Class presentations: Monday, October 12

Final paper due: Friday, October 16

During the last two weeks of the course, you will explore an application of computer vision in an area of interest to you. You are strongly encouraged to work with a partner, and we can work together to settle on an article that will serve as a focus for this exploration.

Class Presentation

On the last day of the term — Monday, October 12 — you will all give a (zoom) presentation to the class about the article you read. The presentations for pairs should be at most 8 minutes long, divided roughly evenly between the partners. For students working individually, the presentation can be shorter, about 6 minutes. You should create slides for your presentation (powerPoint, Google slides, or Keynote) and plan to share your screen during our zoom class. For pairs, it would be good to have the slides available on both laptops. (As backup, I encourage you to send the slide file to me in advance of class.)

Your presentation should include the following:

• brief description of the application and why it's important
• what are the greatest technical challenges for building a successful system for this application?
• what was the authors' approach and what were the main technical methods used in the design of the system?
• what were the main results of the work, for example, how was it tested and how well did it perform?
• are there significant issues for the deployment of this technology that researchers, or broader public, should address, such as security, privacy, safety, legal, accessibility, or other issues important to society?

Include presentation notes in your slide file (this need not be polished prose) and submit your slide file to me by the final due date of Friday, October 16 (this can be sent as an email attachment).

Final Paper

Each of you should also submit a 4-5 page paper (about 2500 words) that addresses the same points listed above for the presentation, but expands on the technical approach and methods used. For pairs, each individual student should submit their own paper, which can draw on material presented to the class that was developed jointly. Send your final paper to me by Friday, October 16 (this can also be sent as an email attachment).