Schedule (Autumn 2026)

Dates, and the correspondence between the pages on this site and the lectures in the course.

Date Week and topic Relevant pages and activities Deadlines
16/09/2026 Week 1: Introduction Installation
Clinical Background
Pipeline
Coding assessments
None
23/09/2026 Week 2: Software Development Tools Data
Tools
Integrated Development Environment
Image Basics
30/09/2026 Week 3 No lecture: the teaching team is attending MICCAI 2026 None
07/10/2026 Week 4: Registration and Pre-/Post-processing Pre-processing
Registration
Post-processing
Pipeline
14/10/2026 Week 5: Feature Extraction and Machine Learning Feature Extraction
Voxel-wise Tissue Classification
Evaluation
Confirm groups
Random Forest
Group formation and GitHub repository link due 15/10/2026
21/10/2026 Week 6: Visualization and Scientific Writing LaTeX
Visualization
Ubelix HPC
None
28/10/2026 Week 7 Project discussion and feedback None
04/11/2026 Week 8 Project discussion and feedback None
11/11/2026 Week 9 Mid-term presentations: up to 5 minutes per group on approach, progress, challenges, and insights Mid-term presentation
18/11/2026 Week 10 Project discussion and feedback None
25/11/2026 Week 11 Project discussion and feedback None
02/12/2026 Week 12 Written multiple-choice exam (40%) Written exam
09/12/2026 Week 13 Final presentations (60%), session 1: 10 minutes per group plus 2 minutes for questions Final presentation, session 1
16/12/2026 Week 14 Final presentations (60%), session 2: 10 minutes per group plus 2 minutes for questions Final presentation, session 2

We understand you have a heavy course load each semester, and so the teaching content in this course is front-loaded, while the project content is rear-loaded. The broad distribution of topics is indicated above; however, it is subject to change.