Friday (5/26):
This was my first day in the vision lab. I started by downloading three textbooks:
- Computer vision: Algorithms and Applications by Szeliski
- Digital Image Processing by Burger and Burge
- MIT Deep Learning Book by Goodfellow
I started and read chapter 6 on filters and a bit of chapter 5 on point operators. It was interesting yet not entirely relevant to the possible projects I could do.
Tuesday (5/30)
I finished chapter 5 on point operators. I kept typed notes of all of my work. I began a little bit on the computer vision book and was able to finish chapter 1. I read some of the Deep Learning book and finished most of chapter 2 on linear algebra. We had our first team meeting today to discuss various updates. I am going to stop reading the digital image processing book.
Wednesday (5/31)
I have finished chapter 2 of the deep learning book and then chapter 1, which is the introduction. This will be discussed on Friday when we have our reading group. I got stuck on chapter 2 of the computer vision book because of the unfamiliarity with some of the math. Dylan got me all set up on the server so now I have access to some of the data in the server. I got started on a tensorflow tutorial that I will finish off tomorrow. I also did a little bit of python review.
Thursday (6/1)
I am digging through chapter 2 of the computer vision book but the math is still tough. It is on my to-do list to discuss through this chapter with Dr. Crandall. I was able to review through all of the python material that I learned before. Today I’m meeting with Dr. Crandall to ask him some questions regarding the computer vision book and previous books, where to find data, and any useful papers. I also want to start chapter 3 of the deep learning textbook as I don’t have a background in probability. Ideally by tomorrow, we have access to data and Dylan and I can start labeling. We are both leaning towards the wearable technology for visually impaired people project. I also did some TensorFlow tutorials. Finally, I gathered some useful papers on our project that I will read on my own time.