HON 396
Problem Solving in Sciences and Engineering
Goals: This is a
project oriented course. The projects will be focused firstly on image/signal
processing. The final result of the project should be a working program.
Time and Place:
Corbly Hall 436, Monday and Wednesday 3:30 - 4:45.
Prerequisites:
MTH 229 or equivalent, computer language background or permission of
instructor.
Instructors:
- Peter
Saveliev, Mathematics and Applied Science,
saveliev@marshall.edu.
Office Smith Hall 741A, office hours: TR 3-5.
-
Scott
Sarra, Mathematics and Applied Science,
sarra@marshall.edu.
Office: Smith Hall 325, office hours: TBA.
Grading:
- Weekly reports and
attendance: 5%
- Preliminary presentations:
30%
- Final presentation/software
demonstration: 30%
- Final report/essay: 35%
Computer software:
MATLAB, MS Visual Studio, C++, Java, Mathematica.
Sample projects:
- Computer
vision
- Image search
engines
- Multimedia
information retrieval
- Social
networks
- Molecular
modeling
- Medical
imaging – computer assisted detection
- Spatial
similarity-based image retrieval
- Automatic
fingerprint identification
- Mugshot matching
- Map matching
- Computer
reading – OCR
- Postscript
fonts
- Motion
control in computer-aided modeling
- Wiener
filtering
- Audio codec
- Scattered
multivariate data approximation
Projects (2007)
Projects (2006):