Computer Vision News - October 2019

Women in Computer Vision 24 understand it, and I can use it basically to order things at a cafe or restaurant or to go grocery shopping, but I cannot make a meaningful conversation. The Dutch actually have great English, and they are proud to show it to everyone. Even when you try to speak Dutch with them, you are usually very slow when you are a beginner. They just switch to English because it is so much easier. Tell us more about your work. Iamworkingondeep learningmodels to do face analysis. Presently, there are a lot of processes involved in that, including eyeballing the data, Tsveti, you are not originally Dutch. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? No, indeed I come from Bulgaria. I was born in Sofia and all my life have lived there. Four years ago, I moved to Amsterdam. I am really enjoying it here. I t is impossible not to enjoy Amsterdam. People think that it’s only a drug paradise. Tourists come here for the red-light district and the coffee shops. There is so much more that you can discover here. Many people don’t know that it’s really peaceful here, like a small village but very international. There are many internationals living here. Everything is very peaceful. My favorite Dutch word is “gezellig” which means taking your time, just chilling and having a nice time. How is your Dutch? Well, that’s a tricky question. I do Tsvetelina Ikonomova is an R&D Engineer at Sightcorp, a startup based in Amsterdam and a spinoff of the University of Amsterdam. Tsvetelina Ikonomova " My favorite Dutch word is “gezellig” which means taking your time, just chilling and having a nice time"