Introduction
From Computer Vision at Western
Welcome to the Computer Vision Research Group at the University of Western Ontario.
Our group has a strong history in low-level image analysis problems such as optical flow, stereo, segmentation and tracking. More recently we've tackled problems in multi-view reconstruction, real-time robot vision, Markov Random Field optimization, and much more. To find out more about ongoing research, browse through the interests of the people involved. We also have research opportunities for prospective students/postdocs.
Our students and faculty have access to state of the art computing facilities such as Sharcnet and new hardware and labs built specifically for computer vision research. Throughout much of the year we hold seminars to discuss recent developments in computer vision (pizza lunch + video lecture or presentation by one of our members/guests). Vision group members can read more about resources in the main vision lab, located in the Western Science building.
Recently offered graduate courses on computer vision include:
- CS9645: Introduction to Computer Vision
- CS9630: Image Processing and Analysis
- CS9687: Algorithms for Image Processing, Medical Imaging and Computer Graphics
- CS9840: Computer Vision and Learning
- CS9837: Vision for Graphics
Recent News
- Jan 29, 2010. Carl Olsson of Lund University, Sweden, will give his talk "Global Optimization in Multiple View Geometry" (details in calendar).
- Jan 26, 2010. Sameh Khamis successfully defended his Masters thesis "A Unified Framework for Multi-Class Image Segmentation with Contextual Prior." Congratulations!
- Aug 17, 2009. Olga Veksler has received an Early Researcher Award from Ontario's Ministry of Research and Innovation. See the online public announcement.
- May 8, 2009. Jing Yuan from Heidelberg University will visit and present his talk "A Duality-Splitting Approach in Mathematical Imaging and Vision" (details in calendar).
- Apr 22, 2009. Chen Zhao successfully defended her Masters thesis "3D Plant Growth Measurement Using the ShapeGrabber Laser Scanner."
- Apr 16, 2009. Hossam Isack received best presentation award in Computer Vision at our departmental research conference UWORCS 2009. He also successfully defended his MSc thesis!
- Apr 3, 2009. Jiading Gai of the University of Notre Dame will give his talk "Matte-Based Restoration of Vintage Video" (details in calendar).
- Mar 27, 2009. Lena Gorelick of the Weizmann Institute will visit our group to give her talk "Using Poisson-Based Shape Representation for Object and Action Recognition" (details in calendar).
