Answers to frequently-asked questions about CN810

WHEN and WHERE does the course meet?
Lectures will be held on Thursdays in Room B03 of 677 Beacon Street, from 1:00 - 4:00pm, unless otherwise indicated in the weekly schedule. An additional hour of weekly discussion meetings will be held at a time to be arranged.

WHO can attend?
Anyone is welcome to attend any of those sessions held at CNS. If you wish to participate in a field trip and are not taking the course for credit, you must notify me at least one week in advance. I will negotiate on your behalf with the host of that particular field trip. If you come occasionally as a guest, please remember one thing -- you will be attending meetings of an advanced graduate course, whose students will have done required meetings and held a 60-minute preparation section in advance of all guest lectures. The course is not a colloquium series, so speakers will not be expected to present general background material or to field elementary questions, whose answers could be found easily in the readings.

How can I get a COURSE SYLLABUS?
The syllabus will be assembled in real time, over the entire semester, since readings for each particular weeks will be specified at quasi-random times. A schedule of speakers is currently available at the CN 810 home page

How can I get copies of COURSE READINGS?
Some guest speakers have Web sites with downloadable documents or useful links to electronic copies, as noted in the syllabus. We'll figure something out for other readings.

What are the other course REQUIREMENTS?
Grades will be based on all aspects of a student's contribution to the course, including their oral presentations, their participation in class discussions, and their COURSE PROJECT. Students can choose ANY TOPIC in modeling or computational vision. I will do a "reality check" on proposals for a project, to ensure that they are feasible and worthwhile. In practice, you will have a great deal of latitude in choice of topic. I expect that projects will be quite heterogeneous. Some may include analytical work or formal derivations, others may be largely simulation-driven, and still others may focus on review or criticism of published models. Your goal should be to do work that will materially advance your career, contributing eventually either to a publication or a dissertation prospectus. If you would like some suggestions on where to begin or have a some "ill-posed" ideas that you would like to discuss, make arrangements to see me as soon as possible.

How can I help by VOLUNTEERING?
For this course to work, everyone who participates has to "do their fair share" and a few individuals will have to do more than that. I ask for volunteers to take individual responsibility for such things as: Making sure audiovisuals are set up for all speakers; helping to distribute course readings; helping to "maintain" a database of documents (eg. course syllabus, course archive) and other such tasks as inevitably come up in the semester. If you would like to volunteer to take responsibility for any of these duties, please email: ennio @ cns.bu.edu

What would the CAS Dean like me to know about Academic Discipline Procedures of the Graduate School Committee on Academic Standards?

Please see: http://www.bu.edu/grs/academics/resources/adp.html

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