Computer Vision News - September 2016

Computer Vision News: Where were you born, Sophia? Sophia Bano: I was born in Islamabad, Pakistan. CVN: How was it for a technically oriented young girl to grow up in Islamabad? Sophia: In Islamabad, education of women is encouraged. In my case, my family was very supportive. They were always encouraging me and my siblings to pursue higher education. CVN: When did you discover that you had a passion for technology? 4 Computer Vision News Women in Computer Vision Sophia Bano Women Scientists We continue our series of interviews with women in computer vision. This new section, which we started with the CVPR Daily at CVPR 2016 , hopes to help mitigate the severe gender imbalance in the computer vision community by getting to know better some remarkable female scientists and their career paths. We think that some of what they did might serve as an example for other young females who wish to enter this field. This month, we interview Dr. Sophia Bano , who is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher with Professor Stephen McKenna and Professor Annalu Waller at the University of Dundee in Scotland . “ The idea of discovering something new really excited me ”