FI:PV072 Humanitarian Applications - Course Information

PV072 Humanitarian Computer Applications

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Ivan Kopeček, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Ivan Kopeček, CSc.

Timetable

Thu 18:00–19:50 B204

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Applied Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Applied Informatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Technology Security (programme FI, N-IN)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-BI)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-FY)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GE)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GK)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-CH)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-IO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-MA)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-SO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-TV)
• Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Mathematical Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Graphics and Image Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Graphics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Systems and Data Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Embedded Systems (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
• Programmable Technical Structures (programme FI, B-IN)
• Theoretical Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-TV)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-SS) (2)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, N-IN)
• Image Processing (programme FI, N-AP)

Course objectives

Ethically motivated applications are the main goal of this seminar. The central theme is computer support of visually impaired people.

Syllabus

• Ethically motivated applications are the main goal of this working seminary. The central theme is supporting visually impaired people. Some possible topics are:
• Information systems for visually impaired people.
• Orientation of blind people.
• Obstacle detection.
• Internet, WWW.
• Computer games for blind people.
• Applications of isolated word recognition.
• Applications of speech synthesis.
• Support of informatics studium for visually impaired.
• Applications of ASR.
• Work on a phonetical corpus.
• And other topics - ideas are welcomed.

Literature

• Literatura bude dle potřeby zadána v souvislosti s programem semináře.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Seminář diskutující současné problémy v oblasti asistivních technologií.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

http://www.fi.muni.cz/~kopecek/stud.htm

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
  
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