The first International Conference of Basic Sciences, which lasted two weeks, officially ended on Friday in Huairou, Beijing. This international top academic event gathered more than 800 Chinese and foreign scientists, attracted more than 400 students to participate, held more than 500 academic reports, and more than 10 special activities, linking Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hong Kong satellite conferences, contributed a relay of knowledge and collision of ideas. The conference has initiated scientific exploration and open cooperation, which has injected new vitality into China's basic science, opened new doors for international cooperation in science and technology, and contributed to Chinese wisdom to expand the boundary of science.
Focus on cooperation to promote human scientific development
"In January, we began inviting scientists from all over the world, and to our surprise, they responded enthusiastically." Shing-Tung Yau, chairman of the International Conference of Basic Science and the first Chinese winner of the Fields Medal, told reporters.
The conference brings together more than 300 overseas scientists from more than 40 countries and regions, including winners of the Fields Medal, Turing Award, Nobel Prize, Wolf Prize, The Shaw Prize, and Science Breakthrough Prize, and nearly 80 top scientists such as academicians of overseas countries and representatives of important international academic organizations.
Scholars from scientific research institutions from many Chinese universities, including Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Peking University, Beijing Normal University, Capital Normal University, Nanjing University, Hunan University, Southern University of Science and Technology, Fudan University, Southeast University, Zhejiang University, and many other domestic universities, participated in the event.
In an atmosphere of openness, trust, and cooperation, the first International Conference of Basic Science has successfully built a new platform for academic exchanges between China and foreign countries and promoted the opening up and cooperation in the field of basic science in China.
Picture: Caucher Birkar.
Caucher Birkar, a member of the Fields Organizing Committee and professor of the conference, believes that this conference will truly promote the development of basic science in China and the world. He believes that the conference brings together scientists from different fields in various parts of the world to attract more attention and make the public realize the importance of mathematics and basic science in today's life.
Hugo Duminil-Cin, a Fields Medal winner and professor at the French Institute of Advanced Science, said the conference provided a good opportunity for scientists in various fields to communicate their work and greatly promoted communication among various disciplines and fields.
The president of the International Mathematical Union, Hiraku Nakajima, was delighted to communicate with other participants about the development of mathematics and other disciplines and to discuss cutting-edge issues in science together. He encouraged young scholars to maintain their interest in and love for mathematics and truly contribute to the improvement of human well-being through scientific research.
Explore the unknown and attract the frontier achievements.
Basic science is the knowledge that pursues the basic laws of the operation of nature, is the source of the whole scientific system, is the general organ of all scientific and technological problems, and is the cornerstone of the sustainable development and progress of science and technology.
The first ICBS covers three basic science fields: mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer, and information science, and is subdivided into 34 major directions. It introduced more than one hundred influential academic achievements in the form of academic reports.
Picture: Maxim Kontsevich.
Maxim Kontsevich, a Fields Medal winner and professor at the French Institute of Advanced Science, reported on the specialization of birational types, which created an important field of research work. Alexander Logunov, a professor at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, introduced the work of proving two important conjectures in mathematics related to the node set of Laplacian intrinsic functions, which brings important implications for harmonic functions and Riemannian manifolds.
The field of computers involves artificial intelligence, signal processing, and other key hot issues, which have attracted much attention. Yang Ge, the founding member of xAI, is titled "the extreme effectiveness of Mathematics in large-scale deep learning", emphasizing the use of mathematical tools to open a new perspective for the development of artificial intelligence.
Theoretical physics reports focus on hot scientific research issues such as black holes and topological insulators.
Picture: Lisa Piccirillo.
Lisa Piccirillo, an assistant professor of MIT at the conference, said she was delighted to listen to the cutting-edge research results in many basic sciences over the past five years and learn from many wonderful reports.
Li Lianpeng, associate professor of the School of Automation, Beijing Information Technology University, said that the conference provides a valuable opportunity for young scientists to have in-depth exchanges with scholars and researchers from all over the world. Through face-to-face communication with the world's top scholars and listening to the teachings of Shing-Tung Yau and other leading scholars, we have greatly expanded my academic horizon and stimulated a new understanding, new thinking, and new goals of basic science.
It is generally believed that the conference for the first time brings together the three basic disciplines, the top scholars of each discipline to discuss the future direction of basic research and explore the next breakthrough in the development of science and technology; such large-scale and centralized academic exchanges will promote the integration of all disciplines and make useful explorations for dealing with increasingly complex and difficult scientific problems.
Contribute with Chinese Wisdom to the World’s Development and Growth.
Picture:Dipendra Prasad.
Dipendra Prasad, President of the Indian Mathematical Society, said: " China has many talented and well-trained students and can provide them with good development opportunities. I think China has become an important force in scientific and technological research and development and will continue to grow.”
This is a large-scale and high-level international academic exchange activity in the field of basic science held by China.
Picture: Alessio Figalli.
Alessio Figalli, winner of the Fields Prize and academician of the European Academy of Sciences, said he was delighted to attend the International Conference on Basic Science, which will let the world see China's attention to science, especially basic science. He also expressed his joy at the strong momentum of basic science development in China.
Ding Jian, winner of the Rollo Davidson Prize and professor at Peking University, hopes the conference will play a major role in promoting exchanges between Chinese and overseas scholars, and expects the domestic public to know more about the importance of basic science.
Yao Zheng, a senior member of the International Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and associate professor of the Department of Electronic Engineering, at Tsinghua University, congratulated the conference, hoping that the conference could enhance the international influence of China's basic science and let more scientists at home and abroad understand the development status of China's basic science.
Seeking truth and seeking beauty shows the true meaning of science.
David Gross.
Scientists' exploration of the mysteries of the universe, fearless challenges to the unknown, and persistent pursuit of scientific exploration are the deepest touches brought by the International Conference on Basic Science.
Nobel Prize winner David Gross said in his report, " Perhaps humans will eventually be able to construct what is called the ultimate theory. But the more humans know, the more unknowns they discover, and human wisdom increases as cognitive boundaries expand.”
Fields Medal winner Hugo Domenil-Corbin said: “The beauty of mathematics is beyond doubt. You can try to look at math from an artistic perspective. To me, studying mathematics is like a journey, and the process is perhaps more important than the result.”
Fields Medal winner Alessio Figalli believes that the beauty and difficulties of mathematics coexist. The challenges it brings stem from the countless difficulties and crash moments of problem-solving, but when you solve the problems you want to solve, the satisfaction and accomplishment that math brings are worth remembering.
Hiraku Nakajima, president of the International Mathematical Union, reviewed his research path. " I only like to do things that I am interested in and things that other people can't do."He hopes that instead of just looking at short-term results, he should take a longer-term view, which is also a characteristic of basic science.
Many scientific masters have entered the public eye, bringing new footnotes to basic science. Theoretical research, once considered boring and boring, is connected with the words of art, love, beauty, and journey, and is gradually changing people's inherent cognition of theoretical science.
Basic education grows from generation to generation.
On July 24th, Professor Shing-Tung Yau, who attended the satellite conference of the International Conference on Basic Science in Shanghai and delivered a speech in the morning, sat at the "Master Face to Face" activity in Huairou, Beijing, and communicated with representatives of college students and high school students. He eagerly asked the sophomore students: " After two years of study, can and dare to start research."More than once, encouraging students on various occasions," challenging what seems impossible, can bring great rewards.”
Andrew C. Yao, winner of the Turing Award and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, replied to reporters, " I feel that over the past 20 years, Chinese student education, at least in the field of computer science, has been completely world-class. But it's not enough.”
Nobel Prize winner David Gross told reporters: " Let the children explore as much as possible and find the answers for themselves.”
Without exception, science masters expressed their care for the next generation and their importance to basic science education.
At this conference, students from the University of Cambridge, the National University of Singapore, the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tsinghua University, Peking University, the University of Science and Technology of China, Fudan University, and other first-class universities at home and abroad attended the conference.
More than 80 students from more than 50 well-known universities at home and abroad showed their research results in the form of posters.
Wang Jinyi, a student of Tsinghua University, said that he had the honor to communicate with the Fields Medal winner Laurent Lafforgue and the famous female mathematician Olivia Caramello. He not only learned the cutting-edge views in the field of mathematics but also learned the cross-knowledge of many fields.
Zhang Zhihao, a student from the University of Science and Technology of China, said that it is a great opportunity for me to improve my knowledge reserve and breadth, and understand the depth and precision of scientific research. Meeting like-minded research friends is also an important harvest.
Student Du Hang from Peking University is honored to have his research work exhibited in the poster exhibition. He said that through the form of the poster exhibition, he saw his excellent peers and a lot of wonderful research work. This makes him more convinced that the younger generation of Chinese students can do beautiful jobs and shoulder the mission of mathematical development.
More than 200 from Talent Plan (Beijing), Beijing Early Training Project for Youth Science and Technology reserve talents reserve talents early training plan of basic science, the field of artificial intelligence teenagers interested in activities, they actively interact at the scene, question thought-provoking, show the good spirit of contemporary youth and an enthusiasm for the exploration of basic science.
Yang Nuofan, a senior student from the High School affiliated with Renmin University of China, participated in the "Talent Program" part of the "Master Face to Face" show. He said that he deeply felt the characteristics of the world's top mathematicians and had the honor to communicate close to the master. He was shocked by the enthusiasm and confidence in mathematics and his attitude towards mathematics research like the creation and appreciation of art.
Han Minghe, a student from Beijing No.8 Middle School, attended the Basic Science and Artificial Intelligence Forum. He said that listening to cutting-edge theories and technologies made him yearn for the artificial intelligence industry, and he hoped that he could benefit the country and even human beings through artificial intelligence in the future.
Knowledge-sharing and dissemination of scientific culture.
The luxurious lineup of scientists and rich academic exchange activities attracted the wide attention of the media, and more than 50 media participated in the conference. The central radio and television reception desk, China Global Television Network, Xinhua News Agency, China News Agency, China Daily, science network, China Youth Daily, Beijing Television, and Beijing News sent professional team, around the conference theme focus and special interviews, in English, Spanish, Japanese and other multilingual transmission, deep interpretation of the importance and influence of basic science, show the top scientists in different fields, reported.
The CCTV news channel the first time to broadcast the news of the opening ceremony of the conference; The opening ceremony of the Xinhua News Agency conference reported that "Focusing on cutting-edge achievements, strengthening cooperation and sharing: Chinese and foreign scientists to discuss basic science in Beijing" received 730,000 page views; The Chinese and English name of the International Conference on Basic Science was selected as the daily word "learning power"; Tian Wei, the host of China Global Television Network, interviewed Shing-Tung Yau, Chairman of the International Conference of Basic Science, Michael Jordan, academician of the National Academy of Sciences, It has been downloaded and broadcast 48 times by 16 media, including CNN, Phoenix TV, Hong Kong Wireless News, and British Sky News. Host Tian Wei said after the interview: " Science knows no borders. China also embraces basic science with great enthusiasm.”
Picture: Tian Wei and Michael Jordan.
A series of academic thematic activities bring the enlightenment of wisdom. The Summit Dialogue of Mathematical Physics, Basic Science and Artificial Intelligence Forum, Chinese Contemporary Mathematics Exhibition, Poster Exhibition for College Students, Scientists Face to Face, Mathematics Night, Physics Night, Theoretical Computer and Information Science Night, communication and Dialogue between the world's top scientists and teenagers, and satellite conferences have attracted wide attention.
Basic science and artificial intelligence on the BBS, "mathematics, physics, and other basic discipline development need to widely use a new generation of technology such as artificial intelligence" "to explore the relationship between basic science and artificial intelligence has profound significance" "the use of mathematical tools to open a new perspective for the development of artificial intelligence" "artificial intelligence era of higher education" "the future of artificial intelligence" topic become the focus of media;
At the Mathematical Physics Summit forum, Academician Yau asserted that artificial intelligence would not replace human thinking; in the special "Master Face to Face" activity, the high school students asked " Can only the most talented people make a breakthrough in theoretical mathematics?" Caucher Birkar, a Fields Prize winner, responded," Most people cannot estimate how special they are and can establish a goal that is to understand mathematics and do their best to solve a problem they are interested in."
At the satellite conference of the Basic Science Conference in Shanghai —— Pujiang Basic Science Development Forum, a Fields Medal winner Andrei Okounkov said that "mathematics is not a 100-meter dash" and Nicolai Reshetikhin said that "the development of basic science is a major investment in the future".
International Conference of the Basic Science of all kinds of activities through the official exclusive live cooperation platform Wangyi Youdao, and the co-operated platforms such as Fan-Pu, Kou Share, Kexue Net, Beijing Association for Science and Technology, etc. It used multi-channels for lives, accumulated more than 5 million people, and truly realized the cutting-edge scientific knowledge sharing, radiating the whole societies and showing the infinite power of basic science.
Main Organizers:
People's Government of Beijing
Ministry of Science and Technology, PRC
Chinese Association for Science and Technology
The International Consortium of Chinese Mathematicians
Joint Undertaking Units:
Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology
The Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park Management Committee
Beijing Association for Science and Technology
The Huairou District People's Government of Beijing Municipality
Beijing Huairou Science City Management Committee
Beijing Yanqi Lake Research Institute of Applied Mathematics
Co-operated Unit:
Shing-Tung Yau Center for Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University
Text | Niu Yun, Zhang Yan, Wang Yiting
Review | Yong Wenan, Chen Quanchong
Translatio | Gao Xudong
