21 Computer Vision News Computer Vision News would describe it like this. Most of them engage very happily. They are patient with you. Yes, exactly. Do you return this kindness? I try. [both laugh] It’s something I work with students with a lot because, whereas I find this communication very interesting, not everybody feels the same way. Some people would just like to get the talking done and then get started on the work. If you’re not ready to invest enough in that communication, your work won’t be right. Sometimes, I work a lot with the students to make sure that they are patient enough with the clinicians, and sometimes, I work with the clinicians to make sure they are patient enough with the students. You make peace in the world. Fantastic! I wouldn’t say I make peace in the world. [laughs] Maybe sometimes this work comes from there being not so much peace, always. I think the advice for both sides now is just to remember that the other people are good at something else than you and that you need to give them the benefit of the doubt. How many students do you have now? At the moment, I have four PhD students and four postdocs, but I have a couple of people leaving and a couple of people coming in. What takes up the most of your mind about your teaching activity? Both with my research students and with university students, I spend a lot of time thinking about how to teach them the things I want to teach them and how to steer them scientifically in the right way while at the same time also making sure that they “In 2022, my PhD student Steffen Czolbe received an elite researcher travel award, handed over by the (then) Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (she is now queen). It's one of those few occasions for Danish researchers to feel fancy!” Aasa Feragen
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