Abstract: On the eve of the opening of the 2017 Hangzhou Yunqi Conference, Jack Ma secretly met 13 top scientists at the board of directors, including many Chinese and American academicians. The two-hour talk was full of information... Academician Yao Qizhi, the only Turing Award winner in China, Academician Pan Jianwei, the first person in quantum mechanics in China, and Professor Jeanette Wang from Columbia University are all here!
Although he does not understand technology, it does not affect Jack Ma's respect and continuous investment in technology.
Today, Jack Ma, who "doesn't understand technology, but really loves technology", had a close contact with "half of the world" in the scientific community in Hangzhou.
It is said that Jack Ma's circle of friends is the history of Alibaba's development. Thirteen scientists, including 2 Chinese academicians, 1 American academician, and 7 IEEE Fellows, gathered in Ali, and what kind of "big game" are they conspiring?
Tip one:
In March of this year, Jack Ma mobilized more than 20,000 scientists and engineers around the world to join in the "New Technology Strategy" at the first Alibaba Technology Conference, and launched a program code-named "NASA", which aims to build a new research system for the next 20 years. In 2018, focus on core areas and achieve "nuclear weapon-style" technological breakthroughs.
Tip two, you can look for clues from the conversation between Jack Ma and his "new friend".
China's only Turing Award winner Yao Qizhi:
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For a company to do long-term scientific research, in terms of values, it is not easy to reconcile, and few companies in the world can do that. Alibaba can have determination and ideas, not only do things related to Alibaba's business, this is very far-sighted.
Global Face Recognition Technology "Pioneer" and "Pathfinder" Tang Xiaoou
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At the scale of Ali, either don't do it, if you want to do it, you don't make a name for it. It is a blockbuster and becomes the top in the world.
Being able to communicate face-to-face with these people who define the highest level of Internet development and future trends today, rural teacher Jack Ma also became a "student".
Thinking of Alibaba's 18th anniversary meeting last month, Jack Ma said: "People who don't understand technology the most love technology the most, because it's a true love."
Taking this opportunity, Jack Ma also revealed to his respected scientists the driving force behind this love.
Alibaba's vision for the next 20 years is to build the world's fifth largest economy, serve 2 billion consumers around the world, create 100 million jobs, and help 10 million companies make profits. Just as NASA drives great progress in human technology and life, new economies must be built on new technological infrastructure and new technological thinking.
阿里巴巴一家技术引领的公司
目前，阿里巴巴目前有超过 2 万名工程师、500 多位博士的技术储备。
近年来，阿里巴巴更成为全球顶尖科技人材回流第一站：美国密歇根州立大学终身教授金榕加入阿里巴巴，成为人工智能核心团队iDST的创始人之一，也是目前iDST的院长。
原亚马逊级别最高的华人科学家任晓枫回国加盟阿里巴巴，担任人工智能核心团队iDST的副院长和首席科学家。
世界知名量子计算科学家、密西根大学终身教授、美国国家科学基金会“职业成就奖”（Career Award）获得者施尧耘也于近日加入阿里巴巴，担任阿里云首席量子技术科学家。
事实上，阿里巴巴一直还与国家重大科研项目的进行深度的合作。包括与中科院合作成立量子计算联合实验室，与国家天文台合作建设“国家天文台-阿里云天文大数据联合研究中心”，针对量子计算、光学天文、射电天文等顶尖科研领域，利用自身在超大规模分布式计算、大数据技术、人工智能的技术实力，与科研领域的国家队开展深度合作。
此外，在超大规模计算操作系统、移动操作系统、金融级分布式数据库、机器学习平台等核心基础技术领域，阿里巴巴已持续投入近10年，诞生了不少黑科技。
电商双11、支付金融、云计算、物流……这些独一无二的商业场景，更不断驱使阿里巴巴在互联网工程技术领域攀登量级巅峰。
阿里巴巴What'next
一个服务20亿人的经济体，需要强大的技术实力。
悄悄和大家分享一个小秘密。部分顶级科学家正是明天（10月11日），2017年杭州·云栖大会邀请的特别嘉宾呢。
组委会消息，今年云栖大会期间将有5位中国院士，1位美国院士发表演讲。
从计算是一种生产力到“五新”概念的提出，过去2年，马云每年都在云栖小镇和大家分享自己对于技术的远见。
那么问题来了，今年他又将正在准备怎样的“大招”呢？
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