One afternoon in early winter, accompanied by the loud military trumpet, Bai Xiaoying, deputy director and researcher of the Military Science Information Research Center of the Academy of Military Sciences, walked into the laboratory quickly and began to tackle key scientific research problems.
Bai Xiaoying, who was an associate professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Computer Science of Tsinghua University, came to the Academy of Military Sciences in 2019 and became a military civilian. In just over four years, Bai Xiaoying has not only completed the transformation from a local scientific researcher to a military scientific research worker, but also promoted the solution of a series of technical problems in the fields of network information system construction, data resource governance, and information services, and made important contributions to the generation of data-empowered combat effectiveness.
"I don't want to miss the opportunity to integrate what I have learned into national defense construction."
Bai Xiaoying's choice of national defense science and technology is not accidental. The leader of the Military Scientific Information Research Center of the Academy of Military Sciences said. Bai Xiaoying was born in a military family, and when she was a teenager, what she saw most was the selfless struggle of the older generation of military workers to dedicate herself to the country, and what she heard the most was the earnest teachings on developing national defense science and technology and building a strong national defense. Bai Xiaoying University chose to study at Northwestern Polytechnical University, which has a deep military background, and after graduating from her bachelor's degree, she came to Beihang University, known as the "cradle of red aeronautical engineers", for postgraduate study. After studying abroad, the patriotic feelings engraved in her bones made her hesitate and resolutely embarked on the road back to China.
Since 2002, Bai Xiaoying has been teaching at Tsinghua University, and has carried out a lot of teaching and scientific research work in the fields of software engineering, service computing, and data engineering, and has obtained a number of national invention patents and software copyrights. Although she has developed very well at Tsinghua University, when Bai Xiaoying heard that the newly reorganized Academy of Military Sciences was recruiting a wide range of talents from the society, her enthusiasm for the cause of national defense science and technology could no longer be suppressed -- modern warfare is fought with information, data, and intelligence, and this is the professional field in which she is good at. "It's a rare opportunity to integrate what I've learned into national defense, and I don't want to miss it. Without hesitation, Bai Xiaoying joined the "Peacock Blue" phalanx of the Academy of Military Sciences.
In 2019, Bai Xiaoying was appointed deputy director of the Military Science Information Research Center of the Academy. When Bai Xiaoying learned that Qian Xuesen, a scientist she admired, was in this compound after returning to China, her first office in the army was in this compound. "I must, like Qian Xuesen and other scientists of the older generation, closely link my life's pursuit with the needs of the motherland and the destiny of the nation, and be determined to serve the country through scientific research and strengthen the army with science and technology. Bai Xiaoying said firmly.
"No matter how difficult it is to engage in military scientific research, we must have the conviction that 'we can overcome a hard battle.'"
Military research is a completely new field for me. Bai Xiaoying told reporters that in order to adapt to the new working environment as soon as possible, she decided to reconstruct her knowledge system and way of thinking. As a result, in Bai Xiaoying's office, in addition to books on computer software engineering, there are also books on military theory and military terminology. "Mr. Bai has learned a lot of literature in 'TB', and has borrowed nearly 100 books of various literature materials in more than 3 months. A researcher said. With this hard work, Bai Xiaoying quickly understood the needs of the army's information construction and combat application, sorted out the key technical issues in the field of military information, and condensed a unique research direction.
At the end of 2022, Bai Xiaoying received a network information construction task and took on the important task of chief engineer. The difficulty lies in the integration of multiple systems and different types of equipment. In addition, it is even more difficult to migrate, upgrade, and adapt data and applications while ensuring the normal operation of business systems. For more than 8 months, Bai Xiaoying and her colleagues experienced countless sleepless nights, overcame countless problems, and successfully completed this "almost impossible task".
In conducting military scientific research, we must have the courage to tackle key problems, and no matter how difficult it is, we must have the conviction that 'we can overcome the test in a hard battle.' In the past few years, Bai Xiaoying has led the team to actively explore the scientific research model of "integration of science and technology", organized and planned cross-field and cross-professional cooperative research with major tasks as the traction, explored a unique military scientific research and technology route, and achieved a series of research results.
"A single flower is not spring, a hundred flowers bloom in spring".
We are all willing to call Director Bai Teacher Bai. Said the director of a certain office of the Military Scientific Information Research Center. Bai Xiaoying said with a smile: "The 17 years of teaching experience in Tsinghua University make me feel that the title of 'Teacher Bai' is more affectionate. ”
Bai Xiaoying will organize academic conferences on a regular basis. At the meeting, she did not speak much, but she was always able to point to the key points, build consensus, and many problems were solved with the deepening of academic discussions. A researcher said: "Participating in the academic conference organized by Mr. Bai is more like participating in the graduation defense, and you can't pass the test without hard work." No matter how busy she is, Bai Xiaoying will regularly organize graduate students to make academic reports. "I admire Mr. Bai's rigorous scientific research thinking and attitude of excellence. One of her doctoral students said that once he put forward an idea for a scientific research project, Bai Xiaoying keenly found the loopholes and gave suggestions for revision, so as to avoid the project "overturning" halfway. "Mr. Bai always takes the initiative to share his academic resources to help everyone solve problems. Everyone said that Bai Xiaoying has contacted dozens of well-known experts and scholars to communicate with the unit in recent years, and the high-quality academic reports organized have benefited everyone a lot.
"A single flower is not spring, a hundred flowers bloom in spring".Bai Xiaoying attaches great importance to cultivating the team's ability to tackle key problems independently. Once, at the beginning of the implementation of a project, the members of the project team proposed that they hoped to complete the construction of the main body of the project with the help of "external forces". Bai Xiaoying said earnestly: "This project is a major opportunity for us to exercise our core capabilities, although it is very difficult, but we will definitely reach the other side of victory as soon as we make further progress." In order to eliminate everyone's concerns, she led the team to promote the implementation of the project in the way of "small tools" and "small incisions", and finally explored the practice path of independent scientific research.
From the in-depth cooperation when a research institute was established, to following her to join the civilian team of the military, Ms. Bai is my life mentor. A researcher said. Now, driven by the influence of Bai Xiaoying and other "pioneers", a group of high-level talents have joined the "Peacock Blue" phalanx and emerged. "It's a personal choice, and it's the choice of the times. The deputy director of the Military Personnel Development Research Center of the Academy of Military Sciences said that in recent years, the proportion of civilian personnel in the military has been increasing, and more and more high-quality personnel have entered the army, contributing wisdom and strength to the development of the army.
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