Do you still remember that 4-year-old Sichuan girl Xu Ying who went to school?
In my country, the general age of schooling is 7 years old, but Xu Ying went to school 3 years earlier than her peers. Now, at the age of 32, she has become the youngest doctoral supervisor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is known as the "Goddess of Beidou".
As we all know, "Beidou" is a satellite navigation and positioning system independently constructed by China. It is an important weapon of the country and one of the four major satellite navigation systems in the world. Our country was once controlled by the GPS system of the United States. Later, it invested heavily in participating in the research of the European Union's Galileo system, but was squeezed out by others many years later. Since then, our country has determined to independently develop the "Beidou System".
As a new generation of Beidou people, Xu Ying is also a doctoral student independently trained in my country. She graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology in 2009 with a doctorate in signal and information processing. Now she has become a researcher at the Institute of Optoelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Doctoral supervisor, he is currently leading a scientific research team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to develop ground navigation enhancement technology for the Beidou satellite system.
In many years of study and work, Xu Ying has published 24 SCI indexed papers, applied for 28 invention patents (16 have been authorized), and won numerous awards.
First, went to school at the age of 4, took the college entrance examination at the age of 16, and graduated with a doctorate at the age of 26
In April 1983, Xu Ying was born in Meishan, Sichuan Province. Her mother was a mathematics teacher and her father was in agricultural technology. Station work. She started school at the age of 4 and has loved reading novels since she was a child, especially mystery novels. However, her scores in science have always been better than those in liberal arts.
For this reason, when she was 16 years old, she took the college entrance examination and was admitted to the Communication Engineering major of Beijing Institute of Information Engineering.
While attending university in Beijing, Xu Ying worked harder and successfully graduated from her bachelor's degree with excellent results in 2003. She also received the opportunity to study for a combined master's and doctoral degree in Signal and Information Processing at Beijing Institute of Technology. After 6 years of diligent study, she finally graduated with a PhD in 2009.
She was only 26 years old at this time. She started going to school at the age of 4. She completed the entire education process in just 22 years and reached the top of the ivory tower of life.
2. Became the youngest doctoral supervisor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the age of 32
Xu Ying began to study Beidou satellite research under her supervisor in 2006. Due to her outstanding achievements, after graduating from the Ph.D. Then he got a job as an assistant researcher at the Institute of Optoelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
She works hard and is used to getting up at seven o'clock every morning. When there is no traffic jam, it takes about 40 minutes to get from home to work. In order to save time, she usually buys some steamed buns to eat on the road, and arrives at the work unit before 8:30 to start her day's work. She often works until early in the morning, often sleeps in the office, and works overtime basically every weekend.
In January 2012, Xu Ying was promoted to an associate researcher at the Institute of Optoelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; starting from January 2015, at the age of 32, she became the youngest doctoral supervisor and researcher at the Institute of Optoelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The research direction is satellite navigation and positioning technology, and continuous research is carried out on navigation signal system, navigation enhancement technology, rapid acquisition and precise tracking technology of high-dynamic and high-sensitivity navigation signals.
3. A public speech unexpectedly became popular
On April 29, 2016, Xu Ying was invited to participate in the "Approaching Science" series of popular science lectures at the School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. , a public speech at the "SELF Forum" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences made her unexpectedly famous.
In order to let everyone have a deeper understanding of the Beidou system, she gave an interesting and wonderful analogy speech in the lecture. She said:
One of the characteristics of the "Beidou" system is that it can SMS services are provided to millions of users. Everyone has read "Robinson Crusoe". What would happen if a person drifted to an isolated island one day? If he chooses GPS at this time, he can only know where he is, but cannot notify others to come to rescue. If he uses the Beidou system, the result will be different. He can not only know where his position is, but also send his position to people thousands of miles away. "Believe me, if you choose the Beidou positioning system, you will soon be able to say goodbye to your friends holding GPS on the rescue ship." As soon as she finished speaking, the audience burst into laughter.
In Xu Ying’s view, in addition to disseminating scientific knowledge, science popularization is also about encouraging and cultivating people to have a scientific spirit. It is not necessarily necessary to let everyone understand professional knowledge such as Planck’s constant now. , but it is necessary to cultivate people's curiosity and instinct to explore the unknown world.
4. What is the current situation?
Xu Ying has experienced a series of milestone events in the Beidou navigation field, including the application of Beidou II, the launch of Beidou III network satellites, and the demonstration of the future PNT system with Beidou as the core. Today, as a Beidou navigation system scientist, she is leading a scientific research team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to develop ground navigation enhancement technology for the Beidou satellite system.
In 14 years of study and work, Xu Ying has published 24 SCI indexed papers, applied for 28 invention patents (16 have been authorized), and won numerous awards. She has won the second "Morning Star" Outstanding Talent Award of the Beijing Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Top Ten Science Communication Figures in 2017, the "Mao Yisheng" Beijing Youth Science and Technology Award, the World Economic Forum's 2020 Young Scientist... and other honorary titles.
5. Conclusion
Xu Ying's humor and frankness have been praised by netizens as the "Goddess of Beidou". But in the face of her popularity, she said that whether she became popular or not had little impact on her, and she continued to do her previous scientific research work.
“Xu Ying has provided directional support for China’s development in the post-Beidou era.” This is the evaluation of her by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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