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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Computer Vision Basics by University at Buffalo

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About the Course

By the end of this course, learners will understand what computer vision is, as well as its mission of making computers see and interpret the world as humans do, by learning core concepts of the field and receiving an introduction to human vision capabilities. They are equipped to identify some key application areas of computer vision and understand the digital imaging process. The course covers crucial elements that enable computer vision: digital signal processing, neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Topics include color, light and image formation; early, mid- and high-level vision; and mathematics essential for computer vision. Learners will be able to apply mathematical techniques to complete computer vision tasks. This course is ideal for anyone curious about or interested in exploring the concepts of computer vision. It is also useful for those who desire a refresher course in mathematical concepts of computer vision. Learners should have basic programming skills and experience (understanding of for loops, if/else statements), specifically in MATLAB (Mathworks provides the basics here: https://www.mathworks.com/learn/tutorials/matlab-onramp.html). Learners should also be familiar with the following: basic linear algebra (matrix vector operations and notation), 3D co-ordinate systems and transformations, basic calculus (derivatives and integration) and basic probability (random variables). Material includes online lectures, videos, demos, hands-on exercises, project work, readings and discussions. Learners gain experience writing computer vision programs through online labs using MATLAB* and supporting toolboxes. * A free license to install MATLAB for the duration of the course is available from MathWorks....

Top reviews

AO

Apr 28, 2020

Lays a good foundation for Computer Vision. There should be more programming examples as some of the labs were beyond the scope of what was taught in the videos, especially the last one.

ZA

Nov 12, 2022

My Message is going to anyone who demand to up his skill in Digital World, You Ought to Enroll this course..

Also if You are a Beginner for Computer Vision world it will Make Like AI

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By zehor l

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Jul 16, 2020

I enjoyed learning about Computer Vision . The course showed me a new horizon and motivate me to discover this filed more. Thank you to All the professors ,and thank you Coursera!

By Ali K M

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Jun 15, 2019

This course is a good course to start computer vision for beginner level student, and I offer This course to everyone who is eager to learn computer vision conceptually.

By Chayapol M

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May 15, 2020

Nice Course. I'm very hard to study and practice to passed the assignment. And that could give the experience on matlab including Image Processing skills. Thank a lot!

By Ewald H

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May 22, 2020

This was an excellent introduction to computer vision. I especially appreciated the various extra resources and in-depth explanations of how computer vision works.

By Dr A T

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Apr 23, 2020

Very wonderful Experience . Got to learn so many new concepts starting from basics of Camera to the vast application area of CV. Very good coding assignments.

By Prithviraj V

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Jun 5, 2020

The basics of computer vision theory is well covered. The MATLAB exercises are bit tough but once you try them you can crack it.

By Abhishek K

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Apr 8, 2020

it is a good starter for those guys who want to start learning computer vision for Robotics, AI, Image Processing, etc.

By Hassan M

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Jul 23, 2020

Very informative course for beginner

By Kevin C

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May 2, 2019

Great Course

By Lida M

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Aug 11, 2019

It is a good introduction course but I think some more demo coding for matlab in the first assignments will be a good thing so we don´t have to spend a lot of time on google and on trial and error.

By Rahul K D

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May 10, 2020

Definitely recommended for beginners. This course insight from concepts to application.

By SHETH D

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Aug 8, 2020

Great course, but require higher understanding of MATLAB

By Dhruva G

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Apr 15, 2020

As a complete beginner in image processing, I feel that more videos training the usage of MATLAB image processing functions should have been included rather than just giving assignments. A little more practical lectures other than theory would have been great.

Overall, I can definitely say I got a good idea about how human vision inspires computer vision and how much scope there is in this field in years to come.

By Anuj K

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Sep 16, 2020

Prior knowledge of MATLAB is required which is not mentioned in the course description.

By Stefano F

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Dec 26, 2019

Excercises seems to be a Matlab course, not computer vision

By Moulindu K

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Aug 16, 2020

No similarity between lectures and assignments

By Alan T

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Oct 29, 2019

Good information but a bit elementary.

By Syed S W

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Aug 21, 2019

Not good enough, atleast for me. The assignments were totally, totally different from the stuff taught there. Plus everything taught here was a vague theory which was not even remotely related to the assignments. Expecting better quality in the next courses.

By Rishab K

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Dec 22, 2019

The course definitely doesn't carry significant content and what after it.

after basics there should be some more courses for advance training.

The programming assignment were more than irrelevant.

sorry for the bad feedback.

but teaching was good

By Simun K

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May 18, 2020

Not enough resources to learn from. Videos are not explaining the curriculum that is tested in MatLab "graded external tool". Forum discussions are far more helpful than the videos itself.

By Josh E

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Apr 14, 2020

The learning does not prepare you for the assignments and all assignments are either pre-solved or cannot be solved without a lot of trial and error, no logic.

By KSHITIJ B

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May 12, 2020

Not in depth knowledge provided , just gave overview of various topics in short videos , reading material is better than the videos provided.

By Göktuğ Y

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May 7, 2020

If you want to pass this course, you must really know how to use MATLAB!

By Saurav P

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Apr 29, 2020

completely unrelated content and assignments

By Tanvi P

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May 2, 2020

My first bad experience with Coursera content. It pains me to write this review, because it is always difficult to criticise other academics. The video lecture content throughout this course is very generic, like what one might hear about computer vision in a TED talk or on TV.

One speaker's body language was very distracting, another's pronunciation is hard to catch and many slides are tackily animated, so I ended up reading the video transcripts instead of watching them. Most videos are 2 or 3 minutes long, and there aren't that many videos. It's almost as if somebody forgot to upload the rest of the lecture videos!

The videos mostly contain introductions, applications and information surveys about various aspects of computer vision, with kitten and puppy pictures thrown in as "examples" to keep you interested.

The student grapples with fairly complex programming assignments with no idea about where to begin. Each quiz contains only one qualitative Yes or No question, which was not related to the video.

Though the course teaches you almost nothing about computer vision algorithms, it does squeeze in a few interesting minutes about human vision and basic optics, but that is not what a student who signs up for this course expects to learn here.

The math section (one week's worth, out of four) is made up of four or five 1-minute videos about the importance of linear algebra and calculus, but there's not a single equation in sight. The supplementary material for the entire course consists of either Wikipedia pages or research papers that the lecture content does not prepare you to read and absorb.

Even if you are a more senior industry professional interested only in a top level understanding of computer vision without getting into the math of it, you won't be able to complete the course because the programming assignments require some serious math skills that the course does not cover.

All in all, not a recommended course for your time and money. If you are looking for some good learning, Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course here on Coursera is more interesting and useful for computer vision than this one!