On July 13, in the deep of summer, as gentle rains fell, the third-floor lecture hall of the Intelligent Building at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, was bustling with activity for the 2024 Summer Group Meeting and Graduate Forum of the Pattern Recognition Laboratory. This meeting, conducted in a hybrid format, brought together over a hundred faculty and students from the laboratory for in-person participation, along with students and faculty from the School of Intelligent Science and Technology at Nanjing University, as well as attendees from the 2024 Summer School of Automation, who joined virtually to engage in this event.
The group meeting is a cherished tradition of the Pattern Recognition Laboratory, held biannually. This time, the organization and process of the meeting were innovatively structured. Spanning four days, the meeting was divided into two phases: the first phase split participants into five groups based on their research directions, with each group selecting two top-scoring students. The second phase featured thematic presentations from these ten outstanding students.
At the start of the meeting, Zhang Zhaoxiang, the Executive Deputy Director of the Center, delivered an opening speech. He articulated the purpose and significance of the meeting, emphasizing that the group meeting serves as a crucial step in graduate training, providing a platform not only for students to hone their presentation skills and showcase their talents but also to foster academic exchange and inspire research thinking. He introduced the meeting schedule and highlighted that the presenters were the ten exemplary students selected from the first phase of the summer group meeting, extending a warm welcome to online attendees.
Following this, Huang Yan took over the hosting duties and led the audience into the exciting segment of thematic presentations. The ten presenters delivered engaging talks on cutting-edge fields of artificial intelligence, including embodied intelligence, multi-modal large models, autonomous driving, AI for Science, computer vision, and gait recognition, sharing insights from their research findings. During the discussion session, there was lively interaction both online and offline, with participants engaging in in-depth exchanges and discussions on topics of interest, creating a vibrant and energetic atmosphere.After the thematic presentations, the awards for Best Presentation and Best Presentation Nominations were announced. Zhang Yifan, Wang Yuqi, and Li Dongze were awarded the Best Presentation award, while Yu Junchi, Li Hongxin, and Wang Liang received nominations for the Best Presentation award. Laboratory leaders and heads of various research directions presented certificates of honor to the award-winning students.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Tan Tieniu, the director of the laboratory, delivered a closing speech. He emphasized that young scholars are at the forefront of the wave of artificial intelligence development and should seize this historical opportunity to reach new heights in technology. He advised against following trends in topic selection, urging students to focus on solving genuine scientific problems with the "Four Orientations" in mind. He encouraged a vision that looks at the forest before the trees, emphasizing the importance of depth in research and understanding both the “what” and the “why” behind their work. He reminded students that character precedes scholarship; both virtue and talent are essential, noting that having talent without virtue leads to harmful outcomes, while having virtue without talent yields lesser results. He especially stressed the importance of research integrity and ethics, declaring integrity as a "lifeline" for researchers. Finally, he encouraged students to embrace a collective spirit and engage in public welfare, hoping they would gain skills and friendships at NLPR and strive to become well-rounded individuals.
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