CVPR Daily - Wednesday

23 DAILY CVPR Wednesday do. We’ll just see how it goes. It will go very well! What will you do after your PhD? I still don’t know. I do think about both options, either staying in the US, getting a job for a few years, getting experience. Ideally, I want to be close to home. If you ask me now my long- term plan, I would say I do hope to find a research job or a career somewhere in Asia, ideally in Manila. But we’re like 20 years behind the tech advancement. How important is money? I’m sure that jobs as a researcher pay better in California than Manila. I don’t think there are research jobs in Manila! [ laughs ] That solves the problem! How important is money? If I think of it in the long term, I would say family before money, but you still have to earn a living. It is important, but not the most important. I do think I will be working in the US for some time. Then you will get used to Bay Area pay! I’m still a student so right now I have two or three years before I have to think about that. Where do you feel the most pressure today? To figure out my PhD. A PhD comes with a lot of pressure. The day-to-day pressure is there. Even now if I’m very pressured, it’s okay. Jessica Sieren told me, “ If you are doing a PhD, and you do not have a major crisis, you are not doing it right. ” I agree! I agree! [ excited ] We live through the pressure, day to day! Is there anything that Leo did to diminish the pressure? Leo is a very good advisor. Usually, when I’m in a crisis, I write an email to him. Leo can respond with very high- level advice, “ You can think about it this way... ” I get some sense of security as well. Did he learn that before you or while advising you? I don’t know. I’m pretty sure he’s had a lot of students. He has been doing this for many years. Maybe he is able to identify which students are in crisis. And he’ll say, “ You’ll be alright. ” You told us about your passion for research. What about teaching? I TA’ed for the first time last summer. I TA’ed Leo’s class. That’s where I found that I do enjoy teaching, not so much grading though. I don’t like grading. Nobody likes grading! Yeah! Nobody likes grading. [ laughs ] Maybe your role in academia will be to change the system so there won’t be grading anymore. [ laughs ] Hopefully! Teaching was very Mikaela Angelina Uy Hong Kong Friends