COMP9517 Notices

myExperience survey

Posted by Yang Song 13 days ago.

Hi everyone,

Thanks to all of you who have completed the myExperience survey so far. If you haven't yet participated, you can find the myExperience link on your Moodle course page or look for the link in your student email.

Tomorrow 1st May is the last day for filling out this survey. Your constructive feedback is valued, and helps not only students taking this course, but myself and teaching staff across UNSW to create positive changes in their courses moving forward.

On behalf of the entire COMP9517 team, and with special thanks to our two very hardworking course admins and 24 tutors, I would really appreciate your support.

Peer review form available

Posted by Haonan Zhong 19 days ago, last modified 18 days ago.

Hi everyone,

The peer review for all groups is now open. This is for each member of the group to enter a participation percentage for all their own group members, including themselves. Please complete this activity by Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 6:00 PM.

• Please do not submit your comments/ peer-evaluation in a file under the assignment file submission link as it is only used to enable the percentage slider & comments section. Please submit an empty file there.
• Please verify that your group members are listed correctly. If you notice any mismatch, kindly reach out to us.
• IMPORTANT : If you do not follow these steps, your comments might be viewable by other group members.
• We highly encourage all group members to enter their peer review, especially if you have any concerns about the contributions. If you have emailed us before, please do enter them in the form again for better tracking. Note: we do not need screen captures, etc.

If you have any questions or there are any issues, please get in touch via email cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au

Haonan

Project submission

Posted by Yang Song 19 days ago.

Hi everyone,

For the video submission, please read the "Project Submission Instruction" below posted by Haonan three days ago. If you still encounter error after following the instruction, please indicate clearly in your Ed post or email that you've used give but still couldn't submit it. In that case, we'll need to ask for system support to resolve the issue.

Considering that there might be difficulties with the submission, we will not apply any late penalty if the project submission is within a one-day delay, meaning submission before 6pm 26 April . Hopefully this will avoid some tense moment and make everything more easily manageable.

However, please be mindful that avoid submitting it multiple times so that we can minimise the risk of overwhelming the system.

A few notes

Posted by Yang Song 20 days ago.

Hi everyone,

You should have received an email about exam allocations . Please read the email carefully, and the allocation is here: https://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~exam/25T1/seating/register.cgi/allocations/ . Any questions or concerns please email cse.exams@unsw.edu.au.

I suppose the projects are almost done. We'll release the peer review form on Moodle this Friday morning, to be completed by Tuesday next week. A notice will be posted here when it's available. Please do utilise the form if you have any concerns about peer contributions within your groups.

We'll need about 3 weeks to finalise the project marking , because we need to make sure the marking is done consistently across all groups. So we need time to double check all marks. We'll also ensure the marks are adaptive to individual contributions based on the information entered in the peer review forms.

Finally, as usual, please do complete the myExperience survey. That will be very helpful for us.

And good luck with your final exam!

Project submission instruction

Posted by Haonan Zhong 21 days ago, last modified 21 days ago.

Hi everyone,

Please be reminded to submit only one copy of your project per team (one member of the team should submit the project on behalf of the group).

• If you encounter a "Bad Gateway" error while submitting your video via WebCMS, we recommend using the give cs9517 projectvideo file1 file2 file3 ... command through the VLab terminal, as WebCMS may have difficulty handling large file uploads.

As we are currently working with limited disk storage, we kindly ask all teams to avoid uploading multiple submissions. This will help ensure smooth handling of all submitted files and avoid potential conflicts during the submission process.

Thank you for your cooperation.

If you have any questions or run into any issues, feel free to reach out via cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au .

Kind regards,
Haonan

Week 10 lectures

Posted by Yang Song 22 days ago.

Hi everyone,

This is a reminder that this week, the Tuesday lecture will be dedicated to lecture revision. We’ll go through all the important slides from the past nine weeks, which will be very useful for studying for the final exam. You can attend the lecture or watch the recording afterwards.

The Wednesday lecture will be focused on answering questions about the project and the final exam. We’d prefer to do this in person, but if you post messages in the chat during the online stream, we’ll be able to see them and reply too.

Wednesday Tutorial Access Issue Fixed

Posted by Haonan Zhong 27 days ago.

Hi everyone,

We've updated the access permission for today's tutorial sessions; you can be able to access the tutorial session now.

Kind regards,

Haonan

Project submission link available

Posted by Haonan Zhong 27 days ago.

Hi everyone,

The submission links for Project are now available on WebCMS under Assessments ⇒ Group Project.

You are required to:

• Submit your project video (in .zip or .mp4 format) via the "Project Video Submission" link.
• Submit a zipped file containing your code and report ( Do not include the dataset or trained models in the zip file ) via the "Project Code & Report Submission" link.
  

Please note that :

• The file size limit is 100MB for the video submission and 25MB for the code&report submission. Files exceeding these limits will not be accepted by the system.
• Please ensure that your zip file contains no errors and that all files can be opened properly. We recommend you unzip your zip file to have a test before you submit it to the system.
• Once your submission is successfully accepted, a confirmation message will appear on the WebCMS submission page. Please review this message carefully — examples of successful submissions are shown below:

Peer review forms will be released on Moodle next week, and you’ll receive a notification once they are available.

If you have any questions or run into any issues, feel free to reach out via cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au .

Kind regards,
Haonan

Lab4 mark release

Posted by Haonan Zhong 28 days ago.

Hi everyone,

The marks for Lab4 have been released. You can access your marks by logging in to your account and typing:

9517 classrun -sturec

To see your marks on GIVE :

• Select Marks icon (similar to a bar chart)

If you have any questions or there are any issues, please get in touch via email cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au

Haonan

Week 9 & 10 Friday Tutorials

Posted by Haonan Zhong 29 days ago, last modified 29 days ago.

Hi everyone,

As Fridays in Weeks 9 and 10 are public holidays, the Friday tutorial session links will be unavailable, they will be rescheduled to Wednesday 4-5pm, Thursday 4-5pm and Thursday 5-6pm. Students enrolled in the Friday 12:00–1:00 PM sessions (tute10–12 groups) are welcome to attend any of the available tutorial sessions during those two weeks, as all sessions will be open to you. However, we kindly ask that you attend your originally assigned session where possible to maintain a balanced distribution of students across sessions.

If you have any questions or there are any issues, please get in touch via email cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au

Haonan

Week 9 Slides

Posted by Hao Xue 30 days ago.

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Week 9.

The slides for this week have been uploaded. See you tomorrow!

Best,

Hao

Exam Info

Posted by Yang Song about a month ago.

Hi everyone,

Our final exam will be in CSE labs. My understanding is that May 7 should be the date, and there should be two sessions on that day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. You should be receiving emails next week about choosing one of the two sessions, and the selection will be first come first serve.

The exam itself is 2 hours plus 15 minutes setup time. I'll let you know if we receive any further information.

Project Group Assignments

Posted by Andrew Gunawan about a month ago.

Hi Students,

There seems to be some confusion in some groups regarding who is assigned to which group.

As previously announced, please note that we will NOT be using the group function in WebCMS.

Instead please refer to the PDF under Assessments>Group Project> Project group assignments for the official allocation of students. This is how you will be marked so please strictly follow what this document indicates.

You can get in touch with other students via email by using the zID followed by @ad.unsw.edu.au

e.g. z0000000@ad.unsw.edu.au

Let us know ASAP if there are any issues or you do not understand which group you are in.

Andrew

Week 8 Slides

Posted by Hao Xue about a month ago.

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Week 8.

The slides for this week have been uploaded. See you tomorrow!

Best,

Hao

Exam schedule

Posted by Yang Song about a month ago.

Hi everyone,

We are just told that students might have received the provisional timetable of final exams, although they are not released to lecturers yet.

However, the School told us that the timetable is not correct and they are fixing the issue and will let everyone know as soon as it is fixed.

Lab3 mark release

Posted by Haonan Zhong about a month ago.

Hi everyone,

The marks for Lab3 have been released. You can access your marks by logging in to your account and typing:

9517 classrun -sturec

To see your marks on GIVE :

• Select Marks icon (similar to a bar chart)

If you have any questions or there are any issues, please get in touch via email cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au

Haonan

Week 7 Slides

Posted by Hao Xue about a month ago.

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Week 7.

The slides for this week have been uploaded. See you tomorrow!

Best,

Hao

Exam, Project and Tutorials

Posted by Yang Song about a month ago.

Hi everyone,

1) Sample exam questions and answers are now available under Assessments => Exam . You can use them as guidance for preparing for the final exam. Tuesday lectures in Week 10 will also be dedicated to reviewing lecture materials. Note that there are no additional requirements in this course like double pass or hurdle, etc.

2) Some additional information about the group project is uploaded under Lectures => Week 7 . We'll go through them during the second hour of the Wednesday lecture.

3) In Weeks 9 and 10, Fridays are public holidays, so we will need to move the Friday tutorials to the Wednesday and Thursday slots. Currently we have three Friday tutorial sessions, so we'll just move each of them to Wednesday 4-5pm, Thursday 4-5pm and Thursday 5-6pm. To avoid potential conflicts in your timetable, all tutorial sessions will be open to everyone during those two weeks, so that you can join any tutorial. However, please stick to your original tutorial group whenever possible to ensure a balanced number of students across sessions.

Project groups

Posted by Andrew Gunawan 2 months ago.

Hi Students,

Due to webcms allowing multiple groups with the same name to be formed, a number of groups were incorrectly created. We have reassigned a number of students to correct this error.

Please recheck your allocated groups in case and again let us know if there are any issues.

Apologies for the inconvenience

Andrew

Project Group assignments

Posted by Andrew Gunawan 2 months ago.

Hi Students,

Project groups have been finalised and release under Assessments>Group Project>Project group assignments.

We will no longer be using the groups function in webcms. The groups in the PDF will be how we assess everyone, so please check and follow the official groupings. Those who formed groups in webcms should be paired together.

To keep the group project fair and minimise disruption, there will be no changing of groups. Please contact your fellow group members and work together to complete the project.

If there are any issues, please contact us ASAP.

Andrew

Instructions for checking lab marks

Posted by Haonan Zhong 2 months ago, last modified 2 months ago.

Hi everyone,

Please check your lab marks via Give , In the Give system, please navigate to Marks tab (instead of Assignments tab) to view your marks.

If you have any questions or there are any issues, please get in touch via email cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au

Haonan

Lab2 mark release & Lab4 submission link available

Posted by Haonan Zhong 2 months ago, last modified 2 months ago.

Hi everyone,

Marks for Lab 2 have been released. You can check via Give.

Submission link for Lab 4 is available now here under Assessments => Lab 4.

If you have any questions or there are any issues, please get in touch via email cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au

Haonan

Lab 1 sample answers

Posted by Yang Song 2 months ago.

Hi everyone, we've just uploaded a file under Assessment => Lab 1 showing the sample answers, especially the parameter settings that are quite important to obtain the various outputs. It might be useful.

Week 5

Posted by Yang Song 2 months ago.

Hi everyone,

A few updates:

Marks for Lab 1 have been released. You can check via Give.

Submission link for Lab 3 is available now here under Assessments => Lab 3.

Specification for Lab 4 has been uploaded.

Specification for the group project has been uploaded under Assessments.

There's no tutorial in Week 6, so the tutorials this week will be a good opportunity to ask questions if you are unclear about the project requirement. Dr Hao Xue will talk about the project during the lectures this week as well.

In Week 7, 3-4pm Wednesday will be dedicated to the project, and both Hao and myself will be in the lecture room to talk about the project and provide consultations.

Also, Fridays in Weeks 9 and 10 are public holidays, so we'll have to move the Friday tutorials to other days, using the Wednesday or Thursday tutorial times. We'll confirm soon.

Week 5 Slides

Posted by Hao Xue 2 months ago.

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Week 5.

Lecture slides for this week have been uploaded.

Best,

Hao

Lab2 Submission Issue Fixed

Posted by Haonan Zhong 2 months ago, last modified 2 months ago.

Hi Everyone,

Lab2 submission issue is fixed now; please try to re-submit your lab2.

Haonan

Lab02 submissions

Posted by Andrew Gunawan 2 months ago.

Hi Everyone,

Some of you might have encountered an error trying to submit your labs. We are aware of the issue and working on fixing it. Please try again later. We will of course take into account the disruption and will not apply a late penalty for reasonable delay

Andrew

Project Groups

Posted by Andrew Gunawan 2 months ago.

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder to form your project groups by the end of next week (Friday). All groups need to be registered on WebCMS by using the 'Groups' function. The maximum number of students in one group is 5. If your group by the end of next week has less than 5 members, we will assign additional members to fill it up. Group members do not have to be in the same tute.

If you don't have a group by the deadline that is ok, we will assign you to a group after the deadline has passed.

Please form your groups now as we want this to be the best experience for you and there will not be an opportunity to change groups after the deadline.

If you have any questions let us know at cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au

Thanks,

Andrew

Week 4

Posted by Yang Song 2 months ago.

Hi everyone,

Same as last week, the submission link for Lab 2 is now available here under Assessments => Lab 2.

Spec for Lab 3 has been released under Lab 3. Lecture slides for this week have been uploaded here as well.

For the group project , we will release the spec around mid next week. And a reminder that the project groups must be finalised by next week. If you have not joined a group of 5 by Friday next week, we'll assign you to a group and also fill any groups with less than 5 members.

Week 3

Posted by Yang Song 2 months ago.

Hi everyone,

The submission link for Lab 1 is now available here under Assessments => Lab 1.

Spec for Lab 2 has been released under Lab 2.

Lecture slides for this week have been uploaded here as well.

Tutorial Groupings

Posted by Andrew Gunawan 2 months ago.

Dear Students,

Due to the large size of the course, unfortunately we are unable to accommodate all individual requests regarding which tute group students are placed in. Additionally, to maintain a balanced number of students per group, we have allocated students based on the selected tutorial time in myUNSW.

If your enrolled time does not match your allocation please get in touch letting us know the time you are supposed to be in, and evidence from myUNSW. Otherwise, we will not be able to swap your group.

If your group members are in different tute groups, that is totally fine, there is no need to swap groups.

Thank you for your understanding

Andrew

Week 2

Posted by Yang Song 3 months ago.

Hi everyone,

Please note that lecture slides for this week have been uploaded here.

The specification for Lab 1 is also available now under the "Assessments" tab. Submission is due Friday next week (7 March). Submission link will be posted here next week.

Tutorials start this week, so if you have questions regarding Lab 1, you can ask during the tutorial sessions this week and next week.

Do check if you can see your Blackboard Collaborate link in Moodle for the tutorial sessions. If you have enrolled in this course in the past few days, you might not have been allocated to a tutorial group. In that case, please email the class account (cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au) specifying the tutorial session that you enrolled, so we can assign you to the correct group.

Tutorial groups and times

Posted by Andrew Gunawan 3 months ago.

Hi Everyone,

Please find your tutorial groups in the list provided under the Tutorials heading.

There you should be able to find you zID along with the tutorial time and the tutors who will be taking the group.

You should also shortly see a link to join your tutorial each week in Moodle.

If you have any questions or there are any issues, please get in touch via email cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au

Andrew

Week 1

Posted by Yang Song 3 months ago.

Hi everyone,

We'll have the first lecture tomorrow. Lecture slides will be uploaded here tomorrow morning.

Tutorials/labs will start next week. We'll let you know which tutorial group you are assigned to, either later this week or early next week. Each tutorial group will have a Blackboard Collaborate link in Moodle.

Before the labs start, there are some preparation steps to set up the Python programming environment as well as some OpenCV tutorials that you might want to try. Please refer to the " Lab Preparations " section under the "Assessments" here in WebCMS3. Questions related to these will be answered during the first tutorial session next week.

You can also start forming project groups. This is needed for the "Group Project" component (spec to be released in Week 5). Each project group should have 5 members. You can form groups in the " Groups " section of WebCMS3. Please note that forming groups is optional, students without a group will be assigned to one, and groups with less that 5 members will have additional members assigned to them. Also, students do not need to be in the same tutorial to join the same project group. Project groups should be finalised by Week 5.

And while lectures, labs, and projects can be conducted online, the final exam will be in-person in CSE labs. More details will be released later.

Welcome to COMP9517 25T1

Posted by Yang Song 3 months ago.

Dear Students,

Welcome to COMP9517 starting next week in T1. Please have a look at the Course Outline (available in ECOS via the menu on WebCMS3) for more details on what to expect and what's expected in this course.

We will use WebCMS3 as our main platform. Lecture slides, assignment specs, tutorial groups information, etc., will be through WebCMS3.

The lectures will be delivered both in-person on campus and online via the Live Streaming option in Echo360 . The links to lectures in Echo360 (both live streaming and recordings) can be accessed via Moodle .

Tutorials/Labs will be conducted online via Blackboard Collaborate , which will be accessible via Moodle.

For discussion forum, we will use Ed ((see the link in the menu on WebCMS3). The forum is monitored daily and we do our best to answer within 24 hours. For more individual questions, please email the class account: cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au .

In the past few years we have broken the record in terms of student numbers every new term, which keeps challenging us. Clearly, interest in computer vision and its many applications is growing rapidly. Please bear with us as we do our best solving technical challenges in making the course an enjoyable experience for you.

On behalf of the entire COMP9517 25T1 Team, which includes Co-Lecturer Dr Hao Xue, Course Admins Andrew Gunawan and Haonan Zhong, and our 24 Tutors, I wish you a great time learning about Computer Vision!

Yang Song
Lecturer in Charge