Tips for a Research Career with Confidence and Enthusiasm
Abstract
Research is a fundamental part of academic life, and conducting research can be both exciting and challenging. Choosing the right research topic, finding a supportive mentor, and navigating the research process can be daunting tasks. However, with the right mindset and approach, anyone can overcome these obstacles and excel in their research endeavors. As graduated Ph.D. students, Siyuan and Baoxiong will share their experiences and the research projects they have been working on, offering frontier directions of Computer Vision studies and a deeper look at the life of research and Ph.D.
Speakers
Siyuan Huang is a Research Scientist and Team Lead at Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI) and teach at Peking University. He graduated from Tsinghua University with a Bachelors in Department of Automation and received his Ph.D. from Department of Statistics at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) advised by Professor Song-Chun Zhu. His research interests lie in computer vision, machine learning, cognition and robotics.
Baoxiong Jia is a Ph.D. candidate of Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, currently working at VCLA@UCLA advised by Prof. Song-Chun Zhu. He received his B.S. in Computer Science from EECS, Peking University in 2018 and obtained his M.S. in Computer Science at UCLA in 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Song-Chun Zhu. His research interests lie in the intersection of computer vision, artificial intelligence and cognitive science.