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action recognition would like to do in
the long run, which is think in longer-
term relationships between video
frames. Video doesn’t consist of one
frame, two frames – that is a very
constrained environment – so I
assume that the long-term goal is to
process the whole video. Of course, in
some tasks, that is already the case.
Not yet for action localization though.
I assume that this will be the long-
term plan. Any component that
anybody would add would…or should,
or I would like it to [she laughs] lead
towards that direction. It can be
LSTMs, or end-to-end networks or
many other things, but I assume that
what matters is the general direction.
You are obviously very passionate
about this work. Is that because you
are a passionate person or because
there is something special about it?
Both! [she laughs]
What is so special for you about this
work?
My supervisor Cordelia is a person
that thinks ahead, and she transmits
this to people around her. This project
is a way of moving forward. It is one of
the first works that perform
localization considering a spatio-
temporal continuation. There were
works some years ago, excellent works
with two streams, for example, that
served the same purpose. They used
motion, which is concatenation of
consecutive frames. Again, taking into
account the motion is as an extremely
good idea. I assume that what I really
like is that part. That it is a step
forward. Baby steps, little by little.
Where were you born?
I was born in Athens in Greece, then I
studied electrical
computer
engineering in Greece.
Did you feel like science was your
passion?
If I say yes then it’s going to be too
much, but if I say no then it’s going to
be why not.
So tell us the truth!
[
both laugh
]
It always works better.
[
both laugh
]
Okay, yes.. Obviously I will tell you the
truth. I just need to think a bit more.
Which truth will you say?
[
both laugh again
]
You know, our readers are very smart.
They will know! When did you decide
to become a researcher in science?
It happened in university. I don’t know
if it was a decision, a direction, or a
desire. It was maybe a combination of
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