To get acquainted with scientific literature and methodology.

Seminar on selected topics in the area of image and video analysis and synthesis.

Didactic background: In the course of the seminar and through individual monitoring, students will be familiarized with the procedure of literature research, critical assessment and follow-up work by writing a seminar paper. Although approaches will depend on the selected topic of the paper, students should focus on scientific literature in English. Another important aspect of this seminar will be the practicing of students' presentation skills.

Preliminary meeting: Wednesday, 3rd October 2018, 10:15 - 11:45, seminar room 188/2 (Favoritenstrasse 9-11, 4th floor, staircase 3, green area). The final presentations are expected to be held on 23rd January 2019. The actual time and date will be announced as soon as the number of participants is known. Further dates will be announced in this first meeting.

This course represents 3 ECTS (= 75 hours) and approximately 12 hours of these require compulsory attendance (for the final presentations, preliminary meeting, etc.).  The remaining hours are intended for the creation and completion of your written paper and presentation slides as well as individual supervision (including feedback on the seminar papers and presentations).

Handing in a seminar paper and delivering a presentation at the end of the semester.

A working knowledge of image and video analysis and synthesis is essential. This knowledge can be acquired in relevant courses of the Bachelor programme Media Informatics and Visual Computing as well as the Masters programmes Media Informatics or Visual Computing.