On September 29, 2022, 45 representatives of key scientific researchers who have recently joined ZJ Lab gathered together, wearing a ZJ Lab badge and talking about their career planning and the Lab's future.

MA Xiao, an engineering expert who joined ZJ Lab's Research Center for Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in June this year, has a rich and colorful study and work experience, which is, in his own words, somewhat "non-mainstream". "I completed my bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in electronics, biology and medicine, respectively. Then I engaged in fundamental research, product R&D, and transformation of scientific and technological achievements in universities, enterprises and other institutions at home and abroad, and even started my own business," said MA Xiao. In his view, ZJ Lab's innovative exploration of scientific research systems and mechanisms is the "unique character" he has been looking for in his scientific research career over the years." "Since I came here, I found that many problems I had encountered in scientific research do not exist at ZJ Lab. More valuably, there are a large number of like-minded fellows. In this atmosphere, we focus solely on identifying the research areas and point of leverage, and devote ourselves to scientific research." MA Xiao said, "I'm very happy here."

LI Jing, a research expert at the Research Center for Applied Mathematics and Machine Intelligence, is a research explorer in the field of mathematics. She joined ZJ Lab for the pure reason of seeking solutions to practical problems. LI Jing admitted that "Many practical problems to be solved in research are complex, high-dimensional and multi-factor, and it is not ideal to use traditional mathematical methods to study them". "ZJ Lab has a solid research foundation in the field of artificial intelligence and also has systematic scientific research advantages in the field of intelligent computing. I hope to work with the team to conduct in-depth research on scientific computing and machine learning, and contribute to the discovery of new laws of physics, AI-aided mathematical modeling, and AI uncertainty analysis, etc.," she said.

YANG Zhaohui, a research expert at the Research Institute of Intelligent Networks, belongs to the post-90s generation. He made valuable suggestions for the development of the Lab from the perspective of young scientific researchers, saying that "My fellows are mostly young, energetic and highly creative, and at their age, it is high time for them to produce innovative results. I hope I can have more chances to interact with them in different research fields, so as to inspire innovative thinking and spark unexpected new ideas." It is also hoped that academicians, experts and other elders can give us more guidance and lead us, newcomers to the ZJ Lab, to make more contributions to the development of the Lab.

What these researchers said and thought got a sincere response from the Lab's leaders at the event. ZHAO Xinlong, Vice President of ZJ Lab, shared his experience and comprehension in scientific research management over the years, and said that those who work here should not only work hard, but also have a real idea of where they are heading. That is, they should apply themselves to the national demands and hold themselves to the high standard of scientists, so as to promote resource integration and scientific research cooperation, and integrate their growth into the development of the Lab.

"The Lab will fully support your career development and serve you wholeheartedly," said ZHU Shiqiang, President of ZJ Lab. He pointed out that on the path of building national scientific and technological strength, ZJ Lab requires key scientific researchers to fit ideologically with the Lab's mainstream culture of "Dedication to Science and National Prosperity", so as to form a powerful force integrating personal growth with the Lab's development; it is necessary to find their place to start from the top-level planning of the Lab, quickly clarify their scientific research mission, and target their efforts; it is necessary to form a down-to-earth, diligent, truth-seeking and pragmatic work style and keep pushing forward scientific research. ZHU Shiqiang hopes that everyone will regard ZJ Lab as the most important scientific research platform to realize their dream of scientific research, and work together to build ZJ Lab into a globally influential, top-level laboratory.