BIT 116
Section 1
TuTh 1:15pm-3:20pm
Taught by Mike Panitz
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BIT 116 |
Winter, 2007 Section 1 TuTh 1:15pm-3:20pm Taught by Mike Panitz |
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Course Materials
Syllabus |
Getting Started: How To Install Software Help for people doing homework at Cascadia |
Grades, Study Guides: Self-Grading Tool Midterm Study Guide Final Exam Study Guide |
Documentation: DevGuru |
BIT 116 Announcements:WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7th 5:30 PM UW2 005 On Target to Mars: Dr. Yang Cheng, JPL Abstract: Many of NASA's planned missions for the coming decade will require a pinpoint landing (PPL) capability, whether for sample acquisition and return, or for precise insertion into hazardous but scientifically interesting terrain. Thus, a robust spacecraft-based position estimation system is a critical near term need. We present a vision-based system, which provides a low power, low cost, high accuracy solution with flight proven hardware. In this talk, we will present two approaches: a crater based approach and a genral landmark based approach. We also present an analysis of the performance and noise sensitivity of our system and show that the suggested technology is able to deliver a spacecraft to within 100 meters of a pre-selected landing site in a typical Mars landing scenario. Finally we will point out some unsolved issues related to PPL. Dr. Yang Cheng has over 15 years of experience in research and development of computer vision, remote sensing, cartography for science and engineering applications. In the last few years, his research has focused on autonomous landmark based spacecraft navigation, passive image based hazard detection for safe landing, spacecraft pinpoint landing, and rover navigation technology. At JPL, he worked the development of landmark detection and tracking algorithms, which enabled to reduce the optical orbit determination from a few weeks of manual operation to a few hours. He was a key developer of the Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES) and Visual Odometry (VO) for the Mars Exploration Rovers mission. Please reserve your spot by registering at: https://go.washington.edu/uwaa/events/200702uwb_css_mars/details.tclA flyer advertising the event is also attached. Open Programming/Web Lab Hours (tentative) Rooms 230 & 231 is used for open-lab time, so that you can get work done here at school with your classmates and friends in other programming classes.
There are a ton of books available to you, as Cascadia students, for free, through Safari Books Online. Safari has books from publishers such as O'Reilly, and is way cool. Here's the URL:
http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?fpi=&uicode=uwash Cascadia Announcements:Printing Limit: Each student is allowed to print 600 black and white, and 30 color pages per quarter. After that, you can purchase an additional 600 sheets (from the cashier, in Enrollment Services) for $20
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