CCTV website news: Today (July 1) in "The Party Flag Flying High at the Grassroots Front Line" we approached Tianhe chief scientist of supercomputing application research and development - Meng Xiangfei . In recent years, he and his team have built the "Tianhe" series of supercomputers into important national tools widely used in my country's aerospace, new energy, genetic technology and other fields, helping China to become self-reliant in science and technology.
At present, Meng Xiangfei and his team are engaged in the application research and development of my country's new generation of exascale supercomputers, promoting the construction of a new generation of artificial intelligence open platform for industry-university-research cooperation. However, just a dozen years ago, using domestic supercomputers for major application R&D innovations was still out of reach.
In 2007, Meng Xiangfei was sent by the government to study abroad. After completing his studies, Meng Xiangfei, a party member, declined his mentor's efforts to retain him, gave up the superior scientific research conditions and resolutely returned to China.
Meng Xiangfei, Chief Scientist of Tianhe Supercomputing Application Research and Development: Science has no national boundaries, but as a scientist, you have a motherland. Especially as a party member on the scientific and technological front, you must have the mission of rejuvenating the country through science and technology.
Adhering to the original intention of supercomputing to serve the country, Meng Xiangfei participated in the development of my country's first petaflop supercomputer " Tianhe-1" and the construction of the first national supercomputing center. Remodeling the computer room, installing cables and cabinets... Meng Xiangfei and his colleagues lay on the ground and worked for several hours at a temperature of nearly 40 degrees Celsius. When they were tired and sleepy, they took a temporary rest on cartons. After everyone's unremitting efforts, "Tianhe-1" won the title of "world's fastest" at the 36th World Supercomputer Conference in 2010, and became famous in one battle. However, when the news came out, doubts from some foreign experts and media also followed.
Meng Xiangfei, Chief Scientist of Tianhe Supercomputing Application Research and Development: (Just say) China’s supercomputers are “big game consoles” that look good but are useless. So at that time, I found the leadership of the center and issued a military order. If I couldn't implement the application of "Tianhe", I packed up my bed and left.
allows the super computing power of "Tianhe" to be put into practical application. It is not enough to know computer knowledge. It is also necessary to have professional understanding of various fields of specific applications. Meng Xiangfei organized all party members of the branch to study and tackle key problems together, and constantly strengthened the cross-innovation of the team. Ability, the professional information he compiled and organized alone exceeds 1.5 million words.
Kang Bo, Director of the High-Performance Computing Department of the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin: Dr. Meng has such a clear role model as a Communist Party member. He can exert the pragmatic and innovative spirit of "Tianhe" to emphasize that we must Innovation starts from one point to another and becomes a system.
With this persistence and persistence, Meng Xiangfei and his team realized that the "Tianhe" is large enough to calculate the formation and evolution of the universe, and small enough to simulate the process of combining individual atoms into new materials, allowing the supercomputing power of "Tianhe" It is widely used in dozens of fields such as aerospace, genetic technology, new energy, and new materials, and has supported more than 2,500 major innovations and breakthroughs in various fields in my country.
Meng Xiangfei, chief scientist of Tianhe Supercomputing Application Research and Development: The development of China’s supercomputers has gone from following and then gradually leading. Next, we Chinese should also have sufficient ambition, backbone and confidence to promote our high-quality Science and technology are self-reliant and self-reliant.
