16-823 : APPEARANCE MODELING
Times : Mondays, Wednesdays 10:30am - 11:50am
Location : Wean 4601
Credits : 12

Description:

Everyday we observe an extraordinary array of light and color phenomena around us, ranging from the dazzling effects of the atmosphere, the complex appearances of surfaces and materials and underwater scenarios. For a long time, artists, scientists and photographers have been fascinated by these effects, and have focused their attention on capturing and understanding these phenomena. In this course, we take a computational approach to modeling and analyzing these phenomena, which we collectively call as "visual appearance". One half of the course focuses on the physical fundamentals of visual appearance, while the other half focuses on algorithms and applications in a variety of fields such as computer vision, graphics and remote sensing and technologies such as underwater and aerial imaging.

This course is an attempt to unify concepts usually learnt in physical sciences and their application in imaging sciences. The course will also include a photography competition in addition to analytical and practical assignments.

For more details see: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~srinivas/appearance/