Seventh Annual EPSRC Summer School on Computer Vision
University of Surrey, Guildford
25 - 29 June 2001
GENERAL
This intensive course is aimed at postgraduate research students in
the areas of Computer Vision, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition.
It is sponsored by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/)(EPSRC) and organised with the
assistance of the British Machine Vision Association and Society
for Pattern Recognition (http://www.bmva.ac.uk/)(BMVA).
OBJECTIVES
The course is residential, spanning five days (midday Monday to midday
Friday), and consists of lectures, tutorials and practicals on diverse
topics in computer vision, image processing and pattern recognition.
It is intended that the course will complement existing technical
lecture
course material that most students meet in the first year of their
postgraduate training. It will provide an opportunity to broaden
awareness
of available vision, image and pattern recognition techniques and to
develop skills in research methodology. The course will mix state of
the
art presentations from acknowledged UK experts with group work, case
studies
and practical exercises.
COSTS
For EPSRC sponsored research students the course is FREE.
The registration fee for non-EPSRC students will be 500 pounds.
A limited number of bursaries to meet half the non-EPSRC student
costs will be available courtesy of the BMVA.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
The number of places is limited and therefore participants will be
selected on the basis of their experience and suitability to benefit
from the course. Priority will be given to students in the first or
second year of their postgraduate study. Applicants must provide brief
details of their research area and a statement of the benefit of the
course to their research. An endorsement is required from the student's
research supervisor. An application form is given below.
Applicants will be advised of the fate of their application as soon
as possible but by mid May at the latest.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
State of the Art Reviews
Biological vision systems. Image acquisition and image modelling.
Filtering, feature extraction and perceptual grouping. Statistical
pattern recognition and decision making methods. 3D object recognition
and reconstruction. Motion analysis. Theories of high-level vision.
Research Methodology
The art of literature review. Ad-hoc techniques versus a framework-based
methodology. Model development. Experiment design. Statistical
analysis.
Robust estimation. Performance characterisation. Research work reporting
and presentation.
Project Management
Planning: project formulation, research problem identification,
definition
of research objectives. Work-programme definition, methods to be used.
Experimental evaluation. Work-programme schedule and monitoring.
Programme
revision. Cooperation and collaboration.
Case Studies
Illustration of methodology development on the problem of edge detector
design.
Medical/industrial application case studies.
Support Tools
Image processing environments. Image processing algorithm libraries.
Public domain software. Software sharing, and ethics. Software tools.
Standardisation. Visualisation. System/software integration.
Hands on Experience
The school programme will offer ample opportunity for the active
involvement of the participants in group activities, personal research
project presentation and experimentation using Unix based workstations.
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APPLICATION FORM
Seventh EPSRC Summer School on Computer Vision
University of Surrey, Guildford,
25 - 29 June 2001
The Summer School begins at 2~p.m. on 25 June and
ends at lunchtime on 29 June 2001.
The registration fee includes attendance at the school,
a copy of the course notes, accommodation on the nights of 25,26,
27 and 28 June, and all meals.
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Please provide a short summary of your research and a statement
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Your research supervisor will be contacted to confirm that the above
details are correct and that feel that the course will be of benefit
to your research training. Please provide their details below: <p>
Supervisors Name:___________________________________________________
Department:_________________________________________________________
Postal Address:_____________________________________________________
Telephone Number:________________________
Email Address:___________________________
Having completed the form please email the form to:
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You may expect to receive an email confirmation of receipt of the form
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Thank You.
Alberto Aguado, March 2001
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