TutorialsCopyright for all material in the linked pages by T. Pavlidis © 2007, 2008 This is a collection of links to material derived from teaching at Stony Brook University after my retirement. It is not well organized yet, I hope to improve that in the not so distant future. There is a wide range of levels: some of the materials is from lectures to freshmen, other from lectures to graduate students. WEB PAGESCAPTCHA: What is behind the "strange" text that many web sites ask you to read before you can register an account. (Version of March 2008.) CHAOS: Under construction (October 2009) EDGE DETECTION: Mainly examples illustrating how hard is for a computer to find object outlines in an image. FACE RECOGNITION: The Impossible Dream Or "why the security cameras caught me, but not bin-Ladden". PATTERN RECOGNITION and FEATURES: Converting pictures into numbers, the first step in pattern recognition. LOSSY IMAGE COMPRESSION: Sketchy notes from an old seminar (Fall 2003). THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND BAR CODES: Material for an OLLI workshop, June 2011 MAINLY POWER POINTTalks on the Difference between Human and Computer Intelligence THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND BARCODES: 2006 Seminar abstract with link to zipped slides
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