1. 1 Image Recognition has a wide variety of cool apps Robotic control Robotic control Quality control of manufactured parts Quality control of manufactured parts Medical imaging Medical imaging Images from Dr. Walter Images from Dr. Walter Biometrics Biometrics Photograph analysis Photograph analysis Surveillance Surveillance Face detection Face detection Color matching by cell- phone Color matching by cell- phone 3D photography/mapping (Google’s street view) 3D photography/mapping (Google’s street view)street viewstreet view

2. Term Projects Requirements Requirements Interesting to you Interesting to you Need to be able to get data Need to be able to get data Teams of 4 Teams of 4 Each person email me a topic (1 annotated slide, with >= 1 reference) by next Wednesday 11:00 pm Each person email me a topic (1 annotated slide, with >= 1 reference) by next Wednesday 11:00 pm Form a team in advance  save yourself work! Form a team in advance  save yourself work! You need only submit 1 proposal per pre-formed team. You need only submit 1 proposal per pre-formed team. Will give a 2-minute, 1-slide “lightning talk” on Thursday Will give a 2-minute, 1-slide “lightning talk” on Thursday You will choose a project & team by the end of class. You will choose a project & team by the end of class.

3. Process What interests you, either in the list or on your own? What interests you, either in the list or on your own? Be creative! Be creative! Dig some Dig some Talk to me Talk to me Consult the literature (at least 1 reference initially) Consult the literature (at least 1 reference initially) Consider who you want to work with Consider who you want to work with Is people or topic more important to you? Is people or topic more important to you? You will self-organize in class You will self-organize in class

4. Some projects, 2015-16 Predict attribute labels using 100K+ Yelp restaurant photos Fastball vs curveball Fastball vs curveball Reading road signs Reading road signs Captcha Recognition Pokemon type classifier Reading whiteboard Python code Reading whiteboard Python code Subway Cam using HOG features Subway Cam using HOG features

5. Some projects, 2014-15 Sheet Music to MIDI RockerHero Detection and Mapping of Obstacles and Lines for IGVC Detection and Mapping of Obstacles and Lines for IGVC All About That Money! Word Search Sudoku

6. Some projects, 2013-14 Eye Tracking for Cursor Control (published) Digits2Latex FRC Tracker Emotion Detection PictoCrypto Playing card recognition Whiteboard TicTacToe

7. Some projects, 2012-2013 Brain Tumors Brain Tumors Paint by Numbers Paint by Numbers Vision for Chess AI Vision for Chess AI Photomosaic (published) Photomosaic (published)

8. Projects, 2010-11 Bejewelled AI Bejewelled AI Gesture-controlled mouse (very cool!) Gesture-controlled mouse (very cool!) Smart Board figure detector Smart Board figure detector Visual servoing for Rovio robot (senior project) Visual servoing for Rovio robot (senior project)

9. Past projects, 2009-10 Road-sign detection Road-sign detection License-plate detection License-plate detection Recognizing Constellations Recognizing Constellations IGVC Obstacle and Line Detection IGVC Obstacle and Line Detection Connect the Dots Connect the Dots Geographic Feature Extraction from Satellite Images Geographic Feature Extraction from Satellite Images

10. Past projects, 2008-09 Tennis-ball tracker in video (in OpenCV, not MATLAB) Tennis-ball tracker in video (in OpenCV, not MATLAB) Projectile Hole Recognition Projectile Hole Recognition For senior project For senior project High-capacity color barcodes High-capacity color barcodes Road location from frontal view Road location from frontal view Towards automatic generation of Miis from photos Towards automatic generation of Miis from photos

11. Past projects, 2007-08 Handwritten digit recognition for Tablet PC Handwritten digit recognition for Tablet PC ID’ing the goal and ball in RoboCup ID’ing the goal and ball in RoboCup Playing Card ID system Playing Card ID system Salamander recognition (for biologists) Salamander recognition (for biologists) Talk show recognition from video stills (presented at ASEE conference) Talk show recognition from video stills (presented at ASEE conference) NEAT Face Detection NEAT Face Detection Towards Object Recognition, using OpenCV and real-time videos Towards Object Recognition, using OpenCV and real-time videos Painting genre classifier Painting genre classifier

12. Past projects, 2006-07 Spot the differences Spot the differences Connect the dots (digit recognition) Connect the dots (digit recognition) Counting cells in fly retinas Counting cells in fly retinas Gesture recognition Gesture recognition Conformal coating misapplication detection Conformal coating misapplication detection Automated image region tagging Automated image region tagging 12

13. Past projects, 2005-06 Where’s Waldo? Where’s Waldo? Face recognition in video Face recognition in video Iris detection Iris detection Sport classification Sport classification Eigenfaces Eigenfaces Aircraft detection in aerial images Aircraft detection in aerial images Baesler’s shopping cart surveillance Baesler’s shopping cart surveillance 13

14. Senior Thesis Topics My research was on using context to help classify whole scenes I have done… We could do… Camera settings (flash, exposure time) Geospatial (GPS) Data General image collections Specific image collections (learning stats specific to a single user’s habits) Fully-labeled data Partially-labeled data General image collections Events (parties, weddings) Outdoor scenes Indoor scenes (done already)