Category Archives: interview

Questions for a Computer Vision Scientist : Serge Belongie

big data, computer vision, content, interview, technology May 12, 2014 Paul Melcher 3 Comments

We caught up with Serge Belongie, co-organizer and judge for the upcoming Entrepreneurial Computer Vision Challenges, part of the LDV Vision Summit, to learn more about him, the competition and computer vision. – First, a little bit about you. What is your background ? I’m currently a professor of Computer Science at Cornell University’s newly created NYC Tech campus. I visited here for the inaugural “beta semester” in spring of 2013 and I liked it so much I decided to join full-time. Before moving to Cornell I was…

Questions for a funder : Seene

content, editorial, interview, mobile, photo merchandise, PhotoTech, Social Media, technology May 9, 2014 Paul Melcher 1 Comment

We fell on the Seene app by accident while we were reading an article about new apps. It was love at first sight . Particularly when we saw this video : We couldn’t resist knowing more so we sat down with Mike Evans, COO and co-founder of Obvious Engineering, makers of the Seene app. What was the original inspiration for Seene. What made you come up with the idea? What were you trying to solve? We develop computer vision technology, and during our R&D we…

Questions for an Investor : The LDV Vision Summit

Brands, content, finance, Funding, interview, investment, marketing, Marketplace, PhotoTech, technology April 29, 2014 Paul Melcher 2 Comments

We sat down with Evan Nisselson, investor and founder of the LDV Vision Summit to find out more about this first of a kind event being held on June 4 in New York. Why did you decide to create the LDV Vision Summit? I have been involved in digital imaging and video companies for almost 20 years. I have been a photographer since I was 13 years old, then a photo editor, photo buyer, and have worked with great teams to build different technology businesses for…