Other useful references
Books
- Chris Bishop, Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition. An excellent reference and overview of learning, including PDFs, mixture models, neural networks, RBFs, and a variety of other topics.
- E. T. Jaynes. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science. Foundations of Bayesian probability theory, plus some history, written by a pioneer. An older draft is online.
- David Forsyth and Jean Ponce, Computer Vision: A Modern Approach. Good overview of computer vision topics.
- Thomas Cover and Joy Thomas. Elements of Information Theory. The definitive information theory text
- Michael I. Jordan (ed), Learning in Graphical Models. Excellent collection of papers on advanced topics in learning. Many of the papers are available online.
- F.S. Hill, Jr. Computer Graphics Using OpenGL. Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2001. General-purpose graphics reference.
- Jorge Nocedal and Stephen Wright. Numerical Optimization. Detailed coverage of the important numerical optimization theory and algorithms.
Links
Resources that might be useful for final projects
Don't feel bound by this data --- feel free to gather or synthesize your own!
- Image and video data
- Motion capture
- 3D Data and light fields
- BRDF databases