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15 October 2011 @ LUMS

8:11 am , Woke up around 7 am, studying Section 2.2 Camera Models and Transformation. Also praying ke aaj quiz na ho . I got 1/15 in the first one and 0/15 in the second one. Today is Saturday, but we are following the Monday schedule because of the classes missed during the dengue break. The book we are following "Computer Vision by Szeliski " doesn't contain much basic information and assumes we have done the pre-requisite courses, which clearly I haven't done. The other courses I've taken are Computer Architecture and Advanced Operating Systems which are advanced no doubt, but I don't have much difficulty grasping the concepts. I am downloading "Computer Graphics by Foley" now to learn more about basic transformations. 12:32 pm , Aha :) quiz nahi huwa ... yesssssss .... Now I have a class at 4:00 pm of Computer Architecture but I have to complete the presentation work for my research too. I am going to do that till the class. 6:18 pm , Just came

Computer Vision Lab ~ LUMS

I have been assigned a room for my research work in School of Science and Engineering (SSE) Building. The existing Computer Vision lab was full so me and my fellow members were assigned a room 120-9 in the building which is on the left of the Computer Vision lab. We can utilize both rooms as we see fit. Each Monday we get together with Dr. Murtaza Taj under which we are researching and discuss the research papers we have read and take on new assignments for the next week. This week I've been assigned to read a paper and prepare a powerpoint presentation on "Object Tracking - A Survey" by Alper Yilmaz, Omar Javed and Mubarak Shah. I prefer to do research work in the evening and in the night as there are very few people in the labs and everything is quiet, calm necessary to do research. Dr. Murtaza is available 24/7 as he is staying at the faculty hostels so I can contact him if I need assistance. Apart from him there are good senior MS and PHD students in the lab which can

Last one month in Lahore and in Lums

If I remember correctly, it has been about 40 days before I last shared anything here on this blog. A lot has happened lately. I got admission in both LUMS and NUST university. But since LUMS had a high priority for me than NUST, I chosed it and am now in Lahore, studying Computer Science. I got Hostel M1, Room #109 (ground floor). Me and my roommate are the only two MS (CS) students here. The other students are doing MBA. The hostel itself is quite big and spacious with two common rooms on 1st and 2nd floor, a kitchen and 2 bathrooms (each containing 5 shower rooms, 5 toilets and 6 sinks ) on each floor. During the dengue break of 10 days, I got to know many students here. We used to watch films together at night with each contributing for snacks during the film. There were a few things I had to discover and explore before I could completely settle here. It has always been my routine in Karachi to get some hair trimming and shave at least once in a week from barber. Since there is no