Q: What is the most important thing that's happened in computing in the past 10 years?
A: The advance of mobile devices, which changed how people use computers and can lead to the realization of ubiquitous/wearable computing.
Q: By the end of your career, where do you think computer science
will have taken us? What are you working on that might contribute
toward that?
A: I hope that we start to figure out how biological computing really works, and come up with a new machine learning paradigm that works with a small amount of data. I work on computer vision, which is closely related to these issues.
Q: Who is your favorite historical figure? Why?
A:
There are many, but I will list a few. Issac Newton, for his brilliance, eccentricity, ego, and celibacy. Ludwig van Beethoven for his brilliance, eccentricity, ego, and hair. Euclid (or whoever it was) for setting a high standard very early on for others. David Marr for his pioneering works that ended prematurely.
Q: If you weren't working in the computer science field, what would you be doing instead?
A: A short stint as a cartoon writer, followed by a short stint as a mystery writer, followed by a stint as a stamp collector. Eventually, I'd open a café and try to make ends meet.
Q: What is your favorite type of music?
A: Anything that grows on me.
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