25 Computer Vision News Computer Vision News Kristen told me this year that it was her 25th CVPR... Isn't that phenomenal? It is phenomenal indeed. I am still only at 10. Tell me one scientist from the past that you particularly admire. I read a lot of stories about how Marie Curie, how much she persevered and how much she had to fight the societal biases and yet pursued and persisted. I had a book of stories of different scientists and this was a story I had read and reread when I was young. I completely forgot about that until you asked me this question. I'm happy to remind you. Maybe you'll find the book somewhere. My dad saved everything so I'm sure it's there. What is the most interesting thing that you have learned from a student of yours? I like that question a lot. I will like your answer a lot. I said this to a student recently - without revealing more details, she has been going through some personal crisis. All I could offer her as a mentor was checking emotional support of some sort and also flexibility for her to go visit her family whenever. But then I did learn through her again how to persevere and continue working hard and somehow be able to compartmentalize and push the research. That's an amazing muscle for such a young graduate student. Is there anything of your career until now that if possible you would change? No, I don't think so. As we mentioned earlier, these tiny dots of decisions brought us to where we are and I think I do own every dot, every choice so I wouldn't go back and edit. Your message to the community. A recurring question that I've heard people ask is how to choose what to work on and that's a question that I grapple with. Maybe what I tell myself is pick what interests you, what fascinates you and it's likely - as long as you're having fun and you're learning something – that it is valuable! Read 160 FASCINATING interviews with Women in Computer Vision! Read 160 FASCINATING interviews with Women in Computer Vision! Deepti Ghadiyaram
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