Computer Vision News - May 2021

It was more the attitude of one professor. I was doing research with him. He was pushing me to write my first paper. He brought me to my first conference. It was the Carnahan Conference on Security Technology (ICCST). It’s like a very old conference. Was your paper accepted? Yes! How did it feel when you had your paper accepted? If I’m being honest, I did not know what that meant. I was kind of taking instructions, and it was accepted. I was happy for the experience. It was more when I received rejections that I understood the value of having a paper accepted. Do you want to name the teacher? Miguel Ángel Ferrer Was he in the Canary Islands or Madrid? Canary Islands Do you have a message to share with the world? Something that I would want to say: Do not take fear into account when you have to make a decision! Like how? For instance, when I was thinking what to do with this interview, I was feeling very nervous. I had a lot of doubts. “Would I be able to do the job?” I was almost tempted to say no. At the end, I told myself, this is not a good way of making decisions. If you want to try, just try. It’s okay. You’ll learn something along the way! 230 Women in Computer Vision “It was more when I received rejections that I understood the value of having a paper accepted.”