The lectures will be given by M.Sc. Vuokko Vuori on Wednesdays from 8 to 10 in the lecture hall T3. The first exam in the fall term is held on Tuesday 19.12.2000. You can contact the lecturer between the lectures or during office hours held on Mondays from 13 to 14 o'clock in room C311 at the Laboratory of Computer and Information Science.

The exercises are held by M.Sc. Matti Aksela on Mondays 14 to 16 o'clock in the lecture hall T4. The first exercise is held on 25.9.2000. The exercise problems are delivered in the exercises but are also available in the WWW. The solutions to the problems are published via Otapaino press. The course includes an assignment. You can ask question concerning the exercises and assigment at the exercises or via email (matti.aksela@hut.fi).

The course is based on the book Robert J. Schalkoff: "Pattern Recognition: Statistical, Structural, and Neural Approaches" (J. Wiley, 1992). Additional material will be presented from the book "Pattern Recognition", S. Theodoridis and K. Koutroumbas, 1999, Academic press. You can have a look at both of these books at the Laboratory of Computer and Information Science. Only some preannounced parts of the books are included in the course.

Welcome to the pattern recognition course!