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TLDR

A curated reference list of books, courses, papers, tools, datasets, and models for learning and working in computer vision.

Mindmap

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    What it covers
      Object recognition
      Video tracking
      3D reconstruction
      Face detection
    Resource types
      Books and textbooks
      Online courses
      Research papers
      Software tools
    Specialized topics
      Neural radiance fields
      Image inpainting
      Pose estimation
      Medical imaging
    How to use it
      Learn foundations
      Find datasets
      Discover tools
      Explore subfields

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Find textbooks and online courses when starting to learn computer vision from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Discover datasets and pre-trained models for training or testing image recognition systems.

USE CASE 3

Locate established software tools and libraries for specific tasks like face detection or 3D reconstruction.

USE CASE 4

Explore research papers and tutorials in specialized areas like medical imaging or pose estimation.

Getting it running

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In plain English

awesome-computer-vision is a curated reference list for the field of computer vision, the branch of AI concerned with teaching computers to understand images and video. There is no code to run here; it is a well-organized collection of links to books, online courses, research papers, software tools, datasets, pre-trained models, tutorials, and blogs. Computer vision covers things like recognizing objects in photos, tracking motion in video, reconstructing 3D scenes from images, and detecting faces. The list organizes resources by sub-topic, from foundational textbooks to niche areas like neural radiance fields, image inpainting, human pose estimation, and medical imaging. There is also a section on other "awesome" curated lists for adjacent topics like robotics, generative modeling, and machine learning in general. You would use this repository when starting to learn computer vision and needing a structured map of what books and courses exist, when looking for datasets to train or test a model, or when you want to find established software tools in a particular area of image processing. It is maintained by a researcher who accepts community contributions, so the list tends to stay current with developments in the field. No programming language is required, it is purely a navigation document.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I want to learn computer vision from the ground up. What are the best foundational books and courses listed in awesome-computer-vision?
Prompt 2
I need a dataset for training an object detection model. Where in awesome-computer-vision would I find links to popular datasets?
Prompt 3
Show me the software tools and libraries recommended in awesome-computer-vision for 3D scene reconstruction from images.
Prompt 4
What specialized topics like neural radiance fields or image inpainting are covered in awesome-computer-vision, and where would I find resources for them?
Prompt 5
I'm looking for pre-trained models and tutorials for human pose estimation. How is this organized in awesome-computer-vision?
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