MIT CSAIL

6.S058: Introduction to Computer Vision

Spring 2025

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This schedule is preliminary and subject to change as the term evolves.

You can find the Course notes under Files on Canvas.
Lecture recordings will be posted here.

Lecture Date Topic Instructor Course Materials Assignments
Week 1
1 Tue 02/04/2025 Introduction,
Simple Vision System
Bill Reading: Chapter 2
Slides
2 Thu 02/06/2025 Image Formation:
Pinhole Cameras, Lenses, Cameras as Linear Systems
Bill Reading: Chapter 5, 6, 7
Slides
Week 2
3 Tue 02/11/2025 Foundations of Image Processing:
Linear Filtering, Fourier Analysis
Bill Reading: Chapter 15, 16
Slides
pset1 out
Tutorial Tue 02/11/2025 Python Tutorial Session 1
When: 3pm - 5pm
Where: 34-101
Kelly
Sydney
Colab workbook, instruction
4 Thu 02/13/2025 Spatial Linear Filters,
Temporal Linear Filters
Bill Reading: Chapter 17, 18, 19
Slides
Tutorial Thu 02/13/2025 Python Tutorial Session 2
When: 11am - 1pm
Where: 45-230
Kelly
Sydney
Colab workbook, instruction
Week 3
Tue 02/18/2025 Monday Schedule: No Class
5 Thu 02/20/2025 Filter Banks and Image Pyramids Bill Reading: Chapter 22, 23
Slides
pset1 due
pset2 out
Week 4
6 Tue 02/25/2025 How to do research, give talks, write Bill/Phillip Reading: Chapter 52, 53, 54
Slides
Tutorial Wed 02/26/2025 PyTorch Tutorial Session 1
When: 3-5 pm
Where: 2-190
Jamie Official Tutorial
7 Thu 02/27/2025 Learning to See Phillip Reading: Chapter 9, 11
Slides
Tutorial Thu 02/27/2025 PyTorch Tutorial Session 2
When: 9am - 11pm
Where: Zoom
Madi Official Tutorial
Week 5
8 Tue 03/04/2025 Neural Networks Phillip Reading: Chapter 12, 13
Slides
pset2 due
pset3 out
9 Thu 03/06/2025 Convolutional Neural Networks and Transformers Phillip Reading: Chapter 24, 26
Slides
Week 6
10 Tue 03/11/2025 Statistical Image Models Phillip Reading: Chapter 27
Slides
11 Thu 03/13/2025 Learning Visual Representations Tianhong Reading: Chapter 30
Slides
pset3 due
Week 7
12 Tue 03/18/2025 Perceptual Grouping Phillip Reading: Chapter 31
Slides
13 Thu 03/20/2025 Midterm
Week 8
Tue 03/25/2025 Spring Break: No Class
Thu 03/27/2025 Spring Break: No Class
Week 9
14 Tue 04/01/2025 Generative Models Tianhong Reading: Chapter 32
Slides
pset4 out
15 Thu 04/03/2025 Datasets, Curation, Biases Phillip Reading: Chapter 35
Slides
project proposal due
Week 10
16 Tue 04/08/2025 Robustness and Adaptation Tianhong Reading: Chapter 36, 37
Slides
17 Thu 04/10/2025 Representing Images and Geometry Phillip Reading: Chapter 38, 39, 40
Slides
pset4 due
pset5 out
Week 11
18 Tue 04/15/2025 3D Estimation Tianhong Reading: Chapter 43, 44
Slides
19 Thu 04/17/2025 Motion Estimation, Optical Flow, and Tracking Deqing Sun Reading: Chapter 46, 47, 48, 49
Slides
Week 12
20 Tue 04/22/2025 Radiance Fields Tianhong Reading: Chapter 45
Slides
pset5 due
pset6 out
21 Thu 04/24/2025 Object Recognition Tianhong Reading: Chapter 50
Slides
project progress report due
Week 13
22 Tue 04/29/2025 Vision and Language Tianhong Reading: Chapter 51
Slides
23 Thu 05/01/2025 Fairness, Ethics in CV Sara pset6 due
Week 14
24 Tue 05/06/2025 Deployable CV/ML Tianhong
25 Thu 05/08/2025 Event Horizon Telescope Bill
Week 15
26 Tue 05/13/2025 Final Project Presentation Final project report due