Simple programming problems

http://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/ccc/past/previous_contests.shtml

Some programming problems from a contest at the University at Waterloo. Interesting problems !

Image processing CSI Style!

http://frontpage.uwsuper.edu/bajjali/train/usa/IP.pdf

Book http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=9780121064112&z=y

Image Processing for Teachers article http://www.springerlink.com/content/q083376005n81473/

Very good lecture!!
http://www.cs.ccu.edu.tw/~tsaic/teaching/spring2006_dip/lecture1.ppt

More image processing links

http://www.evisual.org/www/Software/SoftIPLessons.html

http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/metip/

http://hou.lbl.gov/~vhoette/Explorations/Asteroids/index.html

http://hou.lbl.gov/~vhoette/Explorations/PleiadesStars/index.html

http://www.handsonuniverse.org/ms/index.html

http://lawrencehallofscience.stores.yahoo.net/intoimpr3.html

http://lawrencehallofscience.stores.yahoo.net/houhisccu2.html

Tutorials for GIMP

GIMP is a fun, though complex, tool for students to use to learn about image processing. Here are some good tutorials:

http://gimpguru.org/Tutorials/RedEye2/

http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html?node68.html

http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html?node80.html

http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html?node61.html

http://www.gilesorr.com/papers/gimp-tutorial/gimp.html

http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6750

http://carol.gimp.org/gimp/tutorials/basics/layers.html - very good!

http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/ReplaceForeground/

http://www.gimp-tutorials.com/tutorial/Layer-Mask-basics-in-gimp-87.html

http://ocaoimh.ie/2004/10/01/cartoonizing-photos-with-the-gimp/

http://www.designyourownweb.com/gimp/layers-gimp/layers-gimp.html - video about layers

Summer Institute for Computer Studies for educators

http://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/csteachers/Institute2006/ACSE_SI_2006.htm

Tweb site for The Imperial Oil Summer Institute for Teachers of Computer Studies. This is the seventh year the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) at the University of Waterloo and the Association for Computer Studies Educators (ACSE) have collaborated on a Summer Institute for Computer Studies educators and the fourth of five years of funding by the Imperial Oil Foundation.

Thirty educators met from August 15-19, 2006 for four days of intensive professional development in Computer and Information Science and Computer Engineering. The number of participants this year was significantly lower than previous years, however the enthusiasm level and the amount of learning that was present during this year’s Summer Institute was fantastic. Based upon our experience and feedback from previous Summer Institutes we have been able to improve the conference each year. This year we ran up to three parallel sessions designed for CS and CE teachers, both new and experienced. This would not be possible without wonderful presenters coming from the ranks of retired high school teachers, current high school teachers, and faculty members and graduate students from the University of Waterloo.

Why Study Computing Science? from the University of Alberta

From the University of Alberta, a page on Why Study Computing Science?

http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/why/

including a nice presentation ( slanted towards U of Alberta, of course ! )

http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/why/openhouse.pdf

LessonBrain’s Blood Supply Visualizing and measuring blood flow to the brain

http://www.evisual.org/www/Software/SoftIPLessons/BrainBlood.pdf

A nicely done image processing exercise but it might require too much anatomy to be practical.

Workshop in Discovering Image Processing Using Scion Image

http://frontpage.uwsuper.edu/bajjali/train/usa/IP.pdf

Slides from William Bajjali, Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

These slides need a lot of editing but the ideas for exercises are good.

Intro to Image Processing Slides

http://www.cs.ccu.edu.tw/~tsaic/teaching/spring2006_dip/lecture1.ppt

A nice but advanced set of slides from Prof. Charlene Tsai from the National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan. In particular, the slides show nice applications of image processing.

Image Processing for Teachers article

http://www.springerlink.com/content/q083376005n81473/

The Image Processing for Teaching (IPT) project provides a powerful medium to excite students about science and mathematics, especially children from minority groups and others whose needs have not been met by traditional coded ways of teaching these subjects. Using professional-quality software on microcomputers, students explore a variety of scientific data sets, including biomedical imaging, Earth remote sensing and meteorology data, and planetary exploration images. They also learn about the many mathematical concepts that underlie image processing, such as coordinate systems, slope and intercept, pixels, binary arithmetic, along with many others. We have developed curriculum materials in all areas of mathematics and science for the upper elementary and secondary levels, allowing this tool to be used across a variety of grade levels and student interests. Preliminary indications show image processing to be an effective and fun way to study the application of science and mathematics to real world applications, as represented by digital imagery. The use of image processing is also an effective method with which to engage students in inquiry and discovery learning.