Computer Vision News - March 2017

Viviana, what are you currently working at? I am responsible for the embedded analytics research platform in AST at STMicroelectronics. Basically, AST is a system R&D organization which works across various product divisions. We try to anticipate what our customers will need next, so to provide an edge on our products to our product division. Very often, we start our activities as an R&D project. Finally, they are often integrated into products that are sold to major customers. It’s very nice when this happens. How many years have you been at ST? [ laughs ] I think 26 years now! How is it to work at the same company for so long? This is rather common at ST. I appreciate the fact that I am able to change positions within the company. I started as a junior engineer with this kind of group, which had then a different name. It basically was a research and development department. At a certain point of time, I changed and moved to marketing in Data Storage Division, so I was able to travel around the world and have more 22 Computer Vision News Women in Computer Vision Viviana D’Alto - STMicroelectronics Women in Science We continue our series of interviews with women in computer vision . This new section, which we started with the CVPR Daily at CVPR 2016 , hopes to help mitigate the severe gender imbalance in the computer vision community by getting to know better some remarkable female scientists and their career paths. This month, we interview Viviana D'Alto , who is currently director in the Advanced System Technology group at STMicroelectronics , a multinational electronics manufacturer and Europe's largest semiconductor chip maker. “ What was your dream career, when you graduated? ” “ Exactly this! ” Award “Merito e Talento 2014 - Categoria Innovazione” by Associazione Lombarda Dirigenti Aziende Industriali