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• Information Meeting on Visual Computing
  Our Visual Computing Meeting will take place on Monday, October 15, at 2:15 pm in E1.7, Room 0.01.
  All Visual Computing students and other interested people are welcome.
  

The number of required credit points (CP) at the beginning of each category refers to the entire study period of four semesters.

• Classes from the Core Areas of Visual Computing:
  (From this category you need 53 CP with at least 35 graded CP.)
  
  • Classes on Image Acquisition and Geometric Foundations:
    (You need at least 4 CP from this category.)
    
    • Dynamic Geometry Processing (6 CP)
      Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (2h) given by M. Wand and S. Wuhrer
      Block course in February/March 2013

    • Bildgebende Verfahren - Ultraschall (3 CP)
      Classroom lectures (2h) given by B. Kleffner
      Mon 16:30-18, Building A5.1, Room 1.22
      First lecture is on October 22.

  • Classes on Image Analysis:
    (You need at least 9 graded CP from this category.)
    
    • Image Processing and Computer Vision (9 CP)
      Classroom lectures (4h) with tutorials (2h) given by J. Weickert
      Tue, Thu 10-12, Building E1.3, Lecture Hall 002

    • Correspondence Problems in Computer Vision (6 CP)
      Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (2h) given by M. Mainberger and J. Weickert
      Thu 14-16, Building E1.3, Seminar room 0.16

    • Image Compression (6 CP)
      Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (2h) given by C. Schmaltz
      Fri 10-12, Building E1.3, Lecture Hall 001

    • Probabilistic Graphical Models and their Applications (6 CP)
      Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (2h) given by B. Schiele and M. Fritz
      Tue 14-16, Building E1.4, Seminar room 0.24

    • Speech Technology - Pattern and Speech Recognition (6 CP)
      Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (2h) given by D. Klakow
      Tue 14-16, Fri 14-16, Building C7.2, Seminar room 1.12

  • Classes on Image Synthesis:
    (You need at least 9 graded CP from this category.)
    
    • Computer Graphics (9 CP)
      Classroom lectures (4h) with tutorials (2h) given by P. Slusallek
      Mon, Wed 14-16, Building E1.3, Lecture Hall 001

    • Visualization and Data Analysis (6 CP)
      Classroom lectures (4h) given by J. Krüger and T. Weinkauf
      Mon 10-12, Wed 12-14, Building E 1.7, Lecture room 001

  • Seminars:
    (You need at least 8 graded CP from this category.)
    
    • Milestones and Advances in Image Analysis (8 CP)
      Seminar given by J Weickert and O. Demetz
      Tue, 16-18, Building E1.7, Seminar room 001

    • Dynamic Streaming (8 CP)
      Seminar given by T. Herfet
      for more information see the course webpage

    • Parallel Visual Computing (8 CP)
      Seminar given by I. Ihrke, T. Ritschel and M. Fritz
      for more information, see the webpage; first meeting is Thu, October 18, from 14.00-16.00 in E1.7, Room 0.01

    • Applied Perception (8 CP)
      Seminar given by T. Ritschel, E. Reinhard and K. Myszkowski
      for more information, see the webpage; first meeting is Mon, October 22, from 16.00-18.00 in E1.4, Room 0.19

    • Multimodal Dialog Systems (8 CP)
      Seminar given by D. Klakow
      for more information, see the webpage
      Mon, 16-18, Building C7.2, Conference room 2.11

    • Recent Topics in Computergraphics and Visualization (8 CP)
      Seminar given by J. Krüger
      for more information, see the webpage; first meeting is Thu, October 25, from 10.00-12.00 in DFKI Building D3.4, Room 2.30 (Turing 1)

    • Seminar Tomographie (6 CP)
      Seminar given by A. Louis
      for more information, see the webpage
      Tue 16-18, Building E2.4, Seminar room 6

  
  
• Classes in Image Related Areas in Computer Science and Other Disciplines:
  (From this category you need 9 graded CP.)
  • Telecommunications I (9 CP)
    Classroom lectures (4h) with tutorials (2h) given by T. Herfet
    Tue 12-14, Wed 8-10, Building E1.3, Lecture Hall 001

  • Machine Learning (9 CP)
    Classroom lectures (4h) with tutorials (2h) given by M. Hein
    Mon 10-12, Wed 10-12, Building E1.3, Lecture Hall 001

  • The Elements of Statistical Learning II (5 CP)
    Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (1h) given by T. Lengauer
    Wed 10-12, Building E2.1 (CBI building), Room 007

  • Text to Speech Synthesis (3 CP)
    Classroom lectures (2h) given by B. Möbius
    Tue 16-18, Building C7.2, Seminar room

  • Future Media Internet (9 CP)
    Classroom lectures (4h) with tutorials (2h) given by T. Herfet
    Tue 14-16, Wed 12-14, Building C6.3, Seminar Room 9.05

  • Parallel Programming with CUDA (6 CP)
    Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (2h) given by P. Slusallek, J. Kalojanov and P. Danilewski
    Mon 12-14, Building E1.3, Lecture room 003

  • Discrete Topics in Data Mining (3 CP)
    Classroom lectures (2h)) given by P. Miettinen
    Tue 12-14, Building E2.1 (bioinformatics), Lecture room 007

  • Grundlagen und Anwendungen der zerstörungsfreien Prüfverfahren (3 CP)
    Classroom lectures (2h) given by C. Boller
    Mon 13-15, Building E3.1 (IZFP), Seminar room
    

  • Zerstörungsfreie Prüfverfahren II (3 CP)
    Classroom lectures (2h) given by C. Boller
    Thu 8:30-10, Building E3.1 (IZFP), Seminar Room
    

  
  
• Supplementary Classes (to Fill Your Personal Gaps of Knowledge):
  (From this category you need 18 CP with at least 9 graded CP.)
  Depending on your background, not all selections may be allowed. Please make sure that the lectures you attend do extend your knowledge, and do not hesitate to consult us in case of doubts.
  • Classes in Mathematics:
    
    • Theorie und Numerik von gewöhnlichen Differentialgleichungen (9 CP)
      Classroom lectures (4h) with tutorials (2h) given by T. Schuster
      Tue 8-10, Thu 14-16, Building E2.5, Lecture hall I

    • Partielle Differentialgleichungen I (9 CP)
      Classroom lectures (4h) with tutorials (2h) given by M. Hermann
      Mon, Thu 12-14, Building E2.4, Lecture hall IV

    • PDE and Boundary-Value Problems (6 CP)
      Classroom lectures (3h) with tutorials (1h) given by D. Apushkinskaya
      Wed 10-12, Fri 8-10, Building E2.4, Lecture hall IV

    • Minimal Surfaces and the Calculus of Variations (5 CP)
      Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (1h) given by M. Bildhauer
      Tue 12-14, Building E2.4, Seminar room 5

    • Lokale und globale Flächentheorie (5 CP)
      Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (1h) given by M. Fuchs
      Fri 10-12, Building E2.4, Lecture hall IV

    • Stochastische Numerik (6 CP)
      Classroom lectures (4h) given by S. Rjasanow
      Tue, Thu 14-16, Building E2.4, Seminar room 5

    • Stochastische Prozesse (5 CP)
      Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (1h) given by H. Zaehle
      Mon, 10-12, Building E2.4, Seminar room 5

  • Classes in Computer Science:
    
    • Algorithms and Data Structures (9 CP)
      Classroom lectures (4h) with tutorials (2h) given by R. Seidel
      Wed 16-18, Building E1.3, Lecture Hall 002, Fri 8-10, Buidling E1.3, Lecture Hall 002

    • Computer Architecture I (9 CP)
      Classroom lectures (4h) with tutorials (2h) given by W. Paul
      Tue 16-18, Thu 14-16, Building E1.3, Lecture Hall 003

    • Programmierung I (9 CP)
      Classroom lectures (4h) with tutorials (2h) given by G. Smolka
      Tue 14-16, Thu 10-12, Building E2.2, Lecture Hall 0.01

  • Classes in Mechatronics:
    
    • Grundlagen der Signalverarbeitung (5 CP)
      Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (1h) given by D. Klakow
      Mo 10-12, Building A5.1, Lecture hall I (1.03)

  • Classes in Physics:
    
    • Elementare Einführung in die Physik I (4 CP)
      Classroom lectures (2h) with tutorials (2h) given by R. Birringer
      We 10-12, Building C6.4, Großer Hörsaal (0.12)

  
  
• Additional Classes:
  (From this category you need 10 CP. Work as a tutor is accepted for at most 4 CP, and language classes for at most 6 CP.)
  
  • Work as a tutor (4 CP)
    

  • German as a Foreign Language for CS Students (6 CP)
    Lectures (4h) offered by the Max Planck Institute for Computer Science

  • English as a Foreign Language for CS Students (6 CP)
    Lectures (4h) offered by the Max Planck Institute for Computer Science

  • The International Office of Saarland University offers a number of German language courses.

  • Classes on other foreign languages are offered by the Language Center.

  • Any of the classes of the first three categories.

  • Classes in humanities (cognitive science, etc.) after approval in advance.

  A detailed description of the contents of these classes can be found in our Handbook of Module Descriptions.

  The campus map may help you to localise the individual buildings.
  If you spot some errors or have proposals for adding additional classes to this list, please contact Joachim Weickert.
  
  
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