Women in Computer Vision 18 DAILY WACV Sunday understand how to modify the digital world and the real one. For the next 20 years – not myself because I’m old, but my students will have a lot of work to do to find new challenges and try to solve them. Our readers know that we are both Italian, but they probably do not know that we are from the same province: Modena. How can Italy solve its structural and historical problems and be successful in AI? Yeah, this is a problem, actually. We ask each other what we can do in Italy that cannot be done or at least that can be done in the same manner or in our manner with respect to the US, China, and the rest of Europe. We have to remember that Italy, also provinces like Modena, is very rich, and we have some excellence. I don’t want to say Ferrari; that is too easy. Maserati. Also, Maserati, but we have the fashion companies and luxury companies. We have food. We have food companies. The best restaurant in the world is in my city. We cannot solve enormous problems for all. We would like to work to improve life in small steps, one after the other. Point after point after point. Like in tennis! Like in tennis is true. I think that since we have some specificity. The cultural heritage, for instance, that is typical not only of Italy but is typical of Italy. Luxury products. The design. What we are doing, for instance, now in generative design, using computer vision and generative AI to help designers do this work better. We are doing it for ceramic tiles, and we are doing it for fashion because sometimes I think that we’re not interested only in completely autonomous systems, but I believe that our role is to do something that is better for humans and for our work. If you want to do autonomous driving, it’s okay, but I’m so happy that the cars are working better for parking instead of me, but give me the enjoyable situation to drive when it’s necessary to do that. It took me 8 years to convince you to do this interview. Tell everyone that it’s not too terrible! No, absolutely. You’re a fantastic person, and I enjoy speaking with you a lot, even if not in an interview. But because I like to delegate, I told you I would prefer you interview my young person! You’re adorable. Next time, I will. Do you have a final word for the community? Our community is probably becoming too big, and our conferences are becoming too big, so there is a risk of losing themselves in too many things. Think about what you like and what you know that you can do, and you have not got to be an expert in everything. Do expert a lot in one thing. Work for 20 years in the same things!
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