Objectives: Student Introductions Review Course Syllabus Demonstrate Basic Concepts Resources: Syllabus Java Applet Internet Books and Notes URL:.../publications/courses/ece_8443/lectures/lecture_01.ppt.../publications/courses/ece_8443/lectures/lecture_01.ppt ECE 8443 – Pattern Recognition LECTURE 01: COURSE OVERVIEW
Introduce yourself: Name Degree Program Research Interests Why did you take this course? Example: Joe Picone Ph.D. from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1983 Speech Recognition, Signal Processing, Machine Learning I teach this course because I never had such a course when I was a graduate student. WHY DID YOU TAKE THIS COURSE? 01: INTRODUCTION
The course syllabus is available at: s/ece_8443/syllabus/current SYLLABUS 01: INTRODUCTION
…. Java Applet: lets you quickly explore how a variety of algorithms process the same data. Mantra: There are no magic equations or algorithms. You must understand the properties of your data and what a priori knowledge you can bring to bear on the problem. DEMONSTRATIONS 01: INTRODUCTION