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Course Information Course Number/Section Course Title Term Days & Times Room Math 6390/001 Topics in Mathematics: Math Methods in Image Analysis Fall 2011 TR 10:00-11:15AM FN 2.204

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Professor Contact Information Professor Office Phone Email Office Location Office hours Yan Cao 6458 yan.cao@utdallas.edu FO 2.402D TR 3:30-5:30pm or by appointment

Course Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, and/or Other Restrictions Basic knowledge of linear algebra, calculus, differential equations and probability.

Course Description This course provides an introduction to some of the main mathematical techniques used for image processing and analysis. Topics include stochastic approaches based upon Gibbs/Markov random fields and Bayesian inference theory, variational methods incorporating various geometric regularities, linear or nonlinear partial differential equations. These methods will be applied in image denoising, segmentation and registration.

Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes The goal of the course is to expose students to some modern methods in image processing and analysis, and to give them in-depth experience with some area through the final project. Students will be able to articulate the key concepts, models and methods introduced in the class and apply appropriate techniques to solve a large class of image processing and analysis problems.

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Required Textbooks and Materials There is no required textbook. Handout and other reading materials will be provided as needed. Suggested Course Materials Tony F. Chan and Jianhong (Jackie) Shen, Image Processing and Analysis: Variational, PDE, Wavelet and Stochastic Methods, SIAM, 2005. Terry S. Yoo, Editor, Insight into Images: Principles and Practice for Segmentation, Registration, and Image Analysis, A K Peters, Ltd., 2004. Rafael C. Gonzalez and Richard E. Woods, Digital Image Processing, Prentice Hall. Wilhelm Burger and Mark James Burge, Digital Image Processing: An Algorithmic Introduction using Java, Springer, 2008. Matlab is the suggested tool for all the assignments. Students who are unfamiliar with Matlab should go through the online tutorial material. The Matlab Helpdesk contains pointers to an extensive and detailed online documentation. Beginners should start with the Getting Started Tutorial. Assignments & Academic Calendar The course work will be a series of computational assignments each applying the models and algorithms developed in the lectures to real data. There is no final exam. There will be a final project instead. Important Dates: Friday, September 9, Last day to drop a class without a "W" Monday, November 7, Last day to withdraw from a course with a "W" Tuesday, December 6, Final project due by 5:00pm

Grading Policy 60% Homework assignments 40% Final project Grading Scale

[85-100] [70-85) [60-70) Below 60

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Course & Instructor Policies Make-up exams N/A Extra credit N/A Late work For the assignments, failure to meet the deadline will result in a 20% reduction per day late, of the point value for the assignment. Special assignments N/A Class attendance Required. Classroom citizenship Required. Any action which disturbs your classmates or interrupts the lecture is unacceptable. Examples of such actions include the following: 1. Entering the classroom late. Please be punctual. 2. Leaving the classroom before the end of lecture. 3. Cell phones need to be turned off or silent.

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