Working with Rita is first of all a pleasure, because she is recognized inside the community and it also gives us a lot of opportunities to connect with other research groups in Europe, in Italy, and also in the United States and everywhere. This is mainly an opportunity! Is there one thing of Rita’s style that you would like to have too? Her capabilities during public presentations, I think, because she performs very well during public talks, during scientific talks, in conferences, invited talks and so on. This is a great skill that I find quite difficult to acquire. Are you from Modena too, Marcella? Yes, yes. Wow, so the three of us are from Modena. You, Rita and myself. That's so funny! Okay, most of my readers have never heard about Modena or maybe they only know the name. Tell us something fantastic about our town! Well, the food, obviously! The best town in the world for food! And also Ferrari, which is based very near Modena. These are probably the most important things to know. I even think that Ferrari works with the university. Is that right? Yeah, yeah. Some years ago, we also had a couple of projects. I didn't work on that, but the lab had a couple of research projects with Ferrari. That's a big honor, of course. Did you ever drive a Ferrari? No, never. That will come maybe. Let’s talk a bit about the future, Marcella. Are you going to keep teaching? Yeah, yeah. This is my present and also my future. I recently obtained a full-time position at the university and I think that I will continue to work here in the next years. Congratulations from us! This magazine has seen you growing for almost 10 years, I think. Exactly! We met the first time in Las Vegas at CVPR 2016. 2016! That famous CVPR at the Caesars Palace! Yes, this was my first conference, before the start of my PhD, in November 2016. We met for the first time there, at the Women in Computer Vision workshop. 18 DAILY CVPR Women in Computer Vision Friday
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