- and how AI transformed our way of doing it Some of the first and most famous programmers were women. Ada Lovelace is often considered the world’s first computer programmer, and later pioneers like Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton helped shape modern computing. They had to invent or design their own programming languages and tools, … Continue reading What It Means to Be a Programmer
Acknowledgements
I never kept track of people acknowledging me, and usually my master thesis students makes an acknowledgment. Since I have had so many of them, that the list would be very long, but I do appreciate all of them! Here are some that were made recently and also touched me in a special way. First … Continue reading Acknowledgements
Paper Presentation
I presented the paper "Improving Face Image Retrieval in Historical Archives: Fusion of Mirrored Images and Better Consensus Ranking" at Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems (ACIVS 2025), 28th – 30th July 2025, Tokyo, Japan.
Presentation at University College London
I had the privilege to present my research about face age estimation at a two day (22 & 23 May 2025) EB-CRIME conference in London, hosted by the Department of Security and Crime Science, of UCL one of the top 10 universities in the word. The title was "The Face of Time – Reading Time … Continue reading Presentation at University College London
The Power of Outsiders: How Breakthroughs Come from Those Who Dare to Defy
Throughout history, the greatest scientific revolutions have not come from those cautiously adding bricks to the existing walls of knowledge—but from those who dared to smash through them. While mainstream research refines and polishes, true innovation often emerges from the fringes, from individuals or groups who refuse to conform to the rigid expectations of their … Continue reading The Power of Outsiders: How Breakthroughs Come from Those Who Dare to Defy
Anders Hast 