The following is a list of news and announcements posted during the course.

• Final course grades are now available - follow this link.
  

• Just a reminder that your final exam is on Monday, December 19 2005 at 6:05pm.  The exam is scheduled for 60 minutes however, there will be an additional 10 minutes if required.
• During the next lecture (Monday, December 12 2005), the course will be concluded with a discussion of an example "real-life" computer vision/image processing system followed by a review for the exam - see the "Lectures" link.
• Once again, lab reports for Lab 7 and Lab 8 assignment are both due Monday, December 12 2005.  There will be no extensions and this work must be submitted on Monday since I must prepare your final grades for the morning of Tuesday Dec. 20.
  

• "Updated ("final") lecture notes from Monday's (Dec. 5) lecture are now available - see "Lectures" link.
• Just a reminder that the report for Lab 7 is due Monday, December 12 2005 and the assignment for Lab 8 is due Monday, December 12 2005 as well.
  

• "Prelim" lecture notes for for next Monday's (Dec. 5, 2005) lecture are now available via the "Lectures" link.
• "Updated ("final") lecture notes from Monday's (Nov. 28) lecture are now available - see "Lectures" link.
• Lab 8 (final lab of the course) is available - see "Assignments" page.  There is also an assignment for you to submit for this lab.  The assignment will help prepare you for the final test.
  

• "Prelim" lecture notes for for next Monday's (Nov. 28, 2005) lecture are now available via the "Lectures" link. 
  
• Next Monday we will finish up Lab 6 and begin Lab 7.
  
• "Final" lecture notes for yesterday's lecture are now available.  Several changes were made to the slides to account for our discussions during the lecture.  Refer to these lecture notes and not  the ones placed online prior to yesterday's lecture.

• Lecture notes for Monday's (Nov. 24) lecture are now available online.  See the "Lectures" link.
• This week's lab continues with Lab 6 that was started last week.  Just a reminder that you can actually work on this lab on your own, during your own time since it does not require any camera/equipment and Labview/IMAQ Vision (of course it does require Matlab but Matlab is installed on machines throughout several accessible labs.  I recommend you do work on this lab outside of the regularly scheduled lab hours.
  

• Lecture notes for tomorrow's lecture are now available online - although it was stated that they were available on Friday, I just realized they were not accessible and corrected the problem.  See the "Lectures" link.
  

• "Prelim" lecture notes for Monday's (November 14) lecture are now available via the "Lectures" link.
• Lab 6 is also available via the "Assignments" link.
• Mid-term tests will be given back during the lab period.  We will discuss the solutions to the test at a latter time.

• Mid term exam grades are now available-follow this link.
• Just a reminder that the drop-deadline is this Friday - if you have any concerns, please email me.
  

• Solutions to the lab assignment questions are now available (click link).
• Just a reminder that you should arrive for the mid-term exam on time - the test will begin at the beginning of the lecture. 
  
• There will be no lab after the mid-term exam - you may leave after you complete the test.
• Lab report for Lab 5 is due at the beginning of the lecture (prior to the start of the test) on Monday (Nov. 7 2005).
  

• Updated ("final") lecture notes from Monday's (Oct. 31) lecture are now available - see "Lectures" link.
• Lab 4 assignment questions can be found here (for those who do not have a copy of the book yet).
• Lab 4 assignment is due Thursday Nov. 3 2005.  I will post solutions to all the assigned questions Friday or Saturday and will not accept any assignments after solutions have been posted!
  

• "Prelim" lecture notes for Monday's (October 31) lecture are now available via the "Lectures" link.
• Review notes (Sections to be covered) are also provided via the "Lectures" link.

• "Updated ("final") lecture notes from Monday's (Oct. 24) lecture are now available - see "Lectures" link.  You are responsible for the material up to this point for your mid-term test.
• You can ignore question 3.1 of the Lab 4 assignment (e.g.,no need to submit it).
  

• "Prelim" lecture notes for Monday's (October 24) lecture are now available via the "Lectures" link.
• Just a reminder that late assignments/lab reports can be submitted but will result in a deduction of marks (10% for each day it is late).
• Practice questions for your mid-term test will be posted sometime next week.  Solutions will be made available at a latter time (so you actually attempt to solve the problems)!
• You are strongly urged to answer some of the questions from your textbook at the end of the chapters.  Questions with a "*" indicate solutions are available from the textbook website.
• The mid-term test will take place November 7 2005.  As a result, there will be no lab October 31 2005.
  

• "Updated ("final") lecture notes from Monday's (Oct. 17) lecture are now available - see "Lectures" link.

• See "FAQ" page for some notes regarding Assignment 2 (Questions 2.14 and 2.19 from the textbook.

• "Prelim" lecture notes for Monday's (October 17) lecture are now available via the "Lectures" link.  In this lecture, the topic of spatial domain filtering will be introduced - it is highly recommended you attend this lecture since it is a very important topic!
  
• Lab 4 (including lab 4 assignment) is available via the "Assignments" link.  It is recommended you read the lab in advance of the lab!  There is no lab report to be submitted for this lab.
• Just for your own interest and amusement, take a look at the following image following these guidelines:

• "Updated ("final") lecture notes from Monday's (Oct. 3) lecture are now available - see "Lectures" link.
• A note regarding the assignment for lab 3 (question 2).  Keep in mind that the problem is actually difficult - I am not looking for a correct answer but rather, I am looking for you to use the knowledge you have gained so far in the course and apply it to the problem (e.g., I am looking for your thought process into solving the problem).  I suggest you try and be specific when referring to a pixel's neighbors (use the spatial coordinates of a pixel and its neighbors e.g., x,y).
  
• As mentioned in the lecture on Monday (Oct. 3), here are the due dates for the labs/assignments so far:

• "Prelim" lecture notes for Monday's (October 3) lecture are now available via the "Lectures" link.
  
• Lab 3 (including lab 3 assignment) is available via the "Assignments" link.  It is recommended you read the lab in advance of the lab!
• For those who did not submit the lab 1 assignment, it is due this Friday via email - late submissions will result in a penalty.
  

• Updated ("final") lecture notes from Monday's (Sept 26) lecture are now available - see "Lectures" link.
• Ignore question 2.19 of Lab 2 assignment - this question will be re-assigned after we complete coverage of the linear/non-linear operators topic in the lectures.
• Lab 2 report and assignment is due Monday, October 3 2005.  Late submissions will result in a deduction of marks.
• Lab 1 assignment is due Friday, Sept 30 2005.  You can send it to me via email.
  

• "Prelim" lecture notes for Monday's (Sept. 26) lecture are now available via the "Lectures" link.
  
• Lab 2 (including lab 2 assignment) is available via the "Assignments" link.  It is recommended you read the lab in advance of the lab!
  

• "Final" lectures notes from yesterday's lecture are now available online (see "Lectures" link).  Several minor changes were made.
• Regarding Lab 1 assignment, you can ignore the section on sparse matrices.
  

• Labs will also be available (in pdf format) from the "Lectures" page.
  

• See the "Lectures" page for further information  regarding the lab for Monday, Sept. 26.  There is an assignment to be completed (on your own time) associated with Lab 1 (see the "Lectures" or "Assignments" page).
  

• The majority of the labs in this course will involve the use of specialized equipment (e.g., digital camera,acquisition boards, etc.) and software (e.g., Matlab and Labview).  No equipment can be used after regularly scheduled lab hours and no other instructor can provide you access to any of this specialized equipment.  Therefore, you must complete the labs during the regularly scheduled lab hours.  Of course, you are encouraged to read the labs before the lab period and work on any portion of the lab where the use of the equipment is not necessary.  Matlab and Labview are available in the other (accessible) labs.

• First lecture - Welcome to ELIC 629!
• In the lecture it was mentioned how there will be no surprises with respect to test material (e.g., you will be tested on material covered in the lecture, lecture notes etc.).  You are or course also responsible for relevant textbook material.  The appropriate textbook sections for each lecture will be posted in the "lectures" page.