CVPR Daily - Thursday

For those who decided to stay home, yes, of course, I think we should encourage them to come back. I imagine for most people who didn’t come, it wasn’t their choice but just because they couldn’t do it for some reason. Otherwise, I can’t imagine why anyone would prefer staying at home rather than coming here! Can we say a nice word about Nicole Bumpus Finn and the organization of this CVPR? We can say nice words about Nicole and the organization of CVPR over the past I don’t know how many years! I was workshop chair in 2018, so I interacted with Nicole a lot, and she’s fantastic. She’s doing a great job. She’s highly effective and efficient. Do you have a final thought for the community? Yes, just a piece of advice I’ve only recently realized. To get research going, you must have an application in mind that gets you excited. For me, it was space. It will be different for different people. It’s important to think that this is what I’m excited about, what I’m passionate about, and why I’m doing research. 16 DAILY CVPR Thursday Exclusive Interview