10 DAILY ICCV Tuesday that caught him off guard. “After I finished my presentation, a reviewer asked, ‘How did you solve the identity leakage problem in this paper?’” he recalls. “But that paper didn’t focus on it, so I couldn’t give a perfect answer. I felt a little guilty about that.” For Shuai, the question lingered, and on the plane back to China, he started thinking more about it. “Suddenly, an idea popped into my head,” he says, lighting up. “I thought, I need to figure out why people are asking about identity leakage, how it’s caused, and how to solve it!” That curiosity grew into a new research direction and, ultimately, into FixTalk. “At that conference, I couldn’t answer that person’s question,” he says, smiling. “But afterwards, I could think in depth, so I made this paper!” When asked what he thinks made the work stand out among more than 11,000 ICCV submissions, Shuai believes it is its potential to inspire others. “I think it’s very important, for every paper, that we need to learn something from it,” he responds. “If your paper is just a normal paper and has nothing inspirational, people will not like it.” That belief – that research should inspire others – makes the recognition all the more rewarding for him. “I was very happy and surprised to have this honour because I never expected it,” he adds modestly. “But since the ICCV program committee has given me this opportunity, I’ll definitely cherish Oral & Award Candidate
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