UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s degree (EMJMD) in

Image Processing and Computer Vision (IPCV)
Applied Video Sequence Analysis

Format of the report for the lab assignments

(Conveniently adapted from Appendix 1A, "An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods," H. Gould and J.
Tobochnik, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1996.)

General comment
Laboratory reports should reflect clear writing style and obey proper rules of grammar and correct spelling. Write
in a manner that can be understood by another person who has not done the assignment. The expected assignment
result is a program. Use the following format for the reports:

1. Introduction: Briefly summarize the nature of the system, the basic numerical or other algorithms, and the
interesting or relevant questions.

2. Method: Briefly describe the fundamentals of the algorithms and how it is implemented in the program (include
some code snippets if appropriate). Describe how the functionalities of the algorithms are mapped in the provided
source files of the program in a way that is as self-explanatory as possible. Be sure to discuss any important
features of your program.

Try to keep your notation simple and consistent, which is not always easy to do. Do not, on the other hand,
explain details that are common knowledge (such as, for example, Gaussian Mixture Models), just include the
main equations that define those techniques.

3. Implementation: Discuss particular implementation details when programming the methods using OpenCV.

4. Data: Discuss the data you employed to evaluate or verify your program. Provide details of the video files in
graphical or tabular form if appropriate.

5. Results and Analysis: In general, the analysis of your results will include a determination of qualitative
relationships between parameters and results. Show the results of some typical runs in graphical or tabular form.
These results should illustrative and informative examples of the work done for the assignment. Additional runs
can be included in the appendix.

All runs should be labelled, and all tables and figures must be referred to in the body of the text. Each figure and
table should have a caption with complete information, e.g., the value of the set parameters.

Be creative when it comes to designing tests and selecting good examples. Don’t just show your program code!

6. Conclusions: Summarize your results and explain them in simple physical terms whenever possible. Specific
questions that were raised in the assignment should be addressed here. Make specific comments on the problem
and your suggestions for improvements or alternatives.

7. References: Include all references (algorithms, external programs used, websites, publications…) in this section
and refer to them in the body of the report.

8. Log: Keep an approximated log of the time spent on each problem and include it in the report.

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