谢中流:一颗批判性思维的种子在宁诺萌芽
Please scroll down for the English version-UNNC alumnus develops critical thinking with life-long benefits.
连线的时候,谢中流在深圳,已是咪咕公司史上最年轻的副总裁级别、AI领军人物(咪咕是中国移动旗下互联网核心公司)。
回顾求学之路,自己从宁诺到英诺,再赴帝国理工攻读硕士、博士,也算是顺风顺水。他说,批判性思维的建立和严谨考证的治学态度能让学习和工作事半功倍,恰恰,母校宁诺在他思维和方法论体系形成的早期给予了最适宜的土壤和养分。
“那时的宁诺尚未有一届学生毕业,事后想来,当初的选择其实还是挺大胆的,但却也不失为人生最正确的选择之一!”谢中流回忆道。
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学霸级别的履历
正确的思维建立是关键
2006年,谢中流进入宁波诺丁汉大学计算机专业(2+2)学习,2010年以一等荣誉学位毕业,其中毕业论文在精简后成功发表到了国际学术会议ICHIT2010上。
随后他进入世界排名前十的帝国理工学院读研,一年后又再次以一等荣誉学位毕业。毕业时,谢中流已在伦敦拿到知名科技公司的工作Offer,但出于家庭的原因选择了放弃高薪工作机会,暂时回国。
2012年秋,历经在中国科学院计算技术研究所为期半年的实习后,谢中流回到了帝国理工攻读博士,从事AI研究,师从英国皇家工程院院士,并获得了国家留学基金委和帝国理工联合奖学金,成为了一名中国政府公派生。整个博士生涯累计发表高水平学术论文十余篇,期间还曾于2014年受日本国立信息学研究所的邀请,前往东京进行为期6个月的访问交流,由日本政府承担工作和生活开支。
他说,宁诺求学的2年,是自己批判性思维形成的重要时期,凡是数据引用、论据来源都要追根溯源,这是做研究最重要的硬核理念。严谨的治学态度和批判性思维令他养成了一种非常优秀的思维习惯。
英式教育中,浓厚学术底蕴的熏陶,能够潜移默化地培育一个人大胆假设、严谨考证的良好科学素养。这些都令我感到终身受益。
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创建宁诺英国校友会
构筑社交与职业网络新平台
谢中流并不是那种两耳不闻窗外事的高材生,他非常善于交际。在宁诺期间,他曾担任轮滑社社长,组织过一场颇具影响力的宁波5校联合的全民轮滑运动。
英国读博期间,在深切感受到留英校友群体在社交网络拓展和职业发展交流方面的诸多局限后,他和几位校友于2013年初联合创建了宁波诺丁汉大学全英校友会,希望搭建一个专为留英校友群体服务的社交平台和职业平台,其后于2014至2016年期间担任会长。
任期内,他和小伙伴们一起帮助四散各地、处于游离状态的校友们建立连接,并组织众多活动丰富社交生活,小至几人参与的聚餐、唱K、狼人杀,大到在英国最顶级的公爵庄园Blenheim Palace和华威城堡举办上百人参加的校友年会,此外还组织了一系列的职业分享、置业交流和创业论坛帮助许许多多的校友在英国落地生根、发展壮大。这些努力显著加强了校友凝聚力,他本人也因其对校友群体的突出贡献而摘得诺丁汉校友桂冠奖Nottingham Alumni Laureate Award。
“在人生地不熟的海外,能给远渡重洋来求学、工作的校友们提供一个分享交流的平台,给初出茅庐的学弟学妹们一些指导性建议和意见,帮助更快更好地适应英国生活,我觉得是一件非常有价值、有意义的事情!”谢中流自豪地表示,即使不再担任会长,也仍会力所能及地给大家提供帮助。
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习近平主席国事访问英国
组织领导力成功破圈
另一方面,作为帝国理工公派学生学者联合会主席,谢中流的组织领导力在宁诺校友群体之外的华人留学生圈里认同度也非常高。
2015年10月,习近平主席对英国进行国事访问。谢中流经推荐被驻英大使馆委派为国事访问特别机动队第9组副组长,带领15人小组辅助完成各类采点、清障工作,确保国事访问顺利进行。据悉,特别机动队共计10个小组、150人,4天3夜,由驻英大使馆统一安排,住在白金汉宫附近的酒店,全程跟随习近平主席的访问行程。
这份临时性的工作蛮考验人的,庆幸在校期间对中英两国文化的深入了解,因此在沟通交流时便捷很多。
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人才引进归国
为祖国AI事业添砖加瓦
2017年初谢中流通过深圳海外高层次人才“孔雀计划”引进回国,进入华为总部工作,并于一年多后升任AI技术总监,主导多项AI云服务的设计、研发和产品化落地,为华为创造数千万营收。
2019年初离职尝试自主创业,主攻AI酒店和电商方向,组建了一支国内外名校生云集(Stanford、UCL、香港中文、中科大少年班等)的豪华团队,但无奈2020年初受新冠疫情冲击暂时搁浅。
其后入职中国移动旗下的咪咕公司至今,担任AI核心部门数创中心的首席AI科学家(副总裁级),主导短视频AI技术和产品的研发。
谢中流说,自己跟AI事业一直有着不解的缘分,他曾带队研发的CT影像肺癌筛查算法以综合精度94.6%的成绩排名世界第二,击败了包括纽约大学、北京大学、浙江大学、香港中文大学、阿里巴巴、平安集团在内的众多强劲对手。据悉,这是肺癌筛查领域最权威的国际算法竞赛,也是医学影像和医疗人工智能领域最具代表性、最受关注的算法竞赛之一。
批判性思维强调的是独立的思考,不随波逐流,敢于挑战权威思想,基于事实考证做出理性的推断,这是创新的核心基因。
UNNC alumnus develops critical thinking with life-long benefits
Zhongliu Xie, an alumnus that graduated with a Computer Science degree, is now a leading expert in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) and the youngest member in the Vice-President rank at Migu Co., Ltd., a professional subsidiary of China Mobile.
He thinks the critical thinking skills and rigorous research attitude developed during undergraduate study at UNNC and the University of Nottingham (UoN) were the key factors making his postgraduate study and professional work efficient and effective.
"The first class of UNNC students had not yet graduated at that time. Therefore, it was quite a bold choice to choose UNNC, but was later proven to be one of the best choices in my life!" Zhongliu said.
Zhongliu graduated with First-Class Honours from UNNC for Bachelor’s in 2010 and high Distinction from Imperial College London for his Master’s in 2011. He then went on pursuing a PhD at Imperial, during which he published over ten high-quality academic papers and was invited to Japan’s National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo as a visiting scholar for a 6-month research exchange in 2014.
Aside from academic achievements, Zhongliu has exceptional leadership skills.
In 2012, he co-founded the UK Chapter of the UNNC Alumni Association, aiming to establish a social and career platform to serve UNNC alumni who study or work in the UK. During his term as the president of the chapter, he was dedicated to alumni network development in the UK and organised a series of events to help enrich social life and boost career development. Zhongliu was later awarded the Nottingham Alumni Laureate Award for his remarkable contributions to the alumni community.
During President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the UK in 2015, Zhongliu was appointed by the Chinese embassy in the UK to lead a group of 15 to support the visit. “It was quite demanding, but thanks to the deep understanding of Chinese and British cultures developed during university life, inter-cultural communication was smooth and effective,” he said.
In 2017, Zhongliu returned to China through an overseas high-level talent programme initiated by the Shenzhen Government, and joined Huawei as an AI specialist at the Shenzhen headquarters. He was quickly promoted to the post of AI director a year later, responsible for the design, development and commercialisation of a number of AI products, which generated tens of millions in revenue.
He currently serves as the Chief AI Scientist (Vice-President rank) of the core digital innovation centre at Migu, focusing on the R&D of short video AI technologies and products.
“Critical thinking emphasises independent thinking, which is about daring to challenge authority, and make rational inferences based on factual research. This is the core of innovation,” Zhongliu said.
图片来源 | 谢中流
English | Elena Yang, ETT
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