A project oriented approach to the teaching of machine perception

A set of computer simulation projects that have been assigned at various times during offerings of an advanced graduate level course on machine perception is discussed. The format of the projects is presented, and student results are discussed. The projects are novel in that they require advanced techniques of machine vision and are open-ended in that there are no specific solutions. The problems represent the mainstream of machine perception research without requiring more effort than is possible in a one semester course. Students have responded with algorithms developed in a variety of computer languages and on various machines.< >