In this course, we will expand on vision as a cognitive problem space and explore models that address various vision tasks. We will then explore how the boundaries of these problems lead to a more complex analysis of the mind and the brain and how these explorations lead to more complex computational models of understanding.
This course is part of the Mind and Machine Specialization
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What you will learn
Apply various models of human and machine vision and discuss their limitations.
Demonstrate the geon model of object recognition and its limitations.
Argue the benefits and drawbacks of the symbolist and visualist perspectives of mental imagery.
Recognize the single layer and multi-layer perceptron neural network models of artificial intelligence.
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University of Colorado Boulder
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction
This week we will explore some basic assumptions of a simple model of human vision.
Edges, Depth, and Objects
This week we will explore models of higher-order tasks solved by the visual system.
Mental Imagery
This week we will compare and contrast different perspectives of how mental imagery relates to the visual system.
Machine Learning and Neural Networks
This week we will explore the neuron as an element of the human cognitive system and ways we can implement these pieces into neural network systems of artificial intelligence.
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TOP REVIEWS FROM COMPUTATIONAL VISION
Very nice course but needs to include more instructiveness with lots of examples.
Good understanding of mechanism of computer vision through deep learning
About the Mind and Machine Specialization
This specialization examines the ways in which our current understanding of human thinking is both illuminated and challenged by the evolving techniques and ideas of artificial intelligence and computer science. Our collective understanding of “minds” – both biological and computational – has been revolutionized over the past half-century by themes originating in fields like cognitive psychology, machine learning, neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and game theory, among others. This specialization focuses on both the larger “historical” arc of these changes as well as current research directions and controversies.

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