COMP9517 Notices

Week 9 Lecture Slides Available

Posted by Dong Gong Monday 27 July 2026, 11:07:59 PM.

Hi Everyone, The slides of the Week 9 lectures are now available under WebCMS3 > COMP9517 > Course Work > Lectures > Week 9. Best, Dong

Group Project Progress Check (Due Friday, 7 August 2026)

Posted by Dong Gong Saturday 25 July 2026, 12:36:36 AM, last modified Saturday 25 July 2026, 12:42:20 AM.

Dear all,

The group project is due Friday 7 August 2026 — about two weeks from now. If your group has not started yet, please start as early as possible. Training and evaluating models, recording a 10-minute video with every member presenting, and writing the report do not compress well into a couple of days.

Please also read the Project Specification carefully and make sure your report covers all the required content. You do not want to lose marks simply because something was not reported, even though you did the work. :)

Please contact your group members and contribute to the project meaningfully if you have not already. Agree early on who does what, and remember that all members are expected contribute to the methods, code, and experiments, not only to the video or report.
Check and manage your project progress (of all members) regularly to ensure that planned tasks are completed on schedule. If any delays or issues arise, identify them early and adjust your plan or adopt alternative plans as soon as possible, for obtaining expected marks.

If you cannot reach a group member, please keep a record of your attempts to contact them and of their lack of response. (Optional) More generally, it is useful to keep work logs as part of your working notes, or some other record of contributions. For example, Git logs can be a good record if you use Git (GitHub or any similar service) to manage and collaborate on your project.

As mentioned in the Project Specification, you will have the opportunity to submit a survey on the peer-evaluated contributions after the due date, together with the records above if needed. Submitting it is optional — do so if there is something you would like us to take into account. We will consider the critical information when determining the marking, and the Course Admin and I will handle the process accordingly.

There is still enough time to do this well — it is a genuinely interesting problem, and the process of working through it is worth experiencing. I hope you enjoy it.

Good luck!

Best,
Dong

Week 8 Lecture Slides Available

Posted by Dong Gong Wednesday 22 July 2026, 02:27:36 AM.

Hi Everyone, The slides of the Week 8 lectures (Deep Learning - Part 2) are now available under WebCMS3 > COMP9517 > Course Work > Lectures > Week 8. Best, Dong

Lab 4 Mark Release

Posted by Haonan Zhong Monday 20 July 2026, 04:58:14 PM.

Hi everyone,

The marks for Lab4 have been released. You can access your marks in GIVE to view your marks. Alternatively, you can use the following command to collect your marks:

9517 classrun -sturec

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

Regards,

Haonan

Week 7 Lecture Slides Available

Posted by Dong Gong Tuesday 14 July 2026, 05:42:03 PM.

Hi Everyone, The slides of the Week 7 lectures (Deep Learning - Part I) are now available under WebCMS3 > COMP9517 > Course Work > Lectures > Week 7. Best, Dong

Lab 3 Mark Release

Posted by Haonan Zhong Monday 13 July 2026, 04:07:01 PM.

Hi everyone,

The marks for Lab3 have been released. You can access your marks in GIVE to view your marks. Alternatively, you can use the following command to collect your marks:

9517 classrun -sturec

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

Regards,

Haonan

Lab 2 Mark Release

Posted by Haonan Zhong Monday 06 July 2026, 12:43:48 PM.

Hi everyone,

The marks for Lab2 have been released. You can access your marks in GIVE to view your marks. Alternatively, you can use the following command to collect your marks:

9517 classrun -sturec

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

Regards,

Haonan

Project Group Assignments Release

Posted by Haonan Zhong Monday 06 July 2026, 12:41:08 PM.

Hi everyone,

We have now finalised the groups you will be working in for your projects. Please find the list under Assessments > Group Project > Project Group Assignments. Please note that we will no longer be using the groups function in WebCMS, please refer to this PDF file from now on, as this is how you will be marked.

All students should be in the groups they joined via WebCMS by last week Friday or assigned to some group if you didn't join a WebCMS group. There should also be 4 or 5 members in the groups. As noted in the previous posts, no changing of groups will be possible unless in extreme circumstances. Forgetting to join a group on WebCMS will not be considered a reasonable excuse.

If you have any questions or there are any issues, please get in touch ASAP via class email: cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au . Hope you enjoy the project!

Regards,

Haonan

Group Project Specification Released

Posted by Dong Gong Thursday 02 July 2026, 12:05:46 AM.

Hi everyone,

The Group Project specification is now available on WebCMS3 → Course Work → Assessments → Group Project.

This is also a final reminder to form your project groups using the Groups function in WebCMS3 by this Friday (11:59pm). We will finalise the groups after the deadline, and no further changes will be permitted.

Tutorials will continue to run during Weeks 6–10. Please make use of these sessions to ask questions and receive feedback on your project. Our tutors are there to help you.

I will also briefly go through the project specification during this Thursday’s lecture.

Best,
Dong

Week 5 Lecture Slides Available

Posted by Dong Gong Tuesday 30 June 2026, 12:00:45 AM.

Hi Everyone, The slides of the Week 5 lectures are now available under WebCMS3 > COMP9517 > Course Work > Lectures > Week 5. Best, Dong

Lab 1 Mark Released

Posted by Haonan Zhong Monday 29 June 2026, 12:07:16 PM, last modified Monday 29 June 2026, 12:08:13 PM.

Hi everyone,

The marks for Lab1 has been released. You can access your marks by GIVE. In the GIVE system, please navigate to Marks tab (instead of Assignments tab) to view your marks

Alternatively, you can login to Vlab (via TigerVNC for the GUI interface) with your zid and password, and then type the following command in the terminal to collect your marks:

9517 classrun -sturec

Please note that marks may not be available through WebCMS's 'Collect Submission' anymore, so please use GIVE or the above command.

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

Regards,

Haonan

Lab 4 Specification Released

Posted by Dong Gong Monday 29 June 2026, 12:08:36 AM.

Hi Everyone,

The Lab 4 specification is now available under WebCMS3 → COMP9517 → Course Work → Assessments → Lab 4.

The topics in this lab will be covered mainly in the Week 5 lectures and the following tutorial sessions.

Lab 4 is due on Monday, 13 July 2026, at 10:00 PM (the Monday following Week 6). Please note that this due date is different from the previous labs (on a Friday) because of the flexible week in Week 6.

Best,
Dong

Week 4 Lecture Slides Available

Posted by Dong Gong Monday 22 June 2026, 01:55:30 AM.

Hi Everyone, The slides of the Week 4 lectures are now available under WebCMS3 > COMP9517 > Course Work > Lectures > Week 4. Best, Dong

Lab 3 Specification Released

Posted by Dong Gong Monday 22 June 2026, 01:30:14 AM.

Hi Everyone,

The Lab 3 specification is now available under WebCMS3 → COMP9517 → Course Work → Assessments → Lab 3.

The topics in this lab will be covered mainly in the Week 4 lectures (Pattern Recognition) and the following tutorial sessions.

Lab 3 is due on Friday, 3 July 2026 (Week 5).

Best,
Dong

Week 3 Lecture Slides Available

Posted by Dong Gong Tuesday 16 June 2026, 01:11:30 AM.

Hi Everyone, The slides of the Week 3 lectures are now available under WebCMS3 > COMP9517 > Course Work > Lectures > Week 3. Best, Dong

Lab 2 Specification Released

Posted by Dong Gong Monday 15 June 2026, 10:07:53 PM, last modified Monday 15 June 2026, 10:08:38 PM.

Hi Everyone,

The Lab 2 specification is now available under WebCMS3 → COMP9517 → Course Work → Assessments → Lab 2.

The topics in this lab will be covered mainly in the Week 3 lectures and the following tutorial sessions.

Lab 2 is due on Friday, 26 June 2026 (Week 4).

Best,
Dong

Week 2 Lecture Slides Available

Posted by Dong Gong Tuesday 09 June 2026, 02:49:51 AM.

Hi everyone, The slides of the Week 2 lectures are now available under WebCMS3 > COMP9517 > Course Work > Lectures > Week 2. Cheers, Dong

Lab 1 Specification Released

Posted by Dong Gong Monday 08 June 2026, 03:28:11 PM.

Hi Students,

The Lab 1 specification is now available under WebCMS3 → COMP9517 → Course Work → Assessments → Lab 1.

Please note that some of the lab topics will be covered in this week's lectures (Week 2), so don't worry if you come across concepts that you haven't seen before. As mentioned previously, each lab is designed to reinforce the topics taught in the lectures of the same week. We release the lab specifications early to give you time to familiarise yourself with the material before attending the lectures and tutor sessions.

The deadline for Lab 1 is Friday, 19 June 2025, 10:00 PM (22:00), Sydney time.

If you have any questions, please discuss them with your tutors during this week's sessions or post them on the course forum.

The link to your tutor session can be found on Moodle under Online Tutorials.
Please find your tutorial group in the list provided under the Tutorials heading. There, you will find your zID, tutorial group number, and the tutors assigned to your group. If you have any questions or encounter any issues, please contact us at cs9517@cse.unsw.edu.au. More details can be found in the previous post, “Tutorial Times and Assignments.”

Cheers,
Dong

Project Groups

Posted by Dong Gong Friday 05 June 2026, 06:12:41 PM.

Hi Students,

To clarify the project group arrangements, please form your project groups by Friday of Week 5 . All groups must be registered on WebCMS3 using the Groups function (the Groups section in the menu).

Each group should consist of 5 students . Group members may come from different tutorial groups. Groups can also include a mix of undergraduate and postgraduate students if you wish.

After Week 5 Friday, if you have not joined a group, we will assign you to one.
Similarly, if your group has fewer than 5 members, we may allocate additional students to complete the group. We expect all project groups to be finalised by the end of Week 5.

Please start forming your groups as early as possible. We want this project to be a positive and productive experience for everyone. Once groups are finalised, group changes will not be permitted after the deadline (end of Week 5) .

Best,
Dong

Tutorial Times and Assignments

Posted by Haonan Zhong Thursday 04 June 2026, 03:15:01 PM, last modified Thursday 04 June 2026, 03:16:21 PM.

Hi Everyone,

We have now allocated students to their tutorial groups and times, along with the corresponding tutor pairs. You can view the full assignment list under Tutorials >> Tutorial Times and Assignments .

Online tutorials will be started next week and held via Blackboard Collaborate. Access links are available in Moodle >> COMP9517-Computer Vision - 2026 T2 >> Online Tutorials . Please make sure you join the session link that matches your assigned Group Number + Tutorial Time + Tutor Pair.

This term, tutorial links are open to all students, so you may attend a different session if necessary. However, to ensure a balanced workload across sessions, we strongly encourage you to attend your allocated tutorial whenever possible. The allocations are based on the time slot you selected through myUNSW, so please double-check that your assigned day and start time are correct.

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

Regards,

Haonan

Lab Preparations

Posted by Dong Gong Wednesday 03 June 2026, 06:53:02 PM.

Hi Students,

As mentioned in today's lecture, the labs and online tutor sessions will commence next week (there will be no tutor sessions this week). The course admin will soon inform you of your tutor group allocation and how to access your tutor session.

For all labs in this course, you are required to submit your code as a Jupyter Notebook (.ipynb file). Submissions in any other format will not be marked.

If you are not yet familiar with Jupyter, Python, or OpenCV, you are strongly encouraged to install the necessary software and learn the basics before the labs begin. To assist with this, we have prepared a document with useful resources. Please see WebCMS3 > Course Work > Assessments > Lab Preparations.

Detailed submission instructions on how to use the submission system will be provided together with Lab 1.

During the first tutor session next week, tutors will be available to help with software setup issues and answer questions about the lab tasks. We plan to release Lab 1 early next week so that you can review it before attending the session.

Please note that each lab is designed to reinforce the topics covered in that week's lectures. As a result, when the lab specification is released early in the week, some tasks may not be fully clear until after the corresponding lectures. However, reviewing the lab beforehand will give you a good idea of what to expect, and the requirements should become clearer as the week's lectures progress. The corresponding lecture slides will also be released around early of the week, the similar time as the lab, providing additional guidance and context.

We release each lab early in the week, with a due date late the week after (at the end of Friday), so that there are two tutor sessions between the release date and the due date/time.

As always, if you have any questions, please post them on the Discourse forum.

Cheers,
Dong

COMP9517 Online Lecture Access

Posted by Dong Gong Wednesday 03 June 2026, 03:27:47 PM.

Hi Students,
If you are attending the lectures online (starting this afternoon later), you can access them via Moodle → Lecture Recordings . Simply click on the current lecture, and the live stream should become available at the scheduled lecture start time.
Best,
Dong

Week 1 Lecture Slides Available

Posted by Dong Gong Monday 01 June 2026, 07:18:43 PM, last modified Monday 01 June 2026, 11:22:53 PM.

Hi everyone, the slides of the Week 1 lectures are now available under WebCMS3 > COMP9517 > Course Work > Lectures > Week 1. These slides are for the lectures on Wednesday and Thursday. Cheers, Dong

Welcome to COMP9517 26T2

Posted by Dong Gong Friday 29 May 2026, 01:06:14 AM, last modified Friday 29 May 2026, 01:06:54 AM.

Dear Students,

Welcome to COMP9517 26T2 starting next week. Please have a look at the Course Outline (available in ECOS via the menu on WebCMS3) for more details about the course structure, expectations, and assessment.

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

Tutorials will start in Week 2 and will be online via Blackboard Collaborate, which will be accessible via Moodle. You will be allocated to a tutor group later in Week 1 based on your enrolment information, after which you will gain access to the Blackboard Collaborate links in Moodle.

There are no tutorial sessions in Week 1 but we will release some pre-lab preparation material in Week 1.

We will upload lecture slides here (under Course Work => Lectures) every Monday for that week.

We will post more instructions here regarding the assignments, project groups, final exam, etc.

For discussion forum , we will use Discourse (see the "Course Forum" 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 consistently had large student enrolments each term, which continues to challenge us. Clearly, interest in computer vision and its wide range of applications is growing rapidly. Please bear with us as we work through the technical and organisational challenges and do our best to make the course an enjoyable and rewarding experience for you.

On behalf of the entire COMP9517 26T2 team, including our course admin Haonan Zhong and all tutors, I hope you enjoy the course and have a rewarding journey learning Computer Vision.

Best,
Dong Gong
Lecturer in Charge