Interview with Cordelia Schmid, a Principal Scientist at Google and Director at INRIA
From Google Research
Cordelia Schmid, a distinguished Principal Scientist at Google and Director at INRIA, discusses her extensive contributions to computer vision, including her award-winning research and leadership roles in academic publishing. Her impressive career encompasses over 100 technical publications, multiple prestigious awards, and a significant impact on image matching and learning visual models.
Key Takeaways
- From math enthusiast to AI pioneer: sometimes, career paths are dictated more by job prospects than passion.
- Winning multiple test of time awards proves that lasting contributions to science require both innovation and relentless curiosity.
- Local features were game-changers in visual recognition; who knew the secret to success was all about the details?
- Evaluating performance systematically revolutionized computer vision—who knew data-driven insights could be this transformative?
- Understanding visual processing: from objects to embeddings, the complex journey is a vivid reminder that progress is rarely linear.
Mentioned in This Episode
- Cordelia Schmid (person)
- INRIA (company)
- Google LLC (company)
- CPPR (event)
- ECCV (event)
- BERT (product)
- Ego4D (product)
- Epic Kitchens (product)
- Kendrick Prize (event)
- Longette Higgins Prize (event)
- IEEE (company)
- The Institute National poly technique de groby (company)