Enjoy the perfect happiness

Tong Yan Ph.d. Dr. from Tsinghua University in 1999 after graduation, he has been working at Microsoft Research Asia. Familiar with his people, said he was "crazy", on the insistence of perseverance and dedication to the United States. Now, eight years have passed, Tong Xin gave the impression, so lean, but still, his interest for graphics is also still?, let's share the story of Dr. Tong Yan. Author: Tong Xin

I now from Dr. stage, has to do is graphics.

I heart like graphics, it is from this strong interest and impulses, let me intoxicated on its research. I would like to research where do graphics, there is a strong tendency to perfectionism, our group of people without exception. May in foreigners seems the perfect pursuit almost reached a morbid, this may reflect our work requirements. All image perfect pursuit has become everybody's a veneer, deeply rooted in us on any piece of exquisite, so you don't need to because other colleagues have possible omissions to remind him to pay attention to achieve perfection. Of course, too much emphasis on the perfection of detail, will cause the overall detail and discord between. Therefore, we adhere to the overall perfect, then strive to detail perfect. In this group do graphics people, we all work very happy, as long as you think it is a valuable point of view, we would like to do everything possible to complete it, and enjoy during the implementation process.

In the field of computer science of the image, SIGGRAPH is the leading scientific research where the Crown Conference, therefore, turn full strength to meet a SIGGRAPH contest is our group annual pass a long way.

After all these years, has made me forget or 2000 our first challenge SIGGRAPH. Then we set apart from Shen to Ocean (current President) and Guo panning (Vice President) has been in contact with and conquer SIGGRAPH, the rest of us know anything about it, therefore, for the kind of papers in order to enter the SIGGRAPH halls are very frustrated. In that case, Shen Kuo to ocean, panning, we spent three months into a never imagined the fight. In those days, everyone in our group almost didn't go home, and every day could only sleep for four hours, day and night for the same target desperately. It's hard to forget, but the course but let's all companion mind, into a common memory "days full of." After a year on SIGGRAPH challenges, we win the confidence of more accumulated a wealth of research capacity and academic achievement. If before, we may at some point does very well, but now that we have in a wider area to get a raise, but also strive for in the international arena, more of a say.

Many people asked me to do graphics artists who are not necessarily, I say? do graphics, and does not require a professional artistic skills and accomplishments (of course better).

Shen to ocean is often we do graphics people likened to engineering. But a qualified engineer, you need to understand and appreciate the essential beauty of "Engineering" and understand the rational choice in the study, understanding simple and profound implication of crisp.

Many people ask me, the real attraction of your Institute? I think, if only to work and work will remain in the Institute, is not necessary, outside nature there are many places to get more than the material interests.

However, there is a group full of dreams of people together to do our favorite graphics research, has created the most domestic graphics of a relaxed and open environment that is attracting me leye in Institute of charm.

In addition, the Institute has many features that I appreciate.

Here is full of atmosphere, all equally in an administratively possible management and managed relationships, but in the academic and intellectual is completely equal. Everyone can open up your own ideas in the discussion, criticism of the opinions of others. Microsoft's "Whiteboard culture" is actually reflect the cultural atmosphere of equality and opening a very striking example. At Microsoft Research Asia, "white board culture" is referred to as a culture, because it contains the expression of a free and open exchanges, it conveys is the exchange of information and ideas.

It is in the computer science unceasing exploration, and colleagues shoulder intensively, we promote a graphics area a little bit of progress and development.

Graphics help us each ordinary man, implement your own artist's dream. When you see the screen so many beautiful images you can emerge, you will have a creative achievement, this is the graphics originally also has been moved and attract me.