Computer Vision News - February 2023

16 Women in Computer Vision sport. Talk to the other people in your lab, in your group, in your program, or old friends. Don't stay alone and isolate. Listen to what other people tell you. I tell my students, I'll give you a lot of advice, and hopefully, four out of five of the things I tell you are right. But sometimes, I will be wrong. You need to get other opinions. You need to check, and you need to challenge me. Read some papers, come back tome and say, you know, I know you think it should work, but I don't think it's going to work because of this and this and this. And then we can really engage about that and make a decision together. It's probably good to have more than one project going at a time. That way, one is always going better than the other. Sometimes pausing, taking some time away from one particular endeavor, lets you by saying that things are going to work out. Sometimes it doesn't work. Howcan a student recognize that this is not working and it's time to change the path?  You have to talk with the other people you're working with. It's very rare to do research completely alone. At least you should have a mentor. Maybe also have some team members who are on the project. Stay in frequent contact with them and check in with them. Even if you can also talk to people who aren't on your project team, your partner, your friend, your mom, or your cat. Describe the problems that you're having. Just putting your problems or your challenges in a frame to communicate to them, to someone else something else often gives you a new perspective to solve your own problem. Research is a team The most important choice is who you work with! Axel Griesch