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ELEC5304: Intelligent Visual Signal Understanding
2025 unit information
This unit of study introduces basic and advanced concepts and methodologies in image processing and computer vision. This course mainly focuses on image processing and analysis methods as well as intelligent systems for processing and understanding multidimensional signals such as images, which include basic topics like multidimensional signal processing fundamentals and advanced topics like visual feature extraction and image classification as well as their applications for face recognition and object/scene recognition. It mainly covers the following areas: multidimensional signal processing fundamentals, image enhancement in the spatial domain and frequency domain, edge processing and region processing, imaging geometry and 3D stereo vision, object recognition and face recognition.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | School of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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Mathematics (e.g. probability and linear algebra) and programming skills (e.g. Matlab/Java/Python/C++) |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. report results in a professional manner
- LO2. use appropriate software platforms and tools for a given image processing or computer vision task
- LO3. use the existing image processing and computer vision packages
- LO4. apply the image processing and computer vision techniques to solve real world applications
- LO5. understand the fundamental theory of image processing and computer vision algorithms.
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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