Computer Vision News - February 2022

29 Adrian Dalca other does, but I will say the most important thing by far that both sides can learn is the ability to communicate with someone who’s different to you. When you’re in your own bubble, it’s easy to dismiss the other side and assume things about them, but it’s incredibly difficult for a clinician to talk to an AI expert and vice versa. Not only talk but talk in a way that leads to productive projects. Your final message for the community. We’ve all felt isolated over the last couple of years, but I have faith that we’re going to come out of this soon. That’s because - despite all the problems we have in society - science has come through for us. Within two years, we’ve got vaccines, treatments, better filtration. It’s remarkable. I regret studentsmissedoutontheopportunity togo to conferences. What I know drives me and I think drives most progress is interaction. When we come out of this, I would urge everybody to go to as many conferences as you can, communicate as much as you can, make friends as much as you can! We need to get students into those places because that’s what will lead to the next generation of great research. hen put it online as like a mini paper and that’s it. We don’t have a mechanism for that in the community yet. Sometimes I play around or somebody inmy lab plays around, and we say, okay, that’s cute, but we don’t have time to follow it up. Maybe just putting stuff up on GitHub is a good start. You’ve given me the motivation! I can only give you motivation, not time! [We both laugh. But Adrian is serious: indeed, here is the new GitHub repository! ] Most of our readers have never been to Harvard or MIT. Could you give us all a taste of what they are like? I know this sounds cliche, but it’s all about the people. With both, the name and the prestige mean people really want to be there, and those who end up there are just really great people. What makes them as good as they are is they’re all driven by something different. When you get a bunch of these people together and you put them in a room, they create a great environment. Is there something that works well for the people at Harvard that could be of benefit to those at MIT, or vice versa? [ he laughs ] That’s a good question! I don’t know if either should learn something the