23 Computer Vision News Elisa Roccia at King’s College London. The PhD was very technical indeed. I developed MR sequences to acquire MR images. I programmed a lot on my laptop and had to study many new things, from the physics of the MR system to C++ programming, for instance. During the PhD, because we were in a very nice, stimulating environment at King’s College, I had the chance to do many other activities alongside my PhD. For instance, I was very much involved in public engagement. We were going to different schools, talking with kids on what we were doing as part of our PhD, what the research was about, and what it means to be a scientist. Other events that come to my mind are the Royal Summer Science Exhibition, where we talked with the general public about our work and research. All these activities were super engaging to me. I was always so happy to talk in these more lay terms about science. I also enjoyed organizing events and conferences, so I understood that what I was missing as part of my PhD was more of a communication and human aspect. The position I have right now in Siemens Healthineers is a really good combination of these two aspects, because I need to use my technical knowledge to act as a translator between what happens from the technical point of view into more easily understandable concepts.
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