Finishing | Jung Ryeo Won
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Under the current international situation, the slogans of "open source without borders" and "technology without borders" seem to be no longer so firm. Under this trend, the recent news that Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) has been suspended from recruiting "Seven National Defense Students" and students from Beijing Post has directly caused heated discussions in China.
(Note: The Seven Sons of National Defense, which were placed under the management of the National Defense Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of National Defense in 1961, were identified as seven schools of national defense industry colleges, including Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin Engineering University and Northwestern Polytechnical University.)
1. Multiple people confirm that the news is true
It is understood that the news originally originated from a post on the Beiyouren forum:
Under this post, someone quickly confirmed the authenticity of the news: to recruit students on the banned list, special reasons need to be given, and they are not allowed to publish articles and participate in open source projects.
Since then, the news has spread widely and attracted the attention of many people on many media platforms. Some of them added more details in the related hot posts on Zhihu:
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"Confirmed with students from Beiyou, and the news is true. Moreover, those who entered last year can only be renewed until June this year."
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"Former intern, cross-verified information from multiple credible sources at the Institute. The first bad news is that the news is true. The second bad news is that this list includes more than just the Defense Seven."
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"It's true, I can't continue my internship, and I'll check out in a month."
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"The interns that are mainly affected will not affect full-time school recruitment."
To put it simply, Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) is indeed no longer recruiting students from the banned list as interns, and the current incumbents can only work until June, but the school and social recruitment will not be affected.
2. "Whampoa Military Academy" in China's AI field
The news caused quite a stir, mainly because many people regarded the work experience at Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) as a "golden stepping stone".
In 1998, the predecessor of Microsoft Research Asia, "Microsoft China Research Institute", was announced in Beijing, and Kai-Fu Lee, a 37-year-old speech recognition expert at the time, served as the first president. In the following year, a management team represented by Zhang Hongjiang, Li Kaifu, Shen Xiangyang, Zhang Yaqin and others gradually took shape. During this period, outstanding talents such as Zhang Yaqin, Zhang Hongjiang, Li Jiang and Wang Jian were also recruited. The "Microsoft China Research Institute" also In 2001, it officially changed its name to the larger "Microsoft Research Asia" - this is Microsoft's first basic research institution in Asia and its largest research institution outside the United States.
Over the years, MSRA has been working closely with domestic first-class universities: not only has it established doctoral training programs with Tsinghua University, Peking University, University of Science and Technology of China, Southeast University, etc., but also established joint experiments with Zhejiang University, Tsinghua University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Peking University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, etc. It also conducts extensive academic exchanges and cooperation with more than 60 colleges and universities across the country.
During this period, MSRA also cultivated a group of outstanding Chinese computer research talents: Wang Jian, Chairman of Alibaba Technology Committee, Hong Xiaowen, Senior Vice President of Microsoft Global, Ma Weiying, Chief Scientist of Tsinghua University Institute of Intelligent Industry, Xiaomi Co-founder Lin Bin, Baidu CTO Wang Haifeng, Megvii Chief Scientist Sun Jian, SenseTime Founder Tang Xiaoou, and iFLYTEK Vice President Li Shipeng have all worked in MSRA.
Because of this, MSRA is also known as the "Whampoa Military Academy" in China's AI field, and many students also regard MSRA's internship experience as a good springboard.
3. What is the impact?
After hearing the news, the first reaction of some people was to complain that their school was on the banned list, but the system does not seem to have started recently, and it is not limited to MSRA.
Some netizens commented on Zhihu. This clause has been in place a few years ago, and it mainly affects the publication of interns’ papers, that is, interns on the banned list cannot use school units to jointly publish papers; even more than ten years ago, IBM has not been able to publish papers. Beihang students have been recruited as interns, and now the scope of this list has been expanded to universities such as Beiyou University.
After learning the full picture of the incident, various voices also appeared on the Internet.
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Some people feel that this incident has a great impact, especially for students majoring in algorithms;
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Some people worry that these restrictions will make some students worry, which will affect the future student source level of the National Defense Seven and Beiyou;
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Some people think that MSRA will also suffer losses. After all, MSRA has cooperated with these universities a lot over the years;
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Some people sighed that Microsoft, which is the most friendly to China among the large US technology companies, has also begun to distance itself.
But at the same time, this incident has once again aroused the enthusiasm of many people and the passion for dedication to the motherland:
Following "open source" and "technology", now "scientific research" seems to have artificial boundaries under this kind of closure, and the scientific research spirit of "open sharing" has obviously been impacted. What do you think about this incident?
Reference link: https://www.zhihu.com/question/527623669