Computer Vision News - March 2019

27 Computer Vision News Women in Science Mainly truth, honesty, kindness... this kind of stuff. The most important one is truth. What about you? I think for me it’s just a desire to contribute, to create content. For other people to benefit from? Yes, some sort of value in myself. When you contribute something, you value yourself and feel useful. You’re making a difference, even if it is small. I write a lot in Vietnamese. I contribute to a couple of columns on Vietnamese newspapers. I feel super, super privileged. I had a chance to travel and see different countries first hand. There are a lot of things that I learned that I would like to share with other people in Vietnam, so I write about it. What should you get out of it? It sounds perfect. I just really feel like maybe I’m just obsessed with this desire to share! That includes the free hugs campaign… Yeah! Tell our readers. It started in high school. I lived away from home. It was a great chance for me to experience life. I don’t think many people have the chance to stand on their feet at 15. It gave me a taste of adulthood. But sometimes, when I got sick, it got really lonely. I realized, in Vietnam, parents don’t really tell you that they love you. There’s no hugging. It’s a different way to express feelings and love to each other, but sometimes I feel like if somebody hugged me, I would feel so much better, but I didn’t know how. Then I went online, and I saw this free hugs campaign. I think it was by an Australian guy. I was like, “ Wow! This is great! ” Strangers can also hug each other! A hug is not just a hug. It’s a symbol of connection, of both emotional and physical connection. So I wrote this very emotional blog post about how everyone should hug each other. It got very popular. We decided to do a campaign in Vietnam. It was one of the biggest youth-organized events in the country. A thousand young people went in the street all across the country, and we just went around and hugged people. I remember there was this lady who was selling things on the street. She was really old. We went to hug her, and she just started crying. She had never felt that before. It made me feel really sad, but also happy at the same time. It’s weird. It was very emotional. After that, we already had a “When you contribute something, you value yourself and feel useful.” “… maybe I’m just obsessed with this desire to share!” Chip Huyen