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Course Description
This is an advanced seminar course that will focus on the latest research in video understanding. The course will consist of research paper presentations, and a semester long course project. Topics will include video classification, object detection and tracking, temporal activity localization, self-supervised learning, multi-modal learning, and video generation. Background in deep learning is strongly recommended.
Administrative Information
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Instructor: Gedas Bertasius
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Time: Mon & Wed 3pm-4:15pm
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Location: Sitterson - Rm 0115
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Office Hours: by appointment
Grading
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Class Participation: 10%
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Written Paper Critiques: 20%
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Paper Presentations: 30%
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Course Project: 40%
Course Policies
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Class Participation: Please come to class prepared for a paper discussion with your peers. Furthermore, please do not discuss the papers with your peers before the class. I'm interested in hearing your own opinion about the papers.
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Late Submissions: The class is structured around a tight paper presentation schedule. Therefore, late assignments will not be accepted.
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Academic Integrity: For your presentations and projects, you are allowed to use materials from external sources. However, you must clearly acknowledge those sources.