Computer Vision News - September 2021

today. After many years, you start seeing the effects of it. That is also exciting, but it’s hard to predict these things. You got to be really excited about the puzzle to actually make progress! Who hasmore chances towin the Nobel prize, you or your husband? [ laughs ] I’d say my husband! I’m more interested in more practical things and seeing the effects today. I feel like the Nobel Prize is usually for research. If I’m asked, I will vote for you anyway! [ laughs ] Thank you! What do you enjoy the most about working with ILIAD? They are incredibly creative! That always blows my mind, and that makes talking to them every day really exciting. Our conversations end up leading to directions that at the beginning of the conversation, I wouldn’t really think about. The things that come to mind when I think about the group are, first of all, incredible curiosity and creativity, which I really value. Beyond that, another thing that comes to mind is they’re very collaborative and nice. On Friday, we had a lab social and played some board games. I’m very creative and collaborative too. Does that give me a chance to be accepted one day? [ laughs ] You should join! We’ll have fun! Do you think that it’s because of this creativity and collaboration that your group has been able to write so many good papers? That’s agoodquestion. It’s a combination of things, to be honest. Of course, creativity needs to be there for ideas to develop. But it’s not the only thing. You need to be tenacious! You need to actually be driven, be ambitious! They have all of these qualities; they really are awesome students. All of these things come together. There’s a little bit of peer pressure in terms of the number of papers that come out these days, at all the conferences and so on. “That is what makes me different and unique and creative, when you start walking outside of your boundaries.” 33 Dorsa Sadigh