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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2027
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COMP 447 001 (CRN: 21689)
INTRO TO COMPUTER VISION
Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER VISION
Department: Computer Science
Instructor: Balakrishnan, Guha
Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:15PM MW (11-JAN-2027 - 23-APR-2027)
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 378 OR COMP 282 OR COMP 329 OR COMP 330 OR COMP 341
Section Max Enrollment: 100
Section Enrolled: 0
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 100
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 0
Enrollment data as of: 2-NOV-2026 7:54AM
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: ELEC 447, ELEC 546, COMP 546. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for COMP 447 if student has credit for COMP 345/COMP 546.