Computer Vision News - April 2019

21 Computer Vision News Women in Science They get to also have posters. For students, in particular, we have many awards given the size of IPCAI. I think it’s a great opportunity for them to show, to shine, to get recognition and feedback, and hopefully to help them network and move on to great positions and improve the IPCAI community. We are also fortunate to have the support of CARS, Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery . We are co-located with CARS which, as you know, was headed and chaired by Heinz Lemke for many years. This year CARS will be hosted for the first time by Pierre Jannin in Rennes. Both of them have been incredibly supportive and essentially key to the success of IPCAI. Pierre has been one of the original people that started IPCAI. He has been extremely supportive of me and of IPCAI for many years. This year he is chairing CARS. I have no doubt that we will see an outstanding conference. IPCAI, as a side effect, will benefit immensely as it has over the years from Pierre’s leadership. A last word about IPCAI: if some of our readers are thinking about coming there and are hesitating, what do you tell them? I think you will not regret coming there. First of all, the size is relatively small. You get to interact with the community. The community is extremely supportive. They all show up. They engage. They provide feedback, but it is all very positive. They do realize that our job is to support students and their research and to provide feedback in a constructive manner. If any students or faculty researchers are interested in IPCAI, I encourage them. Maybe this is the year to start attending. Our call for papers happens in the fall, and that is a great opportunity for them to consider. Their papers, if accepted, are most likely to be published as a journal paper. That is also an excellent, added benefit. Are you happy about the industry’s involvement in CARS, IPCAI, and MICCAI? Don’t you think we should see more industry involvement in the coming years? That’s very perceptive of you Ralph! I wonder if you would consider coming to advise us! [ laughs ] You see it from a different perspective! That’s a very smart observation and question. We are lucky that the industrial supporters that we have, for instance, NDI, Siemens, Philips, and other supporters that we have had over the years at IPCAI. For example, Andrew Wiles from NDI has provided supported IPCAI for many years in terms of sponsorship, reviewing, and attending when he can. “… to provide a program that is unique, that is novel, that is exciting!” Parvin Mousavi Photo: Dave Dove