1. 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

2. 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

3. The course syllabus is available at: http://www.isip.msstate.edu/publications/courses/course s/ece_8443/syllabus/current SYLLABUS 01: INTRODUCTION

4. …. 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