Shaping the research for professional career

Finishing: Dave Astels, Tsinghua University

National Day holiday, Microsoft Research Asia as the students organized a professor and Guo Yu bin, panning the Deputy Dean interviews dialogue "will study as a career."

Lecture, Professor Yu bin, open your heart, you will own the most real experiences and insights to share to the Institute's students have benefited from the students. Guo panning Executive Vice President is concise, in summary, made in his study of Microsoft Research Asia. Let's go into their dialogue with the students to listen to those enlightening fragment.

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I don't want to be in an enterprise environment, and colleagues in counting the old days.

Only on the campus, and students together, it makes me feel young forever. Industry comparisons focus on solving actual problems, the academic community would pay attention to basic problems, have a to do item is 10 years. At Microsoft Research Asia, research supervisor can only give his team the "suggestions" do something, but cannot force them to do.

Yu bin: I got at Berkeley University tenure, does not remain in the Berkeley teaching and scientific research, but rather chose to leave without pay, at that time, the industry's most famous laboratory-Bell Laboratories working for two years.

Bell Laboratories in various group communication very frequently, there are many opportunities for interdisciplinary research and comparison utility. Especially like the theory of this kind of research, both the beauty of mathematics, and has practical value, I am very interested in the direction of research. However, in Bell Labs, and every day through a long corridor to a meal, there is always a kind and colleagues old feeling, while in school access to the vibrant student, feel and students as young. So I eventually went back to school, and my students to do research. In addition, I prefer the freedom of life, but the work in the industrial sector may be subject to restrictions that are more like out open Conference also approved to superiors; in school is free, you are your own boss, this is my ultimate back to school.

Guo panning: industry Research Institute focused on addressing an actual general comparisons, and those two or three years will see the results.

And academia will generally focus on the impact that produces a wide range of academic, some of the fundamental questions a to do item is 10 years. About Prof. Yu said the problem of the lack of freedom, in fact, Microsoft Research Asia does not exist. Here, research supervisor can only give his team the "suggestions" do something, but cannot force them to do. At the same time everyone to do their own research.

Research need romantic idealism and fearless adventure

What doesn ' t kill you makes youstrong.Follow yourheart. students in the young can idealism, in order to do what I want to take a risk.

Even if it failed it doesn't matter, because it failed to become strong and classmates at school to develop their own free emptying the ability to listen to the inner world. Look for that in the night to hear a pin drop sound general feeling. This is the so-called "intuition".

Yu bin: when I was young, I was very idealistic, mentor gave me full of freedom.

Because of my mathematical background is solid, I compared the two instructors (Le Cam Professor and Professor Speed) guidance in both areas (empirical process and informationtheory) made a theoretical aspects of research. In Speed under the guidance of Professor, I started to contact applied statistics — that is, the search for reality behind the solvability of mathematical model. This area is so challenging and full of potential, so deeply attracted me still struggle in the forefront of sciencestatistics.

When on, Assistant Professor, I started exploring the theory section in a non-statistics in different areas to explore new ideas — because I believe that one wants to solve practical problems requires broad knowledge base — which had to be a process to follow my heart, although I clearly know that span multiple areas of research is not carried out to the best practices of tenure, not to mention statistics as a discipline in itself was wandering in a crossroads, but I chose in multiple areas of shuttles.

And the last tenure vote result also confirms this: I just barely passed. But this painful process has made me reflect on their own reason belonging to Berkeley and finally decided I should really developed here — I began to have become the mainstream of statistical studies of interdisciplinary research. Now go back and look at that time, I find that my thinking ahead of the comparison.

In the interdisciplinary research decided to make I got tenure did not continue after the academic development, but rather to the industrial sector, to do something, I'm interested and take account of the theoretical and practical research projects.

Finally, with the love of the school atmosphere, I went back to school. At this time because there is no comment on the tenure of pressure in both mainstream direction at the same time, has put a lot of time on your favorite research direction, do something to people's real life impact research projects. While these items meet my interest, and finally got the peer recognition.

Students in the young can idealism, in order to do what I want to do but take a gamble.

Even if it failed it doesn't matter, because it failed to become strong. Remember my tenure review encounter resistance, I go to myMentor complaints, my mentor is a gross understatement of said: What doesn ' t kill you makes youstrong (failed to knock out your things will make you strong). Until a few years later, I was deeply understand the meaning of this sentence: If the first tenured judges have not met the pressure, I won't go into the Bell Laboratories, also loses good open horizons and get acquainted with research partners, and I later on road I am afraid it is not so wonderful.

In addition to the research work, my idealism complex is also reflected in the selection of partners for demanding.

As the saying goes to cluster, from his friends, I really like and outspoken, don't beat around the Bush people, so each will temper Companion. Although we cooperate, often there are intense discussions, but every time we discussed all the truth goes further. I would like to only find himself truly admired, to be able to get along well with the team to collaborate more with less. Life is so short, why not get your favorite people.

Guo panning: on this subject I am also very touching.

One final success and he is able to find their beloved career has a lot to do. Here, I would like to say a few words about intuition. Everyone's hearts are constantly give us emission signals, but these signals are overwhelmed and family stress, reputation and money, and other noise. Students in the school to develop their own free emptying the ability to listen to the inner world. Look for that in the night to hear a pin drop sound general feeling------this is intuition. But when we are able to listen to their inner voice, you can find your favorite work and life. Intuition is a neglected strong, it is sometimes better than experience or knowledge is more reliable. Modern society, more and more busy, on the pursuit of material gain more and more, this time taking a little time to realize that quietly thinking is even more valuable. People often say: followyour heart, is that meaning.

Achievement of your students better than yourself

I think in Berkeley to teach more than a sense of accomplishment at Yale, because most likely yo

ur students not only in academic, in life, are you as an example. Your every move, every word and deed, to their life impact is very large. Dr. stage training is needed most: the ability to find problems.

Yu bin: has someone asked me in a research career, what is most proud of.

I said of course is teaching work. Prior to Berkeley, I have taught at Yale University, where most children are middle class home can give them a good guideline, so where I just lectures, in other areas and student exchange. While in Berkeley, this is known as the best public University in the world, best, poor children can also listen to the best education. Many of the students is the first generation of immigrants ' children, some children's parents also in restaurants, subsistence. The children's natural that the same are immigrants of me as a mentor in their lives. Will their life and learning difficulties, and addressing to me and I will do my best to give them some living and personal development proposals. See these students at the University's growth, is my greatest pride. So I think in Berkeley to teach more than a sense of accomplishment at Yale, because most likely your students not only in academic, in life, are you as an example, your every move, every word and deed, to their life impact is very large.

I think the most important skill a doctoral student is found to the problem of competence (problemformulation).

Which are not only understood, terrors. So I developed the doctoral title does not specify a topic, but one area that will give him, let him from this area through extensive reading literature and discussions with others, and their subjects, I am only responsible for providing advice. Savvy students can discuss and I, or my research work experience out problemformulation method.

Just a student asked me many doctoral students graduated after due to various reasons were engaged in the research and doctoral p

hase has nothing to do with work, this would be a waste of talent? now that many doctoral research posts but no increase in the number, it is not possible to each doctoral studies are done after graduation. In addition, doctoral stage of analysis, problem-solving skills training will be cured in students of mind, whether to engage in any industry, these capabilities are helpful.

Dialogue participants introduction

Guo panning

Dr. Guo panning is currently Executive Vice President of Microsoft Research Asia, mainly engaged in network graphics technology, network application of virtual environment technology, geometric model, image-based modeling and rendering, texture synthesis, photorealistic graphics technology and other fields of study.

Dr. Guo panning is now the United States Institute of electrical and electronics engineers vision and computer graphics journal's associate editor.

He has served as a member of the International Program Committee, participated in many international computer graphics Conference. Guo, internationally renowned magazines and academic conferences published more than 70 articles and has over 40 patents.

Dr. Guo panning in 1999 to join weiruanzhongguoyanjiuyuan (Asia-Pacific

Chau Research Institute). Prior to this he was the United States Institute of Intel Corporation's Silicon Valley headquarters, in charge of the senior researcher of the next generation graphics system. Dr. Guo panning in the United States Cornell University obtained master's and doctoral degrees, Bachelor's degree in Peking University.

Yu bin

Yu bin is the University of California at Berkeley, Department of statistics and electronic engineering and computer science of Chancellor ' sprofessor.

Currently the Dean of the school of statistics andthe statistics and adjunct North information technology Department and Microsoft joint laboratory director. Her current research interests include high-dimensional data of statistical machine learning, information theory and neural science, remote sensing, sensor networks and financial areas of data analysis and modeling.

Yu bin is the journal of machine learning research "(Journal of Machine Learning Research), the United States statistical society law journal (Journal of American Statistical Society), the journal of statistics (StatisticaSinica), the Tecnometrics" academic magazine editorial board members.

She also is a statistical and machine learning areas more session of the international meeting of the Organizing Committee members, and has served as President of the General Assembly. Yu bin 1984 graduated from Peking University, Department of mathematics, 1985-Shen Chern mathematical communication project grants to the United States, in 1987 and 1990 respectively by the Berkeley University, master's and Ph.d. in statistics. She has taught in the United States, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Yale University as a visiting scholar. 1998-2000 she worked in the Lucent Bell Labs and cooperation with others, access to the two patents on information technology. Yu bin 2006 gugenheim scholars, and IEEE, AAAS, IMS and ASA members. She used to or United States samsi National Advisory Committee (statistical and applied Mathematical Sciences Institute) Co-Chair.