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About the content
In this course you will learn about the basics of how computation has impacted the entire workflow of photography (i.e., from how images are captured, manipulated and collaborated on, and shared).
Syllabus
Week 0 (Module 0): Introductions with an overview of the course structure and content. Topics covered in this module include a description of what is Computational Photography (i.e., whereby examples of dual photography and panoramas are described) and reasons for studying this emerging interdisciplinary field .
Week 1 (Module 1): Overview of what is a digital image. Topics covered in this module are image processing and filtering, with emphases placed upon point processes, smoothing, convolution, cross-correlation, gradients and edges.
Week 2 (Module 2): Overview of cameras with emphases placed upon the pinhole camera and optics (e. g., lenses, focal length), exposure time and sensors.
Week 3 (Module 3): Feature detection, matching and correspondence. The panorama pipeline and some examples. HDR and tone mapping.
Week 4 (Module 4): Overview of light fields, texture synthesis, image retargeting, video, advanced topics.
Instructors
- Irfan Essa - School of Interactive Computing
- - Georgia Tech Professional Education
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The Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech or GT, is a co-educational public research university located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It is part of the wider University System of Georgia network. Georgia Tech has offices in Savannah (Georgia, USA), Metz (France), Athlone (Ireland), Shanghai (China), and Singapore.
Georgia Tech's reputation is built on its engineering and computer science programmes, which are among the best in the world5,6. The range of courses on offer is complemented by programmes in the sciences, architecture, humanities and management.
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