17 Computer Vision News Computer Vision News and a whole world of images and how they can change and everything that’s hidden, I guess. That’s how I got into the image and video processing lab at Northwestern, and that’s how I learned about deep learning. At the time, deep learning was this new wave, and everything felt new and exciting. I was part of that, which was amazing to be part of at that time. I just enjoyed working with images - making them look better, making them look different, and especially now, today, with all the new methods with diffusion-based models. It’s new opportunities that were not even conceivable before. I think it’s a great time to live in! What would make you overwhelmingly grateful and happy if it happened in the coming decade? I’m actually working on the opposite – being grateful for what I have today. [she laughs] I will be grateful in the coming decade if I stay happy and healthy and keep learning in my career. That’s honestly all I’m hoping for. What have you learned in all this time that you could teach our readers in a couple of sentences? I learned that everything always works out. When you don’t get into that conference, in that lab, at that job, or whatever it is that you really, really thought you needed/wanted, it always works out, and you always do find an alternative. It sounds so cheesy to always say things happen for a reason, but I really think that it always works out. Do you not miss the deadlines for submitting papers? No, I proudly call myself a very organized “It’s just a nicer feeling to be able to be in an industry setting and just deploy things and really have your thing being used by the client, getting client feedback, and iterating over that. I kind of like that!” Alice Lucas
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