Computer Vision News - July 2019

some Germans. A lot of people think there are many older people because it’s very traditional. Especially in autonomous driving, people who have the knowledge are quite young. We have a very young population. The last thing that we heard about BMW was the ad along the retirement of the Mercedes boss. Did you see it? When he took the i8? Yeah, of course I saw it. What did you think about it? I liked it a lot. As far as I know, to show mutual respect between both companies, they do these kinds of advertisements often. When BMW was also celebrating 100 years a few years back, they also did some kind of advertisement. So there is some kind of dynamic discussion going on. Exactly, it’s a public discussion. I’m very proud of interviewing someone from Macedonia for the first time. Tell us something about Macedonia that we don’t know. Macedonia is a very small country. Many people tell me that they often confuse it with Barcelona or Estonia. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s how I pronounce it. Yes, there is a country called Macedonia. It’s a very, very small country north of Greece and south of Serbia. East is Bulgaria, and west is Albania… less than 2 million people. It’s a beautiful country nature-wise. Are you from Skopje? Yes! You are a city person. Yeah, exactly. I moved to Germany for my studies and chose Munich to do that. And you do not regret it? No, not at all. Do you have a future in Macedonia? From my perspective, no, unfortunately. What would Macedonia need in order to be more attractive for young scientists? The problem is that we don’t belong to the EU. So we don’t have a lot of funding projects. Also, we basically have zero industry. We have a lot of software companies, but those companies are mainly outsourcing from German or Swedish companies. It’s not like you can perform any kind of research there. That’s what is missing. Macedonia gave me the basis also from university because I finished it there. It has a really good education system. . I always think about how I can give back. Until now, I haven’t found the time. It has been a wish that I hope in the next few years I can accomplish. Maybe I can start a project with some of the university professors. Last year, I also went to visit them. They also invited me for a talk, but a talk is one thing. You just give it and go out. Then I go 33 DAILY CVPR Tuesday Jelena Frtunikj