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Tampere University Student’s Guide

Course unit, curriculum year 2026–2027
COMP.SGN.230

Vector Space Methods for Signal and Image Processing, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 3 (1.1.2027–7.3.2027)
Active in period 4 (8.3.2027–31.5.2027)
Course code
COMP.SGN.230
Language of learning
English
Academic years
2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Alessandro Foi
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Computing Sciences Studies 100 %
Content

Course Content:

  • Vector and inner-product spaces
  • Bases, Analysis and Synthesis
  • Orthonormalization, Approximations
  • Continuous-variable models for discrete data
  • Global vs Local Processing
  • Windowing and weighted norms
  • Moving least squares
  • Frames and Dual frames
  • Singular Value Decomposition, Principal components and KLT transforms
  • Smoothing operators
  • Discrete differential operators
  • Color spaces and color and multispectral image processing
  • Popular transforms
  • Noise propagation

All the above is explained and demonstrated through a vast set of working examples in Matlab and Python.

Learning outcomes
Further information
Learning material
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
Pass conditions: Attendance of at least 80% of the lecture hours. Successful completion 80% of the home assignments. Pass the Exam.
All parts of the completion option are compulsory.

Participation in teaching

Contact teaching
11.01.2027 – 26.02.2027
Active in period 3 (1.1.2027–7.3.2027)

Exam

03.03.2027 – 03.03.2027
Active in period 3 (1.1.2027–7.3.2027)
06.04.2027 – 06.04.2027
Active in period 4 (8.3.2027–31.5.2027)
11.05.2027 – 11.05.2027
Active in period 4 (8.3.2027–31.5.2027)