CVPR Daily - Wednesday

No, it's new! How many people are on your team? We have eight people on our team. Four are researchers, and the other three are research engineers. Then we have my manager. If you were told years ago that this would be the development of your career, would you have signed for this? Yes, I'm very happy with what I have achieved right now. What would be a sign of success for you in five to ten years? What is something you really dream of now? A little bit of news about me is that I applied for a PhD program again. This time I will be working with Microsoft and doing my PhD. I'm hoping I can get the degree as this degree will be a hard requirement for a professorship. So my plan right now is one day I want to be a professor. I don't know if it’ll be in my hometown, like in China, or in the US. But after quitting one PhD program and applying for a new one, now that is the main reason why I want another PhD study. Will you do it in San Diego or Seattle? Yes, in Seattle, at the University of Washington. The advisor that admitted me is Yejin Choi: she’s giving a keynote here on Wednesday. What is the one talent or skill that you are missing now to become a good professor? Maybe a long-term plan. Compared to all my advisors, not only from Microsoft but also from the advisor I will be working with at the University of Washington, they all have this grand picture and a long- term plan for their research directions. I think I'm still not that far yet, but I'm working on it. On the other hand, you have the autonomous capability of research. You can do your own research, and you know how to do it. Yes, after five years of training in Microsoft. [ laughs ] Is America your new home? I got my green card, so I have a residence permit right now. But I'm still single, so I don't have a sense of 25 DAILY CVPR Wednesday Linjie Li