Fei Fei Li
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I know we're 15 minutes away from Caltech here, 20 minutes. So I was choosing among MIT, Stanford, and Caltech. And honest to God, I almost chose Caltech because of the weather. Yeah, that's fair. It was so balmy. And the vibe. Yes, the turtles, the garden-like campus. And of course, I walk into this building. I think it was Moore Building at Caltech. And guess whose photo was there?
It was Albert Einstein. And I was like, what? It turned out he was visiting. And of course, there was Richard Feynman, the Feynman Lecture. So I just followed these physicists, apparently. And New Jersey was cold. And also, I really have an issue with cold because my mom's illness is exacerbated by cold. So every winter, she suffers a lot.
It was Albert Einstein. And I was like, what? It turned out he was visiting. And of course, there was Richard Feynman, the Feynman Lecture. So I just followed these physicists, apparently. And New Jersey was cold. And also, I really have an issue with cold because my mom's illness is exacerbated by cold. So every winter, she suffers a lot.
It was Albert Einstein. And I was like, what? It turned out he was visiting. And of course, there was Richard Feynman, the Feynman Lecture. So I just followed these physicists, apparently. And New Jersey was cold. And also, I really have an issue with cold because my mom's illness is exacerbated by cold. So every winter, she suffers a lot.
So I have this negative affinity to coldness coming from taking care of my mom. So coming to Southern California, I was like, oh my God, I love this place. Did your parents come with you? Later they did. In the middle of my grad school, they did. Were you worried about that, leaving? I had to switch from being on site to remotely run the dry cleaning.
So I have this negative affinity to coldness coming from taking care of my mom. So coming to Southern California, I was like, oh my God, I love this place. Did your parents come with you? Later they did. In the middle of my grad school, they did. Were you worried about that, leaving? I had to switch from being on site to remotely run the dry cleaning.
So I have this negative affinity to coldness coming from taking care of my mom. So coming to Southern California, I was like, oh my God, I love this place. Did your parents come with you? Later they did. In the middle of my grad school, they did. Were you worried about that, leaving? I had to switch from being on site to remotely run the dry cleaning.
The dry cleaning was stabilized that the customers are all returning customers. So my mom would be able to handle with one part-time worker. And Bob Sabella was doing bills for my mom. Oh my God. Yeah. He was just helping me. And another thing he helped me as a young graduate student, I would be entering the world of writing scientific articles. That's pretty intense.
The dry cleaning was stabilized that the customers are all returning customers. So my mom would be able to handle with one part-time worker. And Bob Sabella was doing bills for my mom. Oh my God. Yeah. He was just helping me. And another thing he helped me as a young graduate student, I would be entering the world of writing scientific articles. That's pretty intense.
The dry cleaning was stabilized that the customers are all returning customers. So my mom would be able to handle with one part-time worker. And Bob Sabella was doing bills for my mom. Oh my God. Yeah. He was just helping me. And another thing he helped me as a young graduate student, I would be entering the world of writing scientific articles. That's pretty intense.
He would still proofread my English for me, all my papers.
He would still proofread my English for me, all my papers.
He would still proofread my English for me, all my papers.
Yes. The prelude of the North Star was my education from physics is always about asking the right questions. If you go to the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, there is an Einstein quote about much of science is asking the right questions. Once you ask the right questions, solutions follow. You'll find a way for solutions. Some people call it hypothesis driven thinking.
Yes. The prelude of the North Star was my education from physics is always about asking the right questions. If you go to the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, there is an Einstein quote about much of science is asking the right questions. Once you ask the right questions, solutions follow. You'll find a way for solutions. Some people call it hypothesis driven thinking.
Yes. The prelude of the North Star was my education from physics is always about asking the right questions. If you go to the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, there is an Einstein quote about much of science is asking the right questions. Once you ask the right questions, solutions follow. You'll find a way for solutions. Some people call it hypothesis driven thinking.
I've always been just thinking this way. So as I was studying computational neuroscience, as well as artificial intelligence at Caltech, I was always kind of seeking what is that audacious question I wanted to ask. And of course, my co-advisor Pietro Perona and Christophe Koch, they were great mentors guiding me. But many things start to converge, not just my own work, but the field.
I've always been just thinking this way. So as I was studying computational neuroscience, as well as artificial intelligence at Caltech, I was always kind of seeking what is that audacious question I wanted to ask. And of course, my co-advisor Pietro Perona and Christophe Koch, they were great mentors guiding me. But many things start to converge, not just my own work, but the field.
I've always been just thinking this way. So as I was studying computational neuroscience, as well as artificial intelligence at Caltech, I was always kind of seeking what is that audacious question I wanted to ask. And of course, my co-advisor Pietro Perona and Christophe Koch, they were great mentors guiding me. But many things start to converge, not just my own work, but the field.
People working on visual intelligence from neuroscience, from AI, start to orbit around this idea that the ability to recognize things all kinds of objects is so critical for human visual intelligence. When I say all kinds of objects, I really mean all kinds. I'm sitting here in your beautiful room. There's table, bottles, couch, pillow, a globe, books, flower, vase, plants.