ADAN 7399 Computer Vision

This course introduces students to computer vision concepts and methods. Students will learn how to conduct classification, detection, and recognition tasks. The course covers 1) the basics of computer vision, 2) machine learning (ML) models for vision, 3) Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and transformer architecture, 4) object detection and image segmentation, 5) autoencoders & image manipulation, 6) Generative Adversarial Networks for image creation, and 7) multi-input models.

Course overview

Department
Advancing Studies
School
ADV
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Periodically

Catalog details

Prerequisites
ADEC7220 or ADAN7220 and ADEC7301/ADAN7301 and ADEC7430 or ADAN7430 and ADAN7905/ADEC7905

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
4.55 / 5 · Excellent
18 responses
Instructor rating
4.78 / 5 · Excellent
18 responses
Terms evaluated
4
Most recent: Spring 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2025Lawrence Fulton4.34.75.05.05.04.75.04.310+ hrs/week3 of 5
Fall 2024Lawrence Fulton4.74.74.74.74.94.74.74.210+ hrs/week7 of 8
Spring 2024Lawrence Fulton4.85.04.84.84.84.84.84.34–6 hrs/week6 of 11
Fall 2023Lawrence Fulton3.54.53.54.54.54.04.53.5—2 of 6

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Lawrence Fulton
    Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 · Official rating 4.78/5