The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) profoundly summarized the great changes that the CPC has led the people to achieve in the new era in the past decade, and comprehensively mapped out a grand blueprint for the future development of the Party and the country. The report fully affirmed that education, science and technology, and talents are the basic and strategic support for building a socialist modern country in an all-round way. The cause of scientific and technological innovation should adhere to the major needs of the country, promote Chinese path to modernization with high-quality development, take the implementation of innovation driven development as the strategy, take safeguarding national security and social stability as the foundation, adhere to demand orientation and problem orientation, adhere to the international leading scientific research layout, and adhere to subversive original innovation.
Realize high-quality development with subversive innovation, and deeply grasp the essential requirements of Chinese path to modernization. The research team of the Imaging and Intelligent Technology Laboratory of Tsinghua University (hereinafter referred to as the team) has long been committed to building a new generation of basic engine in the field of information technology. Computing power is one of the cornerstones of the development of artificial intelligence. However, the development speed of computing power based on electronic computing is limited by Moore's Law, which has been unable to meet the computing power needs of the future development of intelligent society. The artificial intelligence optoelectronic chip developed by the team has completed artificial intelligence tasks at the speed of light for the first time in the world, breaking through the bottlenecks of traditional electronic computing such as long time delay and high power consumption. The computing power of the sample chip is 10 times higher than that of the top electronic chip, and the energy consumption is 10 times lower. In the future, the chip's computing power is expected to increase by 3 orders of magnitude, and its energy consumption will decrease by 6 orders of magnitude, driving the AI basic technology to achieve a disruptive breakthrough, giving full play to the "head goose" effect of AI, enabling Wanye, boosting Chinese path to modernization, and serving major national needs.
Innovation is the first driving force. To adhere to the core position of innovation in China's overall modernization drive, we need to implement the innovation driven development strategy and improve the scientific and technological innovation system. In more than 20 years of development, the team has always adhered to the scientific research concept of "integrating scientific thinking with engineering practice, and practicing original innovation in cross fields". From the birth of the first generation of mesoscopic whole brain microscopes Rush in 2017, to the optimization of the second generation of Rush instruments in 2018, to the independently developed scanning light field microscope daoslimit in 2021, the team has opened a new vision for life science observation. Not long ago, the relevant achievements of the meta imaging super image sensor developed by the team were published in Nature, which overcame the two core technologies of ultra fine light field perception and ultra fine light field fusion, opening a new path to solve the 100 year problem of optical aberration. The meta imaging super image sensor will also be used in astronomical observation, biological imaging, medical diagnosis, mobile terminals, industrial detection, security monitoring and other fields. The team has always been demanding itself with the high standard of subversive research, constantly innovating, implementing the innovation driven development strategy, and serving the major national needs.
National security is the bedrock of national rejuvenation, and social stability is a prerequisite for building a strong and prosperous China. In the context of the severe and complex international situation in the new era and the enormous risks and challenges that follow, it is necessary to build a comprehensive, three-dimensional and efficient national security protection system. The team proposed a multi-dimensional and multi-scale optical field intelligent imaging theory, and developed a "time-space angle" adaptive fusion optical field intelligent imaging chip based on the principle of incoherent optical aperture synthesis on chip. The chip is expected to achieve large-scale high-speed high-resolution sky survey observation and low orbit high-speed mobile satellite tracking and monitoring, serving the security cause of "border sea, air and space". Science and technology is a powerful tool for the country. The team aims to maintain national security and social stability and serve the country's major needs.
The horse leaps across the grand pass, and the strong wind is setting sail. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has pointed out the direction for the development of scientific and technological innovation. We will keep in mind that "major original innovation results often originate from deep basic research and emerge from interdisciplinary fields, and universities have natural advantages in these two areas". Based on the major national needs, we will maintain continuous investment in basic research, dare to question existing theories, and dare to explore new directions, We will make our own contributions to China's becoming a major scientific center and innovation highland in the world, and contribute to the building of a powerful socialist modernization country in an all-round way, and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization.