ECSE 4969/6969: Computer Vision and Graphics for Digital Arts
Rich Radke, Associate Professor, Department of ECSE, RPI

This new course emphasizes research topics that underlie the advanced visual effects that are becoming increasingly common in commercials, music videos and movies. Topics in the course include camera calibration, structure from motion, features and tracking, matting and background subtraction, morphing and view synthesis, non-photorealistic rendering, photo and video mosaics, tiling, image inpainting, and motion capture. The course is aimed at CS/ECSE/EMAC graduate students as well as seniors with a good mathematical background and enthusiasm for learning advanced technical concepts. The main objectives of the course are to (1) expose students to advanced image processing, computer vision, and computer graphics techniques related to digital arts and visual effects, (2) provide a design experience that goes into depth in implementing or extending one of the topics presented in class, and (3) promote discussion between students from technical and artistic backgrounds.

This short video gives a good overview of the first offering of Computer Vision and Graphics for Digital Arts.
To see the course schedule and list of research papers from the Fall 2008 course, please click here. You can also take a look at the syllabus.

For more information, please contact me.

Rich Radke, January 2008