Lecture 1 Introduction

Imaging in the Visible and Infrared Bands
Sources of Images

Imaging in the Visible and Infrared Bands
Sources of Images

Imaging in the Visible and Infrared Bands
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Human Vision System Mathematicians
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Prior Knowledge Image models Transformations Methodologies
Impacts?
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Categorization – My Viewpoint

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Image Processing Methodologies
About This Course

Resources?



Scoring policy
Presence – 15% Final exam – 85%
Course Outline
32 hours = 3×10 lectures + 2 for course review Lecture 1 – Introduction Lecture 2 – Digital Image Fundamentals Lecture 3 – Image Transformations Lecture 4 – Image Enhancement Lecture 5 – Image Restorations Lecture 6 – Color Image Processing Lecture 7 – Image Compression Morphological Image Processing Lecture 8 – Image Segmentation Lecture 9 – Representation and Description Lecture 10 – Image Recognition

• Money market mutual funds allow individuals to access the money market.
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Money Market Securities
• Treasury bills: Short-term debt of U.S. government • Certificates of Deposit: Time deposit with a bank • Commercial Paper: Short-term, unsecured debt of a company
• Consumption Timing: Use securities to store wealth and transfer consumption to the future
1-10
Financial Markets and the Economy (Ctd.) • Allocation of Risk: Investors can select securities consistent with their tastes for risk • Separation of Ownership and Management: With stability comes agency problems
1-8
Common Stock and Derivatives
• Common Stock is equity or ownership in a corporation.
– Payments to stockholders are not fixed, but depend on the success of the firm
• Securitization: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bought mortgage loans and bundled them into large pools • Mortgage-backed securities are tradable claims against the underlying mortgage pool • “Originate to distribute” • Credit Default Swaps (CDS)

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Date:
June 8, 2008
Dear Sirs, We are in receipt of your letter of 5th July, offering us …. In reply, we regret to inform you that ...
We do not deny that…. We counter-offer as follows… As the market is declining, we recommend your immediate acpt Yours Sincerely, Mike BCD Co., Ltd.
Functions
• 1380 out of 1500 colleges offer this course. • So, why is this course so ?_ _ _ _
Three channels for communications:
Vis-à -vis [‘vizəvi]（面对面） Verbal Written
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• With reference to our order for…, we are pleased to advise that, after the contract is signed, we shall open with the Bank of China here a confirmed irrevocable letter of credit at sight in your favor, negotiable against your documentary draft at sight drawn on us. The L/C will reach you not later than one month before the stipulated time of shipment.

– – – – What do the people believe in? What do they value most in life? What motivates them? Why do they behave the way they do?
Life in the United States
Life in the United States
The Size of the US
– Imagine that you drove from New York to Los Angeles, stopping only for gas, to eat, and sleep. It would take you four or five days – It takes two days to drive from New York to Florida
Population by Ethnicity
White 71% Black 13% Hispanic 10% Asian 4% Native American 2%
A Nation of Immigration
Immigration is the act of coming to a foreign country to live. The act of leaving one's country to settle in another is called emigration. Immigrants who flee their country because of persecution(迫害), war, or such disasters as famines or epidemics are known as refugees or displaced persons.