Computer Vision News - October 2016

Computer Vision News: Where do you come from, Imama? Imama Noor: I was born in northern Pakistan, in Islamabad. I came to the United States in 2009. CVN: What are you currently doing? Imama: In my work, I collaborate with people who are trying to solve different problems which can leverage machine learning and computer vision. The project I’m working on right now is developing a social robot: it will be used as a telepresence robot or an appliance to monitor elderly people. It involves a lot of tasks where you have to know the position of the person, their daily activities, recognize the person, and develop something which people can quickly adapt to and not be afraid of. 16 Computer Vision News Women in Computer Vision Imama Noor 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. Imama Noor , who earned her PhD from the University of Memphis. “ My dream is to understand the complexities of the universe ”