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CS 484Computational Vision

Units
0.50
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Computer Science

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 6 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 3 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Introduction to image and vision understanding by computer. Camera-system geometry, image formation and lighting, and image acquisition. Basic visual processes for recognition of edges, regions, lines, and surfaces. Processing of stereo images, and motion in image sequences. Object recognition. Applications of computer-vision systems.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

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Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001789668 / 75MW 13:00–14:20

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00160370 / 75TTh 16:00–17:20
LEC 00285070 / 60TTh 11:30–12:50
LEC 701237496 / 9999Online or by arrangement

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Reviewed on UW Flow

95% liked it28% easy93% useful

From 21 ratings and 10 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Took with Yuri, his beard is glorious. Deserves to be on a Russian revolution poster. Oh yeah, the course is alright too.

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  • I've taken CS484, CS486, CS480, and CS484 is no doubt the most useful and most interesting course among all ML-related courses.

    Jan 2023 · liked it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • No exams, but the workload is still very high. The assignments just keep coming one after the other. The lectures were very interesting, but Yuri goes really fast. Luckily recorded lectures from covid terms are posted, which is good.

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  • Very interesting course that gives a very good intro into computer vision. Gives a lot of good understanding of the fundamental mathematics behind computer vision, although almost none of anything you learn is state of the art. Participation, 4 quizzes, 6 assignments, and a final project. The quizzes are online, but the wording can be confusing. The assignments can be hard to debug once broken since you are working on so many pixels at once, but you get a few late days in case something goes horribly wrong. Good intro into basic ML as well. Definitely recommend the course.

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  • very important ML course that teaches you the power of regularization.

    Dec 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

98 posts and comments in 86 threads mention CS 484, October 2013 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2024

Easiest Faculty of Mathematics Course for Engineering AI option 5 points, 7 comments

u/Agishan: “… Optimization (0.50) CS452 \- Real-Time Programming (0.50) CS479 \- Neural Networks (0.50) CS484 \- Computational Vision (0.50) STAT341 \- Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (0.50) STAT440 \- Computational Inference (0.50) STAT441 \- Statistical Learning - Classification …”

u/OkRevolution1962: “341 is pretty easy but boring and annoying as hell. Pretty sure CS 479 isn’t hard and a little more interesting and applicable. …”

u/Agishan: “any thoughts on 484? https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/\yboykov/Courses/cs484/”

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Spring 2024

Lin alg heavy courses 13 points, 10 comments

u/U09IUA: “I love math235 and I'm sad that there's no Lin Alg 3. What are some courses that use a lot of Lin alg? Would CS484 or CS480 fit this? CS475 isn't available next term, and I've already taken CS370”

u/TheMagicMiller: “CS 484/684 Computational Vision contains quite a bit of linear algebra, but it's more applied than theoretical.”

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CS 484 vs SYDE 572 1 point, 1 comment

u/OkYogurtcloset2917: “I’ve been trying to learn more about computer vision + ML and found CS 484 and SYDE 572. But it seems like the 2 look similar? I’m trying to gauge if it’s worth taking both or only one of them (and if so, which one). …”

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Winter 2024

Yuri Boykov 72 points, 2 comments

u/cat_enary: “He missed his CS484 lecture today with no announcement or anything. No TA showed up, no followup was posted on any of the official channels. …”

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