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ELEC 447 001 (CRN: 21687)
INTRO TO COMPUTER VISION
Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER VISION
Department: Electrical & Computer Eng.
Instructor: Balakrishnan, Guha
Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:15PM MW (12-JAN-2026 - 24-APR-2026)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Prerequisites: ELEC 242 OR ELEC 301 OR ELEC 475 OR COMP 330
Section Max Enrollment: 100
Section Enrolled: 16
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 100
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 72
Enrollment data as of: 25-NOV-2025 4:04AM
Final Exam: Scheduled Final Exam-OTR Room
Description: An introduction to the basic concepts, algorithms and applications in computer vision. Topics include: image processing pipelines, low-level vision/image processing methods such as filtering and edge detection, mid-level vision topics such as segmentation and feature detection, and high-level vision tasks such as object recognition and face recognition with neural networks. The course will involve programming and implementing basic computer vision algorithms in Python. Cross-list: COMP 447, ELEC 546, COMP 546. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ELEC 447 if student has credit for ELEC 345/ELEC 546.