Notices

  • Marks released and final exam

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Thursday 30 April 2020, 04:52:50 PM.

    Dear students

    Hope you are safe and well. Thank you for your fantastic cooperation this term when we had to move online midway quite quickly.

    We have now released all internal assessment marks, including the total achieved in them.

    If your total marks achieved are equal to 50 or more, you will get a SY in the course, as already announced. In that case, taking the final examination is entirely optional, and it will not change your grade.

    Best wishes

    Sowmya


  • Marks released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Thursday 30 April 2020, 04:20:43 PM.

    The following marks have been released and late penalties, if any, have been applied:

    • The total lab mark
    • The group project mark and comments
    • The course total so far (excluding the final exam)

    You can access your marks by logging in to your account and typing:

    9517 classrun -sturec

    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.

  • Week 11 Tuesday

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Monday 27 April 2020, 08:24:46 PM.

    Dear students

    Hope all of you are safe and well.

    There is no lecture in Week 11, on Tuesday, April 28th.

    All lecturers will answer any questions on the course content from now until the exam date.

    Please post your questions on Piazza, so that all answers are available to everyone.

  • Solutions for week 8 homework

    Posted by Gihan Samarasinghe Sunday 26 April 2020, 12:04:19 AM.

    Dear all,
    Solutions for the week 8 homework are now available in Coursework / Lab Activities / Week 8 (Homework) / Week 8 - solutiuons.

  • Trial Exam Paper

    Posted by Annette Spooner Friday 24 April 2020, 08:37:45 AM.

    A trial exam paper is now available on the course website under Course Work->Assessments->Exam.

    The LIC will be available from 10-11 AM to answer questions on Piazza. Questions posted later will also be answered, with some time lag.

  • COMP 9517 Exam and final grading scheme

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Thursday 23 April 2020, 04:48:23 PM.

    Dear students, this notice contains information on the 9517 final examination and the course grading scheme.

    Following Faculty and school decisions, COMP9517 will provide SY/FL grades in T1, 2020. This means that a total mark of 50 or more will map to a SY grade.

    All term assessment marks will be released - some have already been released. The project mark will be released BEFORE the final examination for all students who submit their reports on time. With this, you may self-assess your total marks before the exam. If you obtain 50 marks based on term assessments alone, you will obtain a SY grade.

    The final examination mark will NOT be released.

    Sowmya, LIC

  • Project Group Submission

    Posted by Annette Spooner Thursday 23 April 2020, 04:40:41 PM.

    1. Only one student in each group needs to submit the project.

    2. Please DO NOT include your data in the submission, to keep the size down. Only include your code, a README file explaining how to run it, and a report.

    3. The maximum submission size is 20Mb, which should be enough. If, after following the instructions above, your submission is still greater than 20Mb, please email cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au.

  • Week 10, Friday April 24th

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Thursday 23 April 2020, 04:27:20 PM, last modified Thursday 23 April 2020, 04:49:15 PM.

    Dear students, hope everyone is safe and doing well.

    On Friday April 24th, there is no lecture. Instead, a trial exam paper will be released on Friday morning, and I shall be available from 10-11 AM to answer questions on Piazza. Questions posted later will also be answered, with some time lag. More information on the examination and course grading are in another notice.

  • myExperience Survey Open - REMINDER

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Wednesday 22 April 2020, 04:07:42 PM, last modified Wednesday 29 April 2020, 10:03:30 AM.

    The T1 2020 myExperience survey is now open.

    You can complete your survey via:

    Please take the time to complete the survey. Your constructive feedback is highly valued and appreciated.

    Your written feedback on the "fully online" experience mid way through the term would also be very useful.

    The survey will close on May 1st.

  • Thank you for a Smooth Project Demo session

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Wednesday 22 April 2020, 04:01:11 PM.

    Hello everyone, hope you are keeping safe and well.

    This afternoon's project demos went pretty smoothly, from my own experience and that of the other Streams. A big thank you to all students, lecturers, tutors and course administrator for working together to make this a good experience for everyone. I enjoyed the presentations and hope you did too.

    Thank you also for being so cooperative with this fully online version of the course, it is a first experience for many of us.

    Sowmya and 9517 team


  • Individual Project Marks Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 22 April 2020, 03:52:02 PM.

    The marks for the individual component of the project have been released and late penalties, if any, have been applied. You can access your marks by logging in to your account and typing:

    9517 classrun -sturec

    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.

  • Reminder: Project Demos TODAY Wed April 22nd 1-3 PM, AEST

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Wednesday 22 April 2020, 10:26:57 AM.

    Hope everyone is keeping safe and well.

    A quick reminder that fnal project demos are being held TODAY Wed April 22nd 1-3 PM, AEST. Please read instrcutions posted before on how to join Teams for the online demos.

  • Final Demo Instructions- Clarification

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Monday 20 April 2020, 08:58:08 PM.

    Dear students

    Hope all are well and safe.

    A clarification on the final demo-cum-presentation instructions:

    The demo-cum-presentation MUST include a demo of the system developed. Optionally, it may include a short presentation (Powerpoint or pdf) to provide an overview of the project.

    Clarification : If you prefer, the demo of your software may be pre-recorded to save time on the day.

    Sowmya

  • Final Demo Instructions

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Saturday 18 April 2020, 11:53:32 AM.

    Dear students, hope everyone is safe and well.

    Here are the instructions for the final demo- a copy will also be uploaded soon under Assessments-->Project

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    Each group will make a demo-cum-presentation on the chosen project.

    The demo and group report will contribute to 10% and 20% respectively of the final mark. This guideline is only for the demo; the requirements for the final report have been previously posted.

    Demo

    Date and Time: Wednesday Apr 22nd 2020 (week 10), 1-3 PM

    Venue: On Microsoft Teams- check your Stream and RSVP to the calendar invitation NOW

    Total time allocated for the demo-cum-presentation is 15 minutes per group. Each group demo-cum-presentation should be MAXIMUM 12 minutes long , followed by 2-3 minutes for questions. It may be presented by one or more students. All group members MUST be present at the demo. As there is also swap over time between groups, it is very important that groups do not exceed their allotted time. Demos will be terminated at the end of the allotted slot, to allow the next group to start on time.

    The demo-cum-presentation MUST include a demo of the system developed. Optionally, it may include a short presentation (Powerpoint or pdf) to provide an overview of the project. In addition, you are encouraged to also attend other demos-cum-presentations.

    Demo Logistics:

    The demos will be held on Microsoft Teams . Three channels for Demos have been set up for the COMP 9517 2020T1 Team, one for each Stream. Please check the Stream that your group has been allotted to, by checking the demo timetable on the class web page, and join that channel (links below). You will also get an Outlook Calendar invitation with the teams link- please RSVP NOW . Check the schedule and join at least 15 minutes before your scheduled start time . Given the tight schedule, we may not be able to wait if you are late.

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    Stream 1

    Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

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    Conference ID: 277 904 321#

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    Stream 2

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  • Project Demo Schedule Updated

    Posted by Annette Spooner Friday 17 April 2020, 05:37:36 PM.

    Please see the updated project demo schedule on the course website under Course Work->Assessments->Project.

  • Project Demo Schedule Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Friday 17 April 2020, 09:10:13 AM.

    The schedule for the group project demonstrations is now available on the course website under Course Work->Assessments->Project. The demonstrations will take place on Microsoft Teams and further instructions will be given next week.

  • Assignment 1 Marks Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Thursday 16 April 2020, 01:26:48 PM.

    The marks for Assignment 1 have been released and late penalties, if any, have been applied. You can access your marks by logging in to your account and typing:

    9517 classrun -sturec

    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.

  • Week 9 Lecture Slides Available

    Posted by Annette Spooner Thursday 16 April 2020, 01:18:48 PM.

    The slides for Friday's guest lecture titled 'Crowd Detection Estimation' are now available on the course website under Course Work->Lectures->Week 9.

  • Week 9 Lecture Part 2- Teams Meeting Link corrected

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Thursday 16 April 2020, 01:02:27 PM, last modified Friday 17 April 2020, 09:47:37 AM.

    I trust all of you are safe and well.

    The week 9 Part 2 lecture will take place on Friday Apr 17th, 10-11 AM, details appear below. Please note:

    1. The talk has been pre-recorded and the video uploaded in Moodle, the link is at:

    https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/mod/assign/view.ph...

    Note this is the main Moodle class page, and NOT under Echo360Recordings.

    2. The speaker will be available on the class Microsoft Teams LIVE at the specified time, and will answer questions that you may have. Please type in your questions on Teams CHAT during lecture time only.

    A new channel has been created for today's lectures in the class Teams, and you may join it using the following. Please join in without video and microphone muted.

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    Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

    +61 2 8318 0024 Australia, Sydney (Toll)

    Conference ID: 644 307 499#

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    Join with a video conferencing device

    teams@unsw.onpexip.com VTC Conference ID: 1329352335

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    Friday April 17th, 10.05-10.55 PM

    Invited Talk by Shahab Ensafi, Unleash Live

    Title: Detecting and counting people from a non-stationary camera

    Abstract : Crowd Counting is time consuming and inaccurate process, with current methods often requiring manual counts. Automating this can be a challenging process, as it requires the detection of moving and stationary people and faces. This challenge is further exacerbated when the camera source is also moving. With the increased accessibility of drones in industries, organisations are increasingly utilising drone footage to conduct data capture and looking to computer vision for analytics solutions.

    This insight and extraction can be gained through computer vision methods and deep learning models which this talk will cover to help you understand the step-by-step process.

    Speaker Biography: Shahab is Senior AI Engineer at Unleash live.

    At Unleash live, Shahab is responsible for managing the end-to-end pipeline for the training and deployment of Computer Vision models. With expertise in creating, modifying and improving the AI models in Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Image Processing fields, he follows Unleash live’s goal for generating high quality and accurate models for enterprise requirements.

    Shahab received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from National University of Singapore (NUS), where he was awarded the A*STAR scholarship. Post academia, he worked on two successful start-ups followed by a post-doc position at Singapore University of Technology and Research (SUTD) with a focus on classification, segmentation and deep learning

    He is passionate about working closely with industry and universities to always be on the edge of state-of-the-art technologies and AI methodologies.

  • Examination Notice

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Wednesday 15 April 2020, 03:22:28 PM, last modified Thursday 16 April 2020, 12:49:50 PM.

    Dear 9517 students

    Hope all is safe and well with you.

    The COMP9517 exam is scheduled on Monday May 11th. It is a 24 hour exam, and will start at 9 AM AEST on May 11th and is due for submission at 8:59:59 AEST on the next day, ie May 12th .

    A sample exam paper will be made available by end of week 10, so you can practise before the day.

    Please watch out for further notices, and stay safe and well.

  • Week 9 Lecture Slides Available

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 15 April 2020, 11:56:47 AM.

    Lecture slides for today's guest lectures on computer vision applications have been posted to teh course website under Course Work->Lectures->Week 9.

  • Week 9 Lectures Part 1

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Wednesday 15 April 2020, 07:47:27 AM, last modified Thursday 16 April 2020, 12:50:56 PM.

    I trust all of you are safe and well.

    In week 9, we have a series of presentations on Computer Vision Applications, and details of Wednesday's talks appear below. Please note:

    1. All talks have been pre-recorded and the videos have been uploaded in Moodle, the link is at:

    https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/mod/assign/view.ph...

    Note this is the main Moodle class page, and NOT under Echo360Recordings.

    2. The speakers will be available on the class Microsoft Teams LIVE at the specified times, and will answer questions that you may have. Please type in your questions on Teams CHAT during lecture time only.

    A new channel has been created for today's lectures in the class Teams, and you may join it using the following. Please join in without video and microphone muted.

    Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

    +61 2 8318 0024 Australia, Sydney (Toll)

    Conference ID: 335 489 819#

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    Join with a video conferencing device

    teams@unsw.onpexip.com VTC Conference ID: 1349558795

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    3. No slides will be uploaded , as this is based on research work and/or industry product development. This material is also not directly examinable, and we hope that they will act as inspiration and motivation.

    Information on Friday's talk will be made available soon.

    Wednesday April 15th, 1.05-1.55 PM

    Invited Talk by Robin Hilliard , RocketBoots Sydney

    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.

    Wednesday April 15th, 2.05-2.55 PM

    Sankaran Iyer , A novel approach to Vertebral Compression Fracture Detection using Imitation Learning and Patch Based Convolutional Neural Network, presented at IEEE ISBI 2020 International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging April 3-7, 2020.

    Ramtin Gharleghi , Deep Learning for Time Averaged Wall Shear Stress Prediction in Left Main Coronary Bifurcations, presented at IEEE ISBI 2020 International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging April 3-7, 2020.

  • Week 8 - Homework (No Labs on Friday)

    Posted by Gihan Samarasinghe Wednesday 08 April 2020, 12:51:32 PM.

    Dear Students,

    As this Friday (10th of April 2020) is a public holiday, there will be no labs.

    However a homework is uploaded at Course Work->Lab Activities->Week 8 (Homework) for you to work on.

    Please note that This is a homework for self-learning, and you do not need to submit your implementations. (Please ignore submission instruction for codes and reports)

    Thank you and stay safe.

  • Week 8 Lecture - Q&A

    Posted by Gihan Samarasinghe Tuesday 07 April 2020, 01:41:59 PM.

    Dear COMP 9517 Students,


    I have already uploaded the lecture notes (PDF) to webcms3 and also a lecture recording to thr Moodle.
    In addition to that I have created the following Microsoft Teams meeting in COMP9517 2020T1 Teams chanel (which all the COMP9517 students have access to), where you can join and ask any question in the chat. I will try to answer to as many questions during the meeting time, and also if needed I will try to answer any remaining questions live from 2.50 pm to 3.00 pm.

    Please note that the meeting link is only available during the class time (1 pm to 3 pm on Wednesday 8th April 2020), and please join in without video and microphone muted.

    Thank you and stay safe!

    Meeting link: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting


    +61 2 8318 0024 Australia, Sydney (Toll)
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    teams@unsw.onpexip.com VTC Conference ID: 1388652600
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  • Week 8 lecture arrangement

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Monday 06 April 2020, 03:22:52 PM.

    Dear 9517 students, hope you are all safe and well.

    In week 8, we have only a 2 hour lecture, as Friday is a public holiday.

    The topic is Deep Learning and the lecture slides are on WebCMS and Ech0360 recording on Moodle.

    The designated lecturer is Dr Gihan Samarasinghe, who will post shortly on his availability for lecture consultation.

    Continue to stay well and safe.

    Sowmya and COMP 9517 team

  • Week 8 Lecture Slides Available

    Posted by Annette Spooner Monday 06 April 2020, 01:54:19 PM.

    The lecture slides for week 8 are now available on the course website under Course Work->Lectures->Week 8.

  • Lab 4 Marks and Solution Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Friday 03 April 2020, 10:09:50 AM.

    The marks and solution for Lab 4 have been released. Please note that late penalties, if any, will be applied at the time of grading. You can access your marks by logging in to your account and typing:

    9517 classrun -sturec

    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.

  • Update on Special Considerations

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Friday 03 April 2020, 09:42:02 AM.

    Dear 9517 students

    Hope you are safe and well.

    Due to the recent change to online assessments, STU has updated the special consideration website and the special consideration guidelines to include what a student should do if they experience technical issues whilst completing an assessment.

    The following information has been added:

    If a student experiences a technical or connection problem during an online assessment, they should take the following steps:

    1. Take screenshots of as many of the following as possible:
    • error messages
    • screen not loading
    • timestamped speed tests
    • power outage maps
    1. If the Course Coordinator or Tutor is present online during the assessment in chat, make contact immediately and advise them of the issue.
    2. Submit a Special Consideration application immediately at the conclusion of your assessment and upload your screenshots.

    Time zones – <u> </u> We are having many students apply for special consideration due to time difference. It is currently the expectation that students are able to complete the assessment based on the Australian Eastern Standard Time, AEST that has been set.

    We will continue to show flexibility in Term 1 around supporting documentation and ability to submit an application on time due the ever evolving COVID situation and the stress many of our students are still facing.

    Stay safe and well.

    Best wishes

    Sowmya

  • Update on Lecture Recordings

    Posted by Erik Meijering Wednesday 01 April 2020, 11:13:32 AM.

    Dear Students,

    A few minutes ago you should have received an updated message about the lecture recordings of Week 5.

    The original notice said these recordings were available via two special links on Moodle. But they have now been moved to the usual index on Echo 360 and the previous links in Moodle have been removed.

    So everything is now available via Echo 360 as usual, for consistency.

    The titles of the recordings there have also been updated to reflect the content. This should make it much easier for you to find the right recording if you want to review a lecture.

    Best wishes,
    Erik

  • Week 7 Lectures + Slides Available

    Posted by Erik Meijering Wednesday 01 April 2020, 11:08:08 AM, last modified Wednesday 01 April 2020, 10:42:26 PM.

    The lecture recordings of Week 7 on Motion and Tracking are now available via Moodle / Echo360.

    Corresponding slides (PDF) are available via WebCMS3 > Course Work > Lectures.

  • Project Individual Component: Extension to submission deadline

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Tuesday 31 March 2020, 02:25:38 PM.

    Dear students

    Thank you for handling the shift to online learning and assessments. This has been a busy time for everyone, and we have had a few requests for an extension to the forthcoming submission deadline for the Project individual component.

    The submission deadline for Project Individual component is herewith extended to 23:59:59 hours, Friday April 3rd . Any further extension will impact upon the group component, and therefore will NOT be granted. Thank you for your understanding.

    Stay safe and well.

    Sowmya

  • Grading for COMP9517

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Tuesday 31 March 2020, 12:40:32 PM.

    Dear Students

    We hope you are all safe and well.

    You would have heard recently from the Faculty and UNSW about the changes to the grading scheme for most courses.

    We have now confirmed that most 20T1 CSE courses will move to SY/FL, INCLUDING COMP 9517.

    This means that you will be assigned SY for any mark over 50, and FL for a mark below 50 in COMP 9517.

    Answers to many of your questions are in the emails referred to above. If you have further questions, please do contact us and we shall do our best to find the answers.

    Stay safe, stay well.

    Sowmya, Erik and COMP 9517 team

  • Lab 3 Marks and Solution Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Friday 27 March 2020, 05:53:04 PM.

    The marks and solution for Lab 3 have been released. Please note that late penalties, if any, will be applied at the time of grading. You can access your marks by logging in to your account and typing:

    9517 classrun -sturec

    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.

  • Transitioning to Online Learning site for UNSW students

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Thursday 26 March 2020, 12:26:36 PM.

    Yesterday UNSW launched Transitioning to Online Learning site for students. The website aims to support you through the challenge of shifting quickly from studying on campus to studying fully online.

    The website provides useful advice, videos with student tips and resources focusing on getting set up, studying effectively, staying motivated and healthy, and maintaining academic integrity. You will also find key contacts for support and help on issues particularly relevant to the current situation.

    Please check the site for realistic expectations of online learning and to develop strategies to support your ongoing successful study.

    Stay safe and well.

  • Project Submission Links Open

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 25 March 2020, 06:36:30 PM.

    Links for submitting the individual and group components of the project are now available under Course Work->Assessments->Project.

  • Important Notice: on final exam

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Wednesday 25 March 2020, 04:27:25 PM.

    Dear 9517 Students

    We are unable to adhere to the announced assessment plan and conduct a closed book final examination in COMP 9517, due to the unprecedented situation we find ourselves in. Our primary goal is to support your learning and provide adequate feedback on your work, and we are doing our best to find suitable alternatives.

    We shall replace the final exam with an extra writing assignment that involves reading an assigned article and writing a report that includes answering a set of questions with reference to the article. You will be given 24 hours' time to complete it during the exam period and submit it on WebCMS.

    If you have any comments or suggestions in this regard, please email us directly, or post on the Piazza forum. We shall consider them carefully before finalising the assignment.

    Stay safe and well.

    COMP 9517 Teaching team

    T1, 2020


  • Project Individual Component: Week 7 deadline

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Wednesday 25 March 2020, 02:54:26 PM.

    For the submission of the Project Individual Component, the week 7 deadline is Wed April 1st, 23:59:59 hours.

    The submission will be so set up on WebCMS.

  • Use of Teams for group project consultations and meetings

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Tuesday 24 March 2020, 09:27:02 AM.

    There has been a question on Piazza on the use of Teams for group project consultations and meetings. Here is our response, hope it is helpful.

    Teams consultations with your tutor are a mandated and necessary component of your group project, and will be assessed (see marking criteria).

    For discussions within the groups, we recommend Teams, however you may choose to use another platform if you wish. In case of disputes within the group (which do occur occasionally), you may be required to provide transcripts and minutes of group meetings. Using Teams would make this easier, however the choice is yours.

  • Project Groups on Teams

    Posted by Annette Spooner Monday 23 March 2020, 08:49:35 AM.

    Your tutors have now set up a team in Micosoft Teams for each project group and added you to that group. The team name is the same as the project group name. All your communication with each other and with your tutors should be done within the chat and video-conference facilities of that team. Marks will be awarded for your participation in this. Your tutors will contact you this week to organise a meeting via Teams. You can ask your tutors questions any time via Teams.

  • Week 6- Flexibility week plan

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Monday 23 March 2020, 08:11:13 AM.

    Dear students

    As already foreshadowed in the course outline, we shall observe flexibility week this week.

    This means there is no scheduled lecture or lab session this week. You should use the time to revise the material taught so far, and make progress on your project.

    Tutors will be available for consultation this week on your project work. You and your group should arrange a meeting with your assigned tutor this week. Please contact your assigned tutor directly to arrange meeting times. The meeting will be conducted entirely online, please await instructions from your tutor on this.

    Stay safe and well.





  • Urgent: Survey on 20T1 Assessment

    Posted by Annette Spooner Saturday 21 March 2020, 04:17:46 PM.

    The faculty would like student feedback on how 20T1 assessment should be handled. CSE' s new stureps kindly put together a survey at very short notice: https://web.cse.unsw.edu.au/~apps/prismatic

    The survey closes Sunday (tomorrow) midnight. Please respond because the faculty needs the feedback immediately. Thank you.

  • Project Groups Updated

    Posted by Annette Spooner Saturday 21 March 2020, 02:10:48 PM.

    Due to a misunderstanding, there has been a slight change in some of the project groups. The listing has been updated. Please re-check your groups.

  • Project Groups

    Posted by Annette Spooner Saturday 21 March 2020, 08:09:07 AM.

    The final list of project groups and the tutors that will mentor each group has been posted under Course Work->Assessments->Project->Project Groups 20T1. Any student that was not in a group has been allocated to one. Students in group 9517_project have been merged with group CHF, under the name CHF.

    Your tutors will be in contact with you next week.

  • Lab 4 spec updated

    Posted by Annette Spooner Friday 20 March 2020, 09:03:44 AM.

    The spec for Lab 4 has been updated with the correct marking structure. The assessable task is worth 2 marks.

  • Lab 4 video-conferencing

    Posted by Annette Spooner Thursday 19 March 2020, 09:21:59 PM.

    As we try to sort out the best options for video-conferencing, some of the tutors will be available on Google Hangouts at 9am on Friday to help with Lab 4. Click on this link to speak with Kane: https://hangouts.google.com/call/gH7cPp3NxdHbmrAotRGrAEEM

    Other links may be posted if available. Otherwise post questions on Piazza.

  • Lab 4 on Friday 20th

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Thursday 19 March 2020, 04:02:29 PM.

    UNSW has announced today that there wil be no in-person classes from Friday, March 20th- this includes lectures as wel as labs.

    We have already migrated the week 5 lectures online, see Prof Meijering's notice on March 17th, and similar arrangements will be made for future weeks- do watch out for further notices.

    The last lab for COMP 9517 is scheduled for Friday, March 20th. The questions have been posted already, and all tutors will be available to answer questions on Piazza during the regular lab hour, ie Friday 9-10 AM.

    Please work through the questions and ask your questions on Piazza.

    The answer to the assessable question is to be submitted online as usual- see the Lab specs for details.

    Stay safe and well in this challenging time.

  • Lab 2 Marks and Solution Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 18 March 2020, 08:49:08 PM.

    The marks and solution for Lab 2 have been released. Please note that late penalties, if any, will be applied at the time of grading. You can access your marks by logging in to your account and typing:

    9517 classrun -sturec

    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.

  • Project Specification Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 18 March 2020, 07:18:01 PM.

    The specification and data files for the project have been released and can be found on the course website under Course Work->Assessments->Project.

  • Lab 4 Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 18 March 2020, 01:53:52 PM.

    Lab 4, the final lab, is now available on the course website under Course Work->Lab Activities->Week 5. This lab is worth 2 marks. Tutors will be available online during the lab session on Friday from 9-10am to answer your questions on Piazza.

  • Reminder - Project Groups

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 18 March 2020, 09:56:02 AM.

    Please don't forget to form your project groups. If you have not been able to form a group by Thursday, you will be allocated to a group on Friday. Check the messages on Piazza for students looking for additional members for their groups.

  • Lab 1 Solutions Available

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 18 March 2020, 08:30:52 AM.

    The solutions to Lab 1 are now available on the course website under Course Work->Lab Activities->Week 2. Solutions to subsequent labs will be released when the lab marks are released.

  • Please submit your code for all labs

    Posted by Annette Spooner Tuesday 17 March 2020, 05:17:53 PM.

    Please make sure that you submit both your code and your images for each lab, even if the spec does not specifically ask for this. Marks will not be deducted for Lab 2 if you did not submit your code, but they will be deducted for Labs 3 & 4. If you have already submitted Lab 3 and did not include your code, you have until midday tomorrow to resubmit it.

  • Week 5 Lectures + Slides Available

    Posted by Erik Meijering Tuesday 17 March 2020, 01:22:32 PM, last modified Wednesday 01 April 2020, 10:52:00 AM.

    As announced yesterday, following UNSW recommendations, all COMP9517 activities are moving online until further notice. This includes the lectures. We are working on the technicalities of recording new lectures.

    The lectures of week 5 on pattern recognition were previously recorded by our colleague Dr. Gelareh Mohammadi. The recordings are now available via Moodle.

    The lecture slides are now available in WebCMS3 under Course Work > Lectures > Week 5.

    If you have any questions about the lectures, please post them on Piazza, and we will follow up there.

  • Lab 1 Marks Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Monday 16 March 2020, 09:17:23 PM.

    The marks for Lab 1 have been released. Please note that late penalties, if any, will be applied at the time of grading. You can access your marks by logging in to your account and typing:

    9517 classrun -sturec

    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.

  • COMP 9517 moving online

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Monday 16 March 2020, 07:03:32 PM.

    Dear 9517 students

    Based on the recommendation received from UNSW, all activities of COMP 9517 are moving online with immediate effect and until further notice. This includes lectures, lab session and consultations starting right now.

    The notices on WebCMS will act as the main communication channel to the class. Piazza forum will continue to be monitored and responded to. Moodle will be used to post online lectures. Tutors will be available online during the lab session to answer questions.

    Stay safe and well, and watch out for further notices.

    COMP 9517 teaching team

  • Please form your Project Groups

    Posted by Annette Spooner Monday 16 March 2020, 08:07:33 AM.

    The project spec will be released this week. The project will be carried out in groups of 5 people . Please register your project groups on the course website by Thursday 19th March (week 5).

    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. Please create your group name from your own names or initials. Inappropriate group names will not be accepted.

    If you cannot form a group of 5 you will be allocated to a group, starting from Friday 20th March. The permission of the LIC is required for smaller groups.

  • Lab 3 Spec Updated

    Posted by Annette Spooner Sunday 15 March 2020, 07:47:20 PM.

    The Lab 3 spec has been updated as the links were not working. This problem has now been fixed.

  • Week 4 Lecture Slides Available

    Posted by Annette Spooner Friday 13 March 2020, 10:53:24 AM.

    The lecture slides for today's lecture are now available.

  • Some tutors will arrive late due to transport problems

    Posted by Annette Spooner Friday 13 March 2020, 08:36:22 AM.

    Due to transport problems this morning, some tutors may be late for the labs or not arrive at all. Students in tabla, feel free to move to another lab. Students in oboe, your tutor will be late. There will be a tutor in the adjoining room or you may move to another lab. Thank you for your understanding.

  • Lab 3 Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 11 March 2020, 04:13:27 PM.

    The instructions, sample images and code template for Lab 3 are now available on the course website under Course Work->Lab Activities->Week 4.

  • Today's Lecture Slides Available

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 11 March 2020, 11:25:26 AM.

    The lecture slides for today are now available on the course website under Course Work_>Lectures->Week 4.

  • Week 3 Lecture Slides (Part 2) Available

    Posted by Annette Spooner Friday 06 March 2020, 07:47:38 AM.

    The lecture slides for week 3 (part 2) are now available on the course website under Course Work_>Lectures->Week 3.

  • Lab 2 Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 04 March 2020, 03:47:22 PM.

    The instructions, sample images and code templates for Lab 2 are now available on the course website under Course Work->Lab Activities->Week 3.

  • Week 3 Lecture Slides Available

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 04 March 2020, 10:41:21 AM.

    The lecture slides for week 3 are now available on the course website under Course Work_>Lectures->Week 3.

  • Assigment 1 - Clarifications

    Posted by Annette Spooner Tuesday 03 March 2020, 05:37:43 PM.

    As a result of questions on the forum, a document clarifying some concepts in Assignment 1 has been posted on the course website under Course Work->Assessments->Assignment 1->Assignment 1 Specification - Clarifications (20T1). Some additional high-quality images have also been provided that you can use in Task 2 if you wish.

  • Lab attendance

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Tuesday 03 March 2020, 04:22:44 PM.

    As indicated in an earlier message: If you cannot travel to UNSW to attend week 3 classes, you unfortunately cannot take COMP9517 this term. Attendance in classes and labs is necessary to complete COMP9517. You will need to change your enrollment.

    Lab attendance was taken in week 2 (Lab1).

    It will continue to be taken at every lab session.

    If you are enrolled in the class, make sure you attend the lab sessions in person, it is compulsory.

  • Assignment Consultations

    Posted by Annette Spooner Saturday 29 February 2020, 11:08:37 AM.

    The times when tutors will be available for consultation on the assignment have been posted on the course website under Consultations. These times can change, so please re-check this list before attending a consultation session.

  • REMINDER Lab session starts tomorrow Friday Feb 28th, 9 AM

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Thursday 27 February 2020, 08:07:18 PM.

    Please go to your timetabled lab tomorrow Friday Feb 28th at 9 AM

  • Assignment Consultations

    Posted by Annette Spooner Thursday 27 February 2020, 07:25:27 PM.

    The tutors will be available at specified times for consultation on the assignment, starting tomorrow.

    The first session will be 11am-12pm Friday 28th Feb in room 403, level 4 K17 . Subsequent sessions will be advised shortly.

  • Assignment 1 submission link open

    Posted by Annette Spooner Thursday 27 February 2020, 04:46:06 PM, last modified Friday 28 February 2020, 11:18:27 AM.

    The submission link for Assigment 1 is now open and can be found under Course Work->Assessments->Assignment 1->Assignment 1 Submission (20T1). Instructions for the submission are also given at this link. Deadline: 11:59pm (midnight) on Mon 9th March.

    Please compress all your files into a .zip file for upload. That is the only file format that will be accepted. If you have problems with submission the file format is generally the reason. The file size limit is 20Mb.

  • Lab 1 submission link open

    Posted by Annette Spooner Thursday 27 February 2020, 04:37:33 PM.

    The labs will be submitted online using give. The submission link for Lab 1 is now open and can be found under Course Work->Lab Activities->Week 2. It will close at 11:59am (midday) on Wed 4th March. No late submissions will be accepted.

    Please compress all your files into a .zip file for upload. That is the only file format that will be accepted. If you have problems with submission the file format is generally the reason. The file size limit is 5Mb.

  • Recording for week 1 Friday 9.05-9.55 AM

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Thursday 27 February 2020, 03:53:34 PM.

    The lecture recording for week 1 Friday 9.05-9.55 AM is not available.

    Instead. I have linked the corresponding recording from T3, 2019.

    You will find it on the main Moodle page for COMP 9517.

  • Assignment 1 Marking Criteria Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 26 February 2020, 10:14:13 PM.

    The marking criteria for Assignment 1 are now available on the course website under Course Work->Assessments->Assignment 1->Marking Criteria.

  • Lab 1 Released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Wednesday 26 February 2020, 10:06:19 PM.

    Lab 1 is now available on the Course website under Course Work->Lab Activities->Week 2 and is due on Wed 4th March at 11:59:59 (midday). Sample images to use in the lab are also available.

    The software that you will need for the labs is explained in the document Course Work->Lab Activities->Lab Requirements. Please read this document and install the required software BEFORE coming to the lab.

  • Week 2 Lecture Slides Available

    Posted by Annette Spooner Tuesday 25 February 2020, 04:29:22 PM.

    The lectures slides for Week 2 are now available on the course website under Course Work->Lectures->Week 2.

  • Labs start this Friday

    Posted by Annette Spooner Monday 24 February 2020, 12:24:33 PM.

    Labs for COMP9517 will being this Friday at 9am. COMP9517 labs will take place in Kora, Drum, Bongo, Sitar, Oboe, Flute, Tabla and Brass. The locations of these labs can be found here: https://taggi.cse.unsw.edu.au/FAQ/CSE_lab_map/

    Because we have students affected by the travel ban, you may find that some lab classes have more students than others. If you find that your lab class has a large number of students, you may move to another lab class with fewer students to even out the numbers in each group.

  • Example Code and Images

    Posted by Annette Spooner Monday 24 February 2020, 12:09:47 PM.

    The code and images that were used in the demonstration given on Fri 21st Feb are now available on the Course website under Course Work->Lectures->Week 1->Example Code and Images (20T1).

  • Assignment 1 released

    Posted by Annette Spooner Friday 21 February 2020, 10:50:13 PM.

    The specification for Assignment 1 and the sample images have been released and can be found under Course Work -> Assessments -> Assignment 1.

  • Change of room for tomorrow's lecture

    Posted by Annette Spooner Thursday 20 February 2020, 04:31:23 PM.

    As there are no labs in Week 1, there will be a lecture tomorrow in CLB 7 from 9-10am. If necessary we will move to CLB 6, our regular lecture theatre, for the second half of the lecture, from 10-11am.

  • Additional slides for week 1

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Wednesday 19 February 2020, 12:08:37 PM.

    Additional slides for week 1 have been posted under Lectures.

  • Message to students affected by travel restrictions

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Wednesday 19 February 2020, 10:51:18 AM, last modified Tuesday 03 March 2020, 04:16:36 PM.

    Hi everyone

    We know some students are currently unable to attend COMP9517 classes because of recent travel restrictions.

    Some students have told us they are currently travelling. Some students have told us they are in Sydney but cannot attend classes because they are self-isolating .

    If you can get to UNSW by Feb 28 and can attend your week 3 classes, we look forward to having you in COMP9517. Please prepare by following the slides and lecture recordings for weeks 1 and 2, and start work on Lab 1 (submission due on Wed week 3) and the assignment (tentative due date: end of week 3) when they are released.

    If you cannot travel to UNSW to attend week 3 classes, you unfortunately cannot take COMP9517 this term. Attendance in classes and labs is necessary to complete COMP9517. You will need to change your enrollment.

    There is information here to help you with changing your enrolment and other questions and you can contact The Nucleus for more help.

    We look forward to seeing you at UNSW when you can travel here.

  • Week 1 Lectures Slides Available

    Posted by Annette Spooner Tuesday 18 February 2020, 12:10:36 PM.

    The lectures slides for Week 1 are now available on the course website under Course Work->Lectures->Week 1.

  • Piazza will be the communication platform for COMP9517

    Posted by Annette Spooner Monday 17 February 2020, 04:30:38 PM.

    This term we will be trialing the use of Piazza as the communication platform for COMP9517. Any questions you have about course material, assessments and labs can be posted on Piazza. Course material will still be posted to the normal WebCMS3 platform, and assignments and labs will be submitted via give as usual.

    Piazza can be accessed via this link: https://piazza.com/unsw.edu.au/spring2020/comp9517

    You will need to sign up to COMP9517 on Piazza using the access code 2020vision t o gain access to the forum. Please post on the course home page if you have any problems with this.


  • Welcome to COMP 9517, T1 2020 edition

    Posted by Arcot Sowmya Thursday 13 February 2020, 03:41:31 PM.

    Dear COMP 9517 students

    Welcome to COMP 9517. The draft course outline is available via the link on the left panel.

    Classes will start on Wednesday week 1. See you all then.

    Best wishes

    Sowmya and the COMP9517 team


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