Course Description

Image Analysis and Understanding is a one semester graduate course for the interdisciplinary scientific graduate program Language Communication and Cognitive Science at University of Zagreb.

Instructor

Image Analysis and Understanding graduate course is taught by Professor Sven Loncaric.

Syllabus

The problem of analyzing the contents of an image, i.e. scene is one of the most difficult problems in intelligence systems area. The aim of this course is to introduce students to this multidisciplinary area where successful interpretation of scenes by means of intelligent systems requires, apart from technical knowledge, knowledge of cognitive science as well. The course will provide a short introduction into digital image processing including topics such as image presentation, two-dimensional linear systems, image improvement, image restoration and projection based reconstruction. The basic elements of image analysis will be introduced in chapters on feature extraction, segmentation, and labelling of image regions, shape description and representation. Advanced techniques such as artificial neural networks and expert systems will be discussed. The course is designed as a combination of traditional lectures and analysis of journal papers related to specific issues.