From Classroom Dreams to AI Breakthroughs: Inside Alibaba’s Qingcheng Award
Alibaba’s DAMO Academy launched the Qingcheng Award, granting nine sub‑35 researchers a million‑yuan prize and extensive resources, and this article shares their diverse journeys—from distributed optimization and edge‑computing to AI and quantum research—highlighting how they balance scientific ambition, societal impact, and personal life.
