LearnCV.ai

Teaching AI visually and practically!

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🛠 Course Setup & Usage Instructions

Welcome to the Computer Vision (CV) course! This guide will help you get started with the course material, set up your coding environment, and navigate the GitHub-based LMS efficiently.

📚 1. Course Repository Structure

📁 docs/: LMS documentation, GitHub Pages content, and course codebase guidelines.
📁 lectures/: Weekly lecture notes, slides, and code examples.
📁 assignments/: Problems and instructions for weekly submissions.
📁 projects/: Mini and final project descriptions, starter templates, and rubrics.
📁 datasets/: Links and instructions for downloading and organizing datasets.
📁 tools/: Environment setup guides, library requirements, cheat sheets, and config scripts.
📁 resources/: Recommended books, research papers, videos, tutorials, and references.
📁 checkpoints/: Review folders with weekly recap questions and learning outcome checklists.

🧑‍💻 2. Familiarize Yourself with the Syllabus

📘 Syllabus Overview
📅 View the complete course roadmap, including lecture topics, assignments, and aids: 👉 Full Teaching Plan (Google Sheet)

📁 3. Access Course Materials

Each week’s content is organized in folders inside lectures/.
You’ll find:
- slides.pdf: Lecture presentation
- notes.md: Written explanation of concepts
- code/: Python examples and hands-on practice
Open .ipynb notebooks using Jupyter or Google Colab.

📝 4. Assignments and Deadlines

Assignment instructions are in the assignments/ folder.
Deadlines will be announced during class and updated in the teaching plan.
Submit your work by:
- Forking this repository
- Creating a branch
- Uploading your solution
- Raising a Pull Request (PR)

Need help with PRs? See GitHub Guide to Pull Requests

🚀 5. Work on Your Projects

Projects are crucial for applying your CV knowledge.
Explore project ideas: projects/project_ideas.md
Follow the template to structure your solution.
Work individually or in teams (as announced).
Submit via GitHub PR or as instructed.

🌐 6. GitHub Community

Use Issues to report bugs or request help.
Star the repository to track updates.
Make sure you have a GitHub account and understand basic Git commands (clone, commit, push, pull).
Follow @purus15987 for updates and notifications.

💬 7. Engage in Discussions

Got a doubt or an innovative idea?
Participate in our GitHub Discussions under: 👉 Discussions → Ideas

This is your space to:

Ask conceptual questions
Discuss research papers
Share new project ideas
Collaborate with peers

🛠️ 8. Tools & Environment Setup

Required Tools

Python 3.8 or 3.9
pip (Python package manager)
Git and GitHub account
Jupyter Notebook, VS Code, or Google Colab
Internet connection for accessing datasets and GitHub

Required Libraries

Install these with pip:

pip install numpy matplotlib opencv-python scikit-image pillow flask

Optional (but useful):

pip install seaborn pandas tqdm torch torchvision torchaudio

Using Google Colab?

You can open .ipynb files directly in Colab:

Right-click → “Open in Colab” extension
Or copy notebook URL into https://colab.research.google.com/

🔔 9. Stay Updated

Watch this repository or discussions/Annoncements to get updates on:
- Lecture uploads
- New assignments or changes
- Project deadlines
Keep an eye on the checkpoints/ folder for weekly review sessions and quizzes.

Enable GitHub notifications or check Announcements.

🧑‍🏫 10. Instructor Support

Instructor:

Purushotham Mailapalli
Assistant Professor, JBIET College, Hyderabad

📧 purus15987@gmail.com

📎 GitHub

📎 LinkedIn

Office Hours: 9.30AM - 4.15PM
Github Discussions: Anytime

✅ 11. Code of Conduct & Expectations

Respect academic honesty — submit your own work.
Collaborate but don’t copy.
Be kind and professional in discussions and PRs.
Participate actively and help peers when possible.
Take feedback positively and use it to grow.

Let’s build intelligent systems, one pixel at a time. Good luck!

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