17 Computer Vision News definitely not planning to do computer science in the first place. Actually, I was leaning more towards arts and design. But I went to the study counsel of the university, and he told me, “If you want to study computer science, go home, start programming, and if you love it, just come back, then you're right for this!” Obviously, I went home and started programming. I loved it, and so I went back, and that's the rest of the story. I guess I don't know what's the best advice I ever gave to people because I'm randomly blurring out stupid stuff all the time. [laughs] You only have to ask people what's the best advice they ever got. But I think if I had to give advice, it would be exactly that. If you want to do something, if you consider doing a PhD, try publishing. If you love it, comeback. Can you tell us about the MIT-IBM Watson AI lab? First, the lab is a collaboration between IBM and MIT. Technically, it's a very interesting lab because it's an industry lab, but it's run in a very academic way. So, it sometimes feels more like academia than industry. And the reason for that is our work is mainly project-based, like in academia. We have to hand in proposals for projects like in academia. Each project is then actually headed by one Pi from MIT and one Pi from IBM. So, it's always both sides involved. I think this makes it a bit special and super interesting as it's exactly at this intersection between academia and industry. This is actually where I feel most comfortable because I really like academia, I really like industry, and I always looked for a place where I can have a balance between both of them. I don't want to be 100% on one side. I also don't want to be 100% on the other side. I always want to be in between somehow. Elementary, Mr. Watson! You have found the right balance between both. Exactly! Hilde Kuehne
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