Course Schedule — Fall 2026

The schedule below is subject to change as the semester progresses. Lecture topics may shift slightly depending on class pace.

Homework and exam dates are to remain fixed except in extraordinary circumstances.

Week	Date	Lecture	Topic	Slides	Assignments / Notes	References
1M	Mon, Aug 24	L1	Intro to CV & class	Lec01	Classes start
1W	Wed, Aug 26	L2	What is an image? Intro to Python	Lec02		Szeliski 1; Klette 1.1, 2.1
2M	Mon, Aug 31	L3	Image Filtering	Lec03	HW01 posted	Szeliski 3.2; Klette 2.2.2; Szeliski 3.4
2W	Wed, Sep 2	L4	Image Filtering	Lec03	Last day to add/drop classes
3M	Mon, Sep 7	—	No class — Labor Day	—	HW01 due; HW02 posted; Campus closed
3W	Wed, Sep 9	L5	Image Pyramids	Lec03, Lec04	Census Day	Szeliski 3.5.2, 8.1.1; Klette 1.2
4M	Mon, Sep 14	L6	Fourier Transform	Lec04, Lec05	HW02 due; HW03 posted
4W	Wed, Sep 16	L7	Fourier Transform	Lec05	Career Day	Szeliski 4.2; Klette 2.3, 2.4
5M	Mon, Sep 21	L8	Edge Detection	Lec06	HW03 due; HW04 posted
5W	Wed, Sep 23	L9	Edge Detection	Lec06, Lec07	Exam 1	Szeliski 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.3.2; Klette 2.3, 2.4, 9.2
6M	Mon, Sep 28	L10	Feature Points	Lec07	HW04 due; HW05 posted
6W	Wed, Sep 30	L11	Feature Points & Matching	Lec07		Szeliski 2.1 (esp. 2.1.5), 2.2, 2.3; Klette 6.1, 1.3
7M	Mon, Oct 5	L12	Feature Matching	Lec07	HW05 due; HW06 posted
7W	Wed, Oct 7	L13	Hough Transform	Lec08
8M	Mon, Oct 12	—	No class — Fall Break	—	Fall Break: Oct 12–13
8W	Wed, Oct 14	L14	Optical Flow, Color	Lec09, Lec10	HW06 due; HW07 posted	Szeliski 2.1, 6.1, 6.2.1
9M	Mon, Oct 19	L15	Camera Geometry	Lec11	Exam 2	Szeliski 7, 8.1, 8.4, 11
9W	Wed, Oct 21	L16	Camera Geometry	Lec11	HW07 due; HW08 posted	Szeliski 6.2.1
10M	Mon, Oct 26	L17	Camera Calibration	Lec12
10W	Wed, Oct 28	L18	Two-View Geometry	Lec13	HW08 due; HW09 posted	Szeliski 5.3
11M	Mon, Nov 2	L19	Two-View Geometry	Lec13		Szeliski 14
11W	Wed, Nov 4	L20	Depth Cameras	Lec14	HW09 due; HW10 posted	Szeliski 14.1, 14.2
12M	Mon, Nov 9	L21	Machine Learning	Lec15	Exam 3	Szeliski 14.5
12W	Wed, Nov 11	L22	Recognition	Lec16	HW10 due	Goodfellow 6, 9
13M	Mon, Nov 16	L23	Face Detection, Pedestrian Detection	Lec17, Lec18	HW11 posted
13W	Wed, Nov 18	L24	Neural Networks	Lec19		Goodfellow 6, 7.1–7.5, 7.12
14M	Mon, Nov 23	L25	Neural Networks	Lec19	HW11 due
14W	Wed, Nov 25	—	No class — Thanksgiving Break	—	Thanksgiving break
15M	Mon, Nov 30	L26	Training Neural Networks	Lec20	HW12 posted
15W	Wed, Dec 2	L27	What do CNNs learn?	Lec21	Exam 4
16M	Mon, Dec 7	L28	What do CNNs learn?	Lec22	HW12 due; Last week of class
16W	Wed, Dec 9	L29	CNN Architectures	Lec23	Last week of class; Classes end