Computer Vision News - October 2019

Tsvetelina Ikonomova 27 that hasn’t worked out so well so far [laughs] . I am cycling every day, and even today, it was very rainy, and I still used my bike. Since I have been here, for four years, I haven’t gotten off of my bike. It is a part that I can’t separate from myself anymore. Like every Dutch person. Yesof course. I think that isgreat. The bike gives you freedom and stability because you can go wherever you want, and you can just park it somewhere. It is really freedom. What can be better than being free in the Netherlands? I think the Dutch made this really the best. In any sense, they are free in their minds. They are free in their jobs and their trades. For example, they have the best work-life balance. The Dutch know how to work hard, and they do a great job at work. They are very competitive and very efficient, but at the same time, they know how to party and how to have a nice time with their friends, to chill out, drinking a beer at the canal or on the boats in the canal. You found the very best place to spend your youth. Yes, and maybe also my older years. Which part of your work do you like the most? I am really into the research part now. I really enjoy doing it and the whole process, which is making a hypothesis, experiments, and validating or not validating the hypothesis. We can use this approach in every aspect of our lives practically. It is just like structured thinking. We’re starting to analyze a problem, even if in our personal life, and it can be done with the research approach as well. Can you give me an example? For example, one of my hobbies is traveling. I really enjoy traveling to different places around the world. For that, I do research, of course. I have a spreadsheet of all of the places that I want to visit. [laughs] I have fields when it is the best time to go there and how much will it cost. Based on that, I suggest that I want to go with my friends so I will share it with them. We will make plans. We analyze the different options. We analyze, also, how can we go there, and in the end, we will make "On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I started taking courses in machine learning and deep learning"