ICCV Daily 2019 - Wednesday

MICCAI 2019 DAILY 13 Eden Belouadah DA I L Y When will you finish your PhD? I will finish by the end of October 2021. Then you will be a catch! Of all the science, computer, and mathematics teachers that you had, what is the lesson that impressed you the most? The teaching that impressed me the most was from my teachers in machine learning. They gave me the intention to think about the future, to think about things that we have to make to serve science. There are some teachers that I would say are normal. There are some teachers that plant a seed inside you thatmakes you see theworlddifferently, that make you want to create and do more things. In my courses at university, I had some exceptional teachers who gave me this seed and gave me all this motivation. You told me that you will not become a teacher yourself. If you see that you can plant a seed for someone, and it can grow so well, why don’t you want to do it yourself? When I say “plant a seed” , maybe I don’t necessarily mean by teaching. If we create something good for this world, we plant a seed in one way or another. I’m not obliged to teach to plant a seed. I have other ways to do it, and I hope to be able to do it. You can mentor, for instance. Yes! What is the main thing that you haven’t achieved yet in your career that you would like to achieve? Well, for me, this thing I want to achieve is to become the best version achieve is to become the best version of myself. For now, I don’t see that there is really something that I miss, but I know that I can be better. I can be the best for myself. Why are you so tough with yourself? Why don’t you take it easier? It’s not being tough. It’s to have this motivation to continue to give. If you are happy with yourself, maybe you will say, “Oh, I’m enough.” Maybe you will stop. It’s not in a bad way, but you can take it in a good way. It’s my motivation to continue in my domain. Let me guess, are you a perfectionist? Not exactly! But I like to do all that I can.