Let’s talk about your future job. You are going to have the responsibility to build the people who will make science progress. How do you approach your upcoming tasks? I'm studying a lot. I'm studying the subject that I have to bring because it's a new subject for me. I'm doing computer vision now but in the future position I will do multimodal representations, to model entire ecosystems in nature. At the same time, I'm starting to learn how to teach to people. I'm reading books about teaching, how to deal with people and also I'm starting with some experience. I asked my current supervisor to have the supervision of students to understand how to interact with students. It can’t go wrong. You are prepared! I don't know. We'll see. We'll see. What our readers do not know yet is that like me, you are Italian. Actually, we could make this interview only moving our hands and we would understand each other perfectly. Do you see yourself going back to Italy to work sometime? Oh, that's a difficult question. I know. That's why I ask. I can see myself collaborating with a university in Italy. I'm still collaborating with Udine University, my previous university. I don't know if in future I would like to go back in Italy. But for sure, I like to collaborate with Italian universities. You’re from Tuscany, from Livorno. It's a beautiful place and we recommend people to visit. Yes, come to Livorno. Your final message. Oh, well, my message is to don't be scared about AI. That can be used also in a really good way, like for biodiversity, for helping and understanding this world, not only in destroying that. Rita, if you are the voice of AI today, we are not scared at all! To find out about Rita’s WACV 2025 contribution, visit Oral Session 9.4: Visual Recognition IV today (Monday) from 15:15 to 16:15 and Poster Session 5 today from 16:15 to 18:00. Women in Computer Vision 24 DAILY WACV Monday
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