Computer Vision News - October 2016

` Women could provide a valuable resource in computer vision or machine learning . They should be treated equally. This may take some time, but I think the trend is positive. It should happen in our lifetime, in this generation or the next. CVN: If you hadn’t become a scientist, what would you have done? Imama: If I hadn’t become a scientist, perhaps I would have become an airplane pilot . I wanted to be a pilot when I was young. I think it’s a different kind of challenge from what I do now. The representation of women is fewer there as well, but now it’s getting more automated and access will become easier. I would think there are similarities between the two, but doing what I do now I feel much more involved compared to just operating a flying device. CVN: What is your dream? Imama: I am very intrigued by the concepts of space and time , and how there is uncertainty in both. I would like to find out what is the truth behind space and time, and understand the complexities of the universe . I don’t think that I can achieve it, but this is my dream. CVN: What would be needed in order to achieve it? Imama: I keep on following updates in that field. We are still very far from understanding how the universe was created and where we are going. If I had this information, I would time travel . CVN: What time would you like to visit? Imama: If I could, I’d probably go into the future. CVN: Isn’t that scary? Imama: I think it would be useful. It’s something which is beyond our imagination. It could be scary, but I think that shouldn’t prevent you from trying . CVN: You have worked a lot with space and time. With which of them you like to work the most? Imama: I think that time has interesting properties, but my expertise is mostly in space. I would like to explore time more, but I had more opportunity to explore space. I never had the opportunity to explore time, but time looks more interesting to me . 18 Computer Vision News Women in Computer Vision “ Into the future ” Women Scientists “ It could be scary, but I think that shouldn’t prevent you from trying ”