31 Computer Vision News anything, I need to think about why I do this. I know many people have this kind of training, but I didn’t have that before, so it’s quite fresh for me. I started to become curious about the world. I realize there are so many questions around me, and I always keep asking and searching in Google, but I never did it before. I just trusted the things that happened in my life. I never thought about it. But after, with my supervisor, I started thinking about my life. It’s quite different. ‘Why?’ is an important question. I just think once you start to think about the world and think about life, you’ll realize the world is so interesting, and you can start to engage with the world. But previously, I didn’t have the chance to think about that. Like my mind has been closed. Where are you going, Lei? [she laughs] It’s a big question! I just started a new position at Southampton. It’s quite new. I still don’t have students, but once I have students, I will try my best to mimic my PhD supervisor to guide the students. Also, research. My supervisor is a very good researcher. My current research is kind of similar but not exactly similar to my PhD supervisor’s research. His research is more about algorithms to develop interpretable AI models, but I’m more interested in clinical applications. In the future, I really hope that I can develop tools, develop the virtual heart, which can be applied in the hospital, which has still not happened in the UK. I know there are some cases in America or maybe in Germany, but I don’t know any case of the virtual heart applied in the clinical application. I do hope that one day I can achieve that goal. Is this the right moment to say that you are looking for PhD students? Yes, I’m looking for PhD students. What kind of people do you want? Good question! After I sent out our PhD opportunity on LinkedIn, I received a lot of applicants’ emails, and the one thing I realized is most of them are male. I do hope that I can receive some female researchers because I want to support that. Another thing is I’m looking for some students who like the research direction of the virtual heart model and are interested in AI. Read 100 FASCINATING interviews with Women in Computer Vision! Lei Li
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