AFTER the industry talk on Thursday Oct 18th (week 12).
Thank you for your feedback.
Robin Hilliard, founder of RocketBoots that performs computer vision R&D with a focus on computer vision software , will deliver an invited lecture on industry applications of computer vision this week during the scheduled lecture time.
When:
Thursday Oct 18th, 3.05 PM
Where:
CLB-4
(regular lecture room)
All MUST attend, welcome the speaker and hear about industry strength applications of computer vision.
Project consultations will be held in the same room at 5 PM.
The instructions for the final demonstration of your project have been released. You can find them on the course website under Course Work->Assessments->Project->Final Project Demo->Final Project Demo Instructions.
Robin Hilliard, founder of RocketBoots that performs computer vision R&D with a focus on computer vision software , will deliver an invited lecture on industry applications of computer vision this week during the scheduled lecture time. More details are at the end of this notice.
When:
Thursday Oct 18th, 3.05 PM
Where:
CLB-4
(regular lecture room)
All MUST attend , welcome the speaker and hear about industry strength applications of computer vision.
Project consultations will be held in the same room at 5 PM (error corrected).
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Details of Invited Lecture
Title : I Can See Things With Computers — Pay Me Money!
Subtitle : Filling in the gaps between algorithms and a viable computer–vision–based business
Description : Enrico Fermi once famously posed a paradox about the high probability of and lack of supporting evidence for the existence of alien civilisations: “Where is everyone?”. Similarly in a world where integrating with a local open source or cloud based object detection API typically takes less than an hour and every tenth story in the media is extolling the virtues of machine intelligence, we might ask "where are the ubiquitous mass deployments of commercial computer vision solutions"?
Much as the search for exoplanets is refining our estimates for the existence of alien life, in this talk Robin will dig into some of the things other than staple computer vision capabilities RocketBoots has found itself doing to identify, research, refine, sell, secure, configure, deploy and operate computer vision solutions for some of Australia’s largest companies.
Speaker Biography:
Robin Hilliard founded RocketBoots in 2004 and has supervised its evolution from an Internet application consultancy and solution provider through increasing levels of computer vision R&D to today's focus on computer vision software deployed at hundreds of retail and financial sites across Australia. Prior to RocketBoots Robin was involved in the early days of web video and “Web 2.0" applications at Macromedia, survived the dot com boom and worked on some of Australia’s largest retail finance projects at Andersen Consulting. He has a BSc in Computer Science and Pure Mathematics from Sydney University.
Robin lives with his wife and two teenage daughters in the Inner West and likes to spend the weekend in his workshop building drones and boats, sailing and occasionally flying light aircraft. He moonlights as a bass–baritone with various Sydney choirs.
Today's class test is being held in the Chemical Sciences Building. The map reference for this building is F10 (see map here: http://fmtoolbox.unsw.edu.au/comms/KensingtonCampus.pdf ) The Chemical Sciences building is on the main walkway, lower campus, opposite the Village Green, between the Science Theatre and the Law Building. The test is being held in room M17.
Please plan to arrive at least 5 minutes before the start of the test to make sure you have time to find the location.
This is a reminder that today's class test will not be held in the regular location where the lectures are given, but has been moved to a larger lecture theatre.
The venue is:
K-F10-M17 ChemicalScience M17
I have re-uploaded the older week 2 and 5 lecture recordings and set the permissions for you to view them. Please check.
The tutors will be available for pre-exam consultations today and tomorrow. You will find the consultation times and locations posted on the course website under Consultations.
A larger lecture theatre has been booked for the class test on week 11 Thursday, Oct 11th starting at 3.05 PM.
The venue is:
K-F10-M17 ChemicalScience M17
All students are requested to go to this venue on the test day.
The sample test has been updated to include versions with and without answers. They can be found under Course Work->Assessments->Class Test.
The lab mark has been released. You can access your marks by typing:
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The WebCMS3 system updates overnight so you may not be able to access the marks through WebCMS3 until tomorrow. To see your marks on WebCMS3:
Select Timetable
Select 1PGA or 1UGA (postgraduate/undergraduate)
Select the “marks” icon (similar to a bar chart) against your name.
The lecture slides for Week 10 have been updated and are available on the course website under Course Work->Lectures->Week 10.
Today's lab will be a consultation session so that you can talk to your mentors if you need help with your project. The tutors will come to the lecture theatre at the end of the lecture. You should meet them there. Some groups may then move to one of the laboratories, depending on space and noise considerations.
The lecture slides for Week 10 are now available on the course website under Course Work->Lectures->Week 10.
A sample test, including solutions, has been posted to the course website. It can be found under Course Work->Assessments->Class Test->Sample Test.
The class test will be held on Thursday week 11, Oct 11th, starting 03.05 PM, in the regular classroom CLB-4.
All material taught from weeks 1-10 are assessable.
Format
90 minutes long
CLOSED BOOK, CLOSED NOTES, CLOSED COMPUTERS- this means no access to books, notes, computers and computer network, cell phones and phone network
Bring only pens, pencils
Paper will be supplied, on which to write your answers
Sample paper with solutions is being posted today- watch out for notice.
The feedback from last Thursday's presentations has been released to help you with your project work. You can access your feedback by typing:
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The WebCMS3 system updates overnight so you may not be able to access the marks through WebCMS3 until tomorrow. To see your feedback on WebCMS3:
Select Timetable
Select 1PGA or 1UGA (postgraduate/undergraduate)
Select the “marks” icon (similar to a bar chart) against your name.
The marks for Project Part 1 have been released. You can access your marks by typing:
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The WebCMS3 system updates overnight so you may not be able to access the marks through WebCMS3 until tomorrow. To see your marks on WebCMS3:
Select Timetable
Select 1PGA or 1UGA (postgraduate/undergraduate)
Select the “marks” icon (similar to a bar chart) against your name.
Each project group has been allocated a tutor as mentor. The list of mentors can be found on the course website under Course Work->Assessments->Project->Project Mentors.
Consultations for the project will be held in the labs and outside starting in week 10. If you require help in the session break, you may contact your assigned tutor by email.
A reminder that all Interim Project Presentation slides should be submitted by 23:59 tonight (Wed) and reports submitted by 23:59 Thursday.
The order in which the projects will be presented during class time on Thursday has been posted on the course website at Course Work->Assessments->Project->Project Part 2->Interim Presentation Order.
Because of the number of groups presenting, we will finish a little after 6pm. If the lecture room is in use by another class at 6pm we will adjourn to the CSE Level 1 meeting room - K17 Rm 113 for the last few presentations.
The Interim Project Presentations will take place on Thursday 20th September, 3-6pm in the lecture room.
Each group should submit their
presentation slides by
Wednesday 19th September,
23:59:59
, and we will upload them to the class computer for speed of access. This will avoid wasting time with thumb drives, google docs etc on the day. We have a tight schedule and cannot allow extra time for this purpose. Please use a recognisable file name (not just presentation.pptx for example), so that it does not clash with another group's presentation. If you have not submitted your presentation file in time, your group's presentation may be moved to the end, in order not to delay other presentations.
The associated report MUST be submitted online by Thursday 20th September, 23:59:59.
Every group member MUST be present for their group's presentation . One or more speakers from the group may present, however all members should be there on the stage and ready to take questions. No requests for changes in time will be entertained.
All are encouraged to attend ALL presentations and provide feedback to your peers.The order of presentations will be released early next week.
The submissions can be made here:
Report Submission: Course Work → Assessments →.Project → Project Part 2 → Project Interim Report Submission.
Presentation Slides Submission: Course Work → Assessments →.Project → Project Part 2 → Project Interim Presentation Slides Submission.
The lecture slides for Week 8 are now available on the course website under Course Work->Lectures.
There will be a structured lab this week - Lab 6. The materials for this lab are now available on the course website under Course Work->Lab Activities->Week 8. There are 3 assessable questions - Q1, Q5 and Q6. Please make sure you show your answers to the tutor before leaving the lab.
Those students who had not formed a group for part 2 of the project have now been allocated to a group. So some of you who only had 2 people in your group will find that you have an extra member. Please check your groups and make contact with any new members. Go to Groups, click on Group Types in the top right and then on Group Project to see the list of groups. You can click on a group member's name to find their email address.
Assessment of part 1 of the project begins today. Please read the following instructions so that you will know what to do:
1. You must demonstrate the code that you submitted. Just before the start of each assessment time slot, a link where you can download your code will be posted on the course website at Course Work->Assessments->Project->Project Part 1->Links to download submitted code. You must show your student ID card to the tutor to demonstrate that your are accessing the correct code and download the code in front of him/her, so please have your card ready.
2. You must demonstrate your code on one old video and at least one new, unseen video. The old video can be the one released with the project spec (Course Work->Assessments->Project->Project Part 1->Simpler Video). One new video will be released each day in that same area of the course website.
3. On Wed 11am-12pm and Thurs 2pm-3pm there are two assessment sessions running at the same time in adjacent rooms (G01 and G02). You may attend either room, but please form one queue and be ready for the next available tutor when they call you in.
There are still a number of students who have not booked a time to have part 1 of their project assessed. If you do not book a time, you will not be able to demonstrate your project and then it will not be marked. So I suggest you get onto it right away as assessments start at 10 tomorrow!
To make a booking go to Groups, click on Group Types and then Project Part 1 Assessment and join the group that corresponds to the time you want. There is a limit of 6 students per group, therefore 10 minutes per student.
It will be first come first served within each 1 hour slot.
Please note that I had to move 2 students from the Tues 4-5pm slot to the Tues 3:30-4:30pm slot. I have emailed you individually. Please confirm that you can attend at the slightly adjusted time. Thank you.
Assessment of part 1 of the project will take place next week.
You must book a time slot for your assessment.
To do this go to Groups, click on Group Types and then Project Part 1 Assessment and join the group that corresponds to the time you want. There is a limit of 6 students per group, therefore 10 minutes per student.
It will be first come first served within each 1 hour slot.
Please book your time slot by 5pm on Sunday 9th September to allow us time to prepare for the assessments. The sooner you book the more likely you are to get your preferred time.
For Part 2 of the project (Interim Project Presentation) each group is required to make a short 5 minute presentation on its chosen project in week 9, and submit an interim report. Guidelines for this assessment are now available on the course website under Assessments->Project->Project Part 2->Interim Presentation Guidelines.
The presentation and the report will contribute to the group work of the project, which is 30% of the total course mark.
Assessment of part 1 of the project will take place next week. A list of assessment times has been posted on the course website under Consultations.
You must book a timeslot for assessment.
To do this go to Groups, click on Group Types and then Project Part 1 Assessment and join the group that corresponds to the time you want. There is a limit of 6 students per group, therefore 10 minutes per student.
It will be first come first served within each 1 hour slot.
The lecture slides for week 7 are now available on the course website under Lectures.
Submission for the Project Part 1 is now open. You can submit your files via the course website: Course Work->Assessments->Project->Project Part 1->Report and Code Submission. Instructions for the submission are also given at this link.
The report should be in PDF format and the code should be in a zip file.
Deadline: Thursday 6th September 23:59:59 (midnight)
The marking criteria for part 1 of the project are now available on the course website under Course Work->Assessments->Project->Project Part 1 - Marking Criteria.
An additional, simpler video has been posted on the course website for use in testing while developing yours solutions to Part 1 of the project. It can be found under Course Work->Assessments->Project->Simpler Video.
There have been some questions on the use of standard OpenCV tracking functions. Here are the responses, collected in one place:
1. As you are already performing feature extraction and matching, it is reasonable to do tracking also using the matched objects. However, if you achieve tracking using a pre-programmed function, that is acceptable for the tracking part. However, the feature extraction and matching MUST be done separately and displayed. The marking scheme to be released soon will reflect this.
2. You are not expected to cope with object deformations, as feature matching may not work very well. We shall provide a suitable video without such deformation for your use.
The marks for assignment 1 have been released. You can access your marks by typing:
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The WebCMS3 system updates overnight so you may not be able to access the marks through WebCMS3 until tomorrow. To see your marks on WebCMS3:
Select Timetable
Select 1PGA or 1UGA (postgraduate/undergraduate)
Select the “marks” icon (similar to a bar chart) against your name.
The week 6 lecture slides have been updated and can be found on the Course Website under Lectures.
A list of potential project ideas has been posted to the course website and can be found under Course Work->Assessments->Project->Potential Project List.
Please note that these are suggestions only and you are free to define your own project if you wish. You will have the opportunity to discuss your project ideas with the tutors in the lab in week 7 before finalising your project.
Additional special projects may be posted in the coming days.
Please don't forget to form a group of 3 for the project and register your groups on the course website.
As there was a problem with the lecture recording from Week 5, the equivalent lecture recording from last semester has been made available on the course website. You will find it under Course Work->Lectures->Week 5->Week 5 Lecture Recording from S1 2018.
This is a link to the recording on OneDrive. You will need to be logged in with a UNSW email address to access it.
The lecture slides for week 6 are now available on the course website under Lectures.
The lab exercises for this week - Lab 5 - are now available on the course website under Lab Activities.
When forming your project groups, please create your group name from your own names or initials. Inappropriate group names will not be accepted.
The second stage of the project will be carried out in groups of three . Please register your project groups on the course website by Monday 3rd September (week 7).
To register a group, go to Groups and click on Create (top right). Give your group a name and make sure you select "Group Project" from the Group Type drop-down. You can then add other students to your group by clicking on the add button. Alternatively you can click on the Join button beside the name of an existing group to join it.
If you cannot form a group of three you will be allocated to a group.
The tutors will be available for consultation on the project starting on Monday 27th August. You will find the consultation times and locations posted on the course website under Consultations.
A clarification regarding the Iris dataset has been added to the Lab 4 description.
An updated version of this week's lab exercises, containing more detailed information, has been posted to the course website under Course Work->Lab Activities->Week 5->Lab 4 (updated). Please read this document before attending the lab on Thursday.
The lecture slides for this week have been updated and posted to the course website.
More details regarding this week's lab exercises will be released soon.
The lecture slides and lab exercises for this week are now available on the course website. This week's lab involves some machine learning using the Scikit-Learn package in Python. Machine learning will be covered in this week's lecture, so you may wish to look at the lecture slides in advance. These slides will be updated for this semester before the lecture.
As there was a problem with the lecture recording from Week 2, the equivalent lecture recording from last semester has been made available on the course website. You will find it under Course Work->Lectures->Week 2->Week 2 Lecture Recording from S1 2018.
This is a link to the recording on OneDrive. You will need to be logged in with a UNSW email address to access it.
The project specification has been released and can be found on the website under Course Work->Assessments->Project. Two sample videos have been provided which you can use for testing.
Questions about the project specification may be posted on the forum.
An updated version of the lecture slides for week 4 has been posted to the website under Lectures.
The lecture slides for week 4 are now available on the website under Lectures.
An additional consultation session has been scheduled for tomorrow, Wed 15th August, from 11:30am-12:30pm. Apologies for any inconvenience caused by the mix-up today.
The lab exercises for Week 4 (i.e. Lab 3) are now available on the website under Lab Activities. The questions in Section 6 are assessable in the lab. Please read through the lab exercises BEFORE attending the lab.
A tutor will be available from 2-3pm and from 6-7pm today in K17 G01 to answer any questions you may have on your assignment. Please check the website under Consultations for other times when tutors will be available. You may also post questions on the forum.
There will be a tutor available for a face-to-face consultation each day from Thursday 9th August until Thursday 16th August when the first assignment is due. The times and places for these consultations can be found on the website under Consultations.
Please note that the list of consultations is still being finalised and will be updated, so please double-check the list before attending a consultation session.
You may also post questions on the forum about the assignment.
Lab 2 has been released.
You are requested to READ all questions BEFORE attending the lab; try also to attempt a few questions beforehand. This will enable you to get better help from tutor s during the lab, as you can ask more specific questions.
The last question (Question 3) is assessable IN THE LAB .
Make sure to show your answer to your tutor before leaving the lab. It will not be assessed later on.
Any questions left over from week 2 can be worked on, if time permits.
The answer to Lab1 assessable question may be shown to a tutor for assessment in the lab. Note
this is a one-off extension and will not be allowed for subsequent labs, including Lab2.
The week 3 Lab exercises are now available on the website under Lab Activities. The last question is assessable in the lab.
You can now submit your files for Assignment 1 via the website: Course Work->Assessments->Assignment 1->Submission. Instructions for the submission are also given at this link.
Deadline:
Thursday 16th August 23:59:59
The week 3 lecture slides are now available on the website under Lectures.
The marking criteria for the first assignment has also been released and can be found under Assessments.
There is a typo in the Assignment 1 Specifications. Apologies for the inconvenience!
Assignment 1 - Step 3:
The testing sequence should be corrected as:
python count_eggs_4.py binary_image.jpg n output_eggs.jpg
OR
./count_eggs_4 binary_image.jpg n output_eggs.jpg
A link to a tutorial on OpenCV is available under Lab Activities. Please consult this tutorial if you had trouble completing the Lab 1 activities.
There have been some requests for more time to complete the assessable question in Lab 1.
For the assessable question in Lab1 , the time to get it assessed in the lab is extended by a week, so you may get it assessed by a tutor during the next lab session in week 3. This is a one time extension only. Future lab questions should be completed during the same week's lab.
The specification for Assignment 1 is now available on the website under Assessments.
An update to the lecture slides for Week 2 has been posted to the website, under Lectures.
The week 2 lecture slides for COMP9517 are now available on the website under Lectures. Updated versions of the week 1 lecture slides have also been posted.
The week 2 lab exercises are also now available under Lab Activities. Please note that the last question (Question 6) is assessable IN THE LAB . It is your responsibility to make sure you show your answer to your tutor before leaving the lab and to make sure your mark is recorded. It will NOT be assessed later on outside the lab.
Please make sure you check which lab group you are in before the class. The lab groups have been posted under Lab Activities.
Labs for COMP9517 begin this week and will run from 5-6pm on Thursday. A list of lab groups has now been posted to the website under Lab Activities. Please check this list to find out which group you are in, the location of your lab and the name of your tutor.
The lecture slides for week 1 have been updated and uploaded to the website.
A reminder that COMP9517 lectures will start TODAY Thursday July 26th.
Venue is CLB4 , time 3-6 PM.
Note the venue is NOT in Ainsworth building.
The Echo360 lecture recordings for this course will be accessible through the course moodle page:
https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=34282
The slides for the week 1 lecture are now available on the COMP9517 website under Lectures.
Welcome to COMP9517 Computer Vision. The Course Outlin e may be found via the link on the left panel.
The first lecture will be held on
THURSDAY July 26th, 3-6 PM
in
CLB 4
. See you all there.