Computer Vision News - October 2020

how to articulate it using the correct technical terms. However, I believe the most brilliant scientists in the world are passionate. I strongly believe that for you to be a great scientist, or at least try to be one of the great minds in the world, you need to love what you do. For me, passion is loving what you do. Loving what you do does not negate your ability to think, reason, and formalize problems or design solutions. I think it's a big bonus. It's a push up that will keep you going, and passion is actually what makes me. For example, when we get a paper rejected, which happens to all of us. I would not spend time thinking, “Oh, my paper got rejected. I feel down”. No, my passion allows me to take action right away. What is the next right move? I stick with my team, and we think, “Okay, let's look at the criticism from reviewers and try to plan the next step. Where should we resubmit this?” I think passion is a good thing. It's a great asset. 2 Women in Science 30 “Despite the challenges and the difficulties that we might face along the way, in the end, what brings us closer together is a unique vision and a passion for learning and for creating.” With supervisor Dinggang Shen at the IDEA Lab - University of North Carolina