Processing and Computer Vision: A New Dimension for Under- graduate Electrical and Computer Engineering Programs

这个项目涉及一个新的计算机视觉和图像处理实验室，以支持电气和计算机工程的三个高级课程。传统上，这种课程只提供给主要大学的研究生，这些大学的精密工作站和支助设备的费用可以由外部资助的研究项目承担。新实验室将占据最近翻新的Moench大厅的专用空间，该大厅将被称为图像处理和计算机视觉实验室。一门题为“图像处理原理”的入门课程已经提供，但没有实验课的好处，学生被剥夺了必要的实践经验。该设备将允许学生捕捉真实图像，并学习一些与图像处理相关的操作（图像捕获，采样和量化，基于梯度的边缘检测，图像平均和统计图像分析）。他们也将能够理解计算机视觉系统在目前发展状态下的一些困难和局限性。为这个先进实验室提供的资金将为罗斯-霍尔曼理工学院的电气和计算机工程项目增加一个新的维度。该机构将提供与该奖项相等的金额

This project concerns a new Computer Vision and Image Processing Laboratory, to support three senior-level courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Traditionally such courses have been available only to graduate students at major universities where the expense of sophisticated workstations and support equipment can be borne by externally-funded research projects. The new laboratory will occupy dedicated space in the recently renovated Moench Hall that will be known as the Image Processing and Computer Vision Laboratory. An introductory course entitled "Principles of Image Processing" is already offereed, but without the benefit of a laboratory class students are deprived of essential hands-on experience. The equipment will allow students to capture real images and to learn some of the operations associated with image processing (image capture, sampling and quantization, gradient- based edge detection, image averaging, and statistical image analysis). They will also be able to appreciate some of the difficulties and limitations of computer vision systems at the present state of development. The provision of funds to put this advanced laboratory in place will add a new dimension to the Electrical and Computer Engineering program at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The institution is contributing an amount equal to the award.***//