Homework 2 [ETC 3 hours]
Due Tuesday, September 3, 2007

Reactions [15 minutes]

  1. Read the blogs of other students in the class. Comment on at least 3 of them.

[Anywhere] Reading (ETC: 1 hour):

  1. Read: Specifying Gestures By Example, Dean Rubine, 1991 (ETC: 40 minutes)
  2. Blog 3: Write Summary and Discussion for Reading (ETC: 20 minutes)

Coding [ETC 2 hours]:

  1. Download StrokeReaderExample.jar from the zip file, a file for parsing the class data
  2. Inside this jar, StrokeReader.java gives and example of how to use the jar file to read a stroke from a file
  3. Make sure to read the readme file, entitled: HOW_TO_ADD_JAR_FILES.txt which explains how to add the jar file in Eclipse or compile through command line
  4. Download the class data: Zip File (will be posted after 5pm to allow latecomers to add their data - link will be on website)
  5. Create methods to compute each of the rubine features
  6. Calculate the average feature value for each feature for each gesture type.
  7. Bring printout of average feature values to class