Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications

Mingming Sun

Saturday, May 24, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

A6-101

Zoom 242 742 6089 (BIMSA)

在自然界和人类社会中，处处充满了复杂系统：气候、生态、生物进化、大脑思维、语言、经济、文化……这些系统由大量元素相互作用、涌现出整体行为，难以用简单规则解释或预测。人工智能，尤其是近年来快速发展的深度学习与强化学习技术，为我们提供了一种新的思维方式：通过数据驱动的模型来模拟这些复杂过程。本次讲座将带领大家从“模拟人类”到“模拟自然”，探索 AI 如何在蛋白质结构预测、语言理解、人类行为模拟等方面取得突破性进展。我们不仅会看到 AI 的能力，也会思考它的边界：模拟是否等于理解？能否真正捕捉复杂系统的本质？在这个过程中，AI 既是一面镜子，也是一座桥梁，连接着我们对世界更深层次的认知与重构的可能。

Sun Mingming is currently a professor at the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (BIMSA), focusing on fundamental research in artificial intelligence. Before this, he worked in the internet industry, engaging in AI research and development. He served as a Principal Researcher and Leader of the Cognitive Computing Lab at Baidu Research, where he led innovative research projects in cognitive natural language processing and autonomous driving systems, and oversaw the development of core subsystems for Baidu’s large language model, “Wenxin Yiyan”. He was also responsible for building the world-leading web search recommendation system for Baidu. He also developed several data analysis algorithms at Tencent. Sun Mingming’s achievements in the internet industry include receiving the Leading Science and Technology Award at the 2023 World Internet Conference and several top technical and product awards at Baidu. Before entering the internet industry, he taught at Nanjing University of Science and Technology as a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher.