Sixty years of teaching and scientific research, Tsinghua and Macau -breed talents -congratulate Professor Tang Zesheng and his wife's Nine Chronicles!

On the occasion of the 90th birthday of Tang, we were fortunate to come to his home for an interview. When I met downstairs in the unit, Tang Lao laughed and walked towards us. The spirit of the spirit, the steady steps, and the loud voice, it is difficult for those who do not know it to imagine that the elderly person in front of him is 90 years old.

At home, his wife Xia Shaowei greeted us to drink tea and greeted us. Only then did he know that Xia Lao and Tang Lao were the same age. The family is not large, but it is very elegant and fast. The commemorative photos of the wedding anniversary, 40th anniversary, 50th anniversary of the golden wedding, and 60th anniversary of diamond marriage on the walls of the living room, study, and bedrooms are commemorative. Zhengmao's pale was white, as if the second old man walked through the long river of time.

Sitting relative, we talk about home naturally and usual. Looking out from home at this moment, Tsinghua Garden, not far away, is beautiful. The hazy light and shadow after the rain gradually projected into the living room and blended with the light into a quiet and warm atmosphere. Slowly, follow the memories of Tang Lao In the trajectory, our thoughts began to be brought back to that extraordinary years ...

One thing

Tang Ze Shengzu was born in Sichuan. He was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang in the early 1930s. Parents were students from the Normal University of the Beijing Normal University (predecessor of Beijing Normal University). They actively participated in the patriotic movement during May 4th. Fourth Middle School) and Zhejiang Lili Hangzhou Women's Middle School (now Hangzhou No. 14 Middle School) as the principal, the family can be described as the incense of the generations, and the essence is deep.

Since childhood, Tang Zesheng has faced the background of the country's invasion and suffered from the pain of national oppression. In 1938, because the Japanese army occupied Hangzhou, the 6 -year -old Tang Ze Sheng could return to his hometown in Sichuan after several escapes. Some of the artillery flowing away from his young heart has branded a deep shadow, and it also made him more and more realized: if there is a country, there is a home, a young man is strong, you must study hard, so as to change the country and nation. The situation of bullying.

At that time, in the small county near Chengdu, Sichuan, a broken old house was scattered in the wind and rain of the times. The large house was only bright. The teenager Tang Zesheng read the book and studied hard there. The kerosene lamp lit the teenager's heart lamp. He listened to his father's classics of Chinese learning, listening to his mother's English words, Edison's invention of electric lamps, etc. to open the door of the scientific world, and also made him the career direction he wanted to work in life. Clear and clearer, that is: to be a scientist in the future to report to the country with science and technology.

Tang Zesheng in junior high school

Tang Ze Shengsheng was smart and jumped in the class since he was a child. He graduated from high school at the age of 17. At that time, Sichuan had not been liberated and could not apply for Tsinghua University, so he obtained West China Medical University. However, what he missed in his heart was "Tsinghua", "science and engineering", "becoming a scientist".

In 1950, he finally hoped that Tsinghua University enrolled in Sichuan. Tang Zesheng, who had excellent results, was successfully admitted. Because of his eldest son at home, his parents at the beginning opposed him to go away, but eventually supported his dream.

Since then, he has been associated with science and connecting with Tsinghua.

"We don't have to be greedy in our lives. We can choose a career firmly and do it attentively. It is enough." Tang Lao's words were bland, but it contained a deep power.

Unique

Not long ago, at the graduation ceremony of the Computer Department of Tsinghua University, Tang Lao was invited to give a speech for the 2022 graduates. His insights won applause for a while of teachers and students. The weather was very hot that day. After the speech, we wanted to send Tang Lao to rest first, but he said, "I don't want to absent from the next student speech, I can't engage in specialization." The most moving scene at the "graduation ceremony.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the computer department

Tang Lao devoted his life in the field of computer professionalism and dedicated his life to the national scientific research undertakings and the education of Tsinghua and Macau.

"In 1950, I was admitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering of Tsinghua University. The motor department was 'old hen system'. I hatched several hospitals. In 1953, I graduated to stay in school. From then on, I have been transferred to the Department of Automatic Control to assist the first departments of the then departments, Mr. Zhong Shimo and the party secretary of the party branch, and worked for decades ... "Talking about the original experience, Tang Lao's The warm starlight flashed in the eyes.

"How can we take care of personal changes at that time, what the country needs, what the school allows to do, let's do it!"

In 1978, Tang Lao began to be the director of the computer department. At that time, the development of computer technology in international computer technology was rapid, and the development of domestic computer technology was behind. There was no display terminal in the school, and he was still on punching questions. "In 1979, President Liu Da told me at the time that" The current foreign computer science has developed rapidly, and you take a few people to inspect '. So five people with colleagues Jin Lan, Li Sanli, Lu Kaicheng, and Zheng Renjie went to five people. The United States visited and lasted for a month and a half. We visited more than 10 universities including Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Later , Visiting the laboratory and understanding their scientific research progress, the gain is very large, and a lot of information brought back. We also purchased 7 DEC PDP-11-03 computers. This was the world's leading computer at that time. After we came back, we established it The first miniature computer laboratory in China. "In 1979, he went to the United States to inspect. The delegation of Tsinghua University took a group photo with Chinese scientists Li Fan and Guo Shanzheng (from left: Guo Shanzheng, Lu Kaicheng, Zheng Renjie, Li Sanli, Jin Lan, Li Fan, Tang Zesheng)

After returning to China, Tang Lao and his colleagues have formulated a talent training plan suitable for my country's national conditions and Tsinghua computer science with reference to international advanced experience. In terms of scientific research, while strengthening the direction of system structure, software, and networks, it has opened research directions such as artificial intelligence, image processing, computer graphics, voice recognition, and synthesis. Under his guidance and leadership, the Department of Computer Department of Tsinghua University began to develop.

In the 1980s, he took the lead in conducting computer graphics and CAD technology and scientific computing visual research in China. He has hosted a number of major research projects, and has obtained a series of creative results in theory, methods, and technologies. It is widely used in many industries such as medical care, manufacturing, meteorology, and environment, which has promoted the improvement of productivity levels and produced major economic benefits. It is the outstanding representative of my country's scientific workers to take the lead in practice "informatization drive the industrialization strategy".

In 2000, Tang Lao retired in Tsinghua. At that year, he was 68 years old. It coincided with the establishment of the Macau University of Science and Technology. Tang Lao readily agreed: "Although I am 68 years old, I can't get idle, I still want to use my majors to do more for the country and the school."

At that time, Macau had just returned, and the school was announced in March 2000. In September of that year, freshmen were recruited. The difficulty of new environment, new system, and new education methods can be imagined. Initially, the school did not even have the school building. The building of the Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce was rented as a temporary classroom. There was no teacher. They have a good quality of lectures, and they have also taken Tsinghua's rigorous and pragmatic style.

Building a group photo of the Macau University of Science and Technology, the front row of the third left: Tang Ze Sheng; the front row left fourth, fifth left: Mr. Zhou Lizhen and his wife

For a long time, Tang Lao also taught himself to penetrate the management to the front line and implement it to the main position. The first identity of the school leader is a teacher. He has in -depth first -hand materials in classroom teaching. He knows outstanding students in all grades. He said: "Only by doing it from himself, doing a good way, and bringing the way can you find and solve the problems in teaching in time, and can you really have the right to command, speak and manage the initiative, and encourage morale."

The School of Information and Technology of Macau University of Science and Technology in 2004 (first) Bachelor of Science graduates took a photo.

Originally planned to support for 4 years, and returned with a complete student. I did not expect that 4 years and 4 years, it was 17 years ...

As the vice president in charge of academic research, Tang Lao encouraged teachers to apply for research projects; organized the review and personally modified project applications, formulated project management regulations, and strengthened supervision. The two key topics declared by the University of Science and Technology of China, the first is led by the Macau University of Science and Technology, and cooperated with Peking University and Sun Yat -sen University to "Macau's historical status, unique role and practical significance in globalization and cultural exchanges between the East and the West". " Study; the second is "Analysis, processing, application and research of Chang'e -1 lunar exploration satellite data." Driven by his leadership, the academic research of the Australian University of Science and Technology has been fully carried out from scratch.

In December 2008, Tang Lao was a report on the application and research of the Chang'e -1 lunar exploration satellite data hosted by the University of Science and Technology of Australia.

In March 2010, Tang Lao (second row left and third) attended the Moon Science International International Symposium

From the beginning of the school to now more than 20 years, from the three -story building of the Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce as the classroom to the complete campus infrastructure, from discipline construction to talent training, from the introduction of talents to the establishment of the scientific research system, these measures and achievements and achievements All the wisdom and hard work of Tang Lao are condensed, all reflecting Tang Lao's feelings and boxing hearts of the school. It can be said without exaggeration: Tang Laogong has achieved the brilliant achievements of the Australian University of Science and Technology today.

In recognition of his outstanding contributions, at the 2007 ceremony of the Macau Special Administrative Region Government, Macau specially awarded his honor award. At that time, the Chief Executive of the SAR He Houzheng personally awarded the award. He Houyi, the Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region at the time, personally awarded the award

The students trained by Tang Lao are all over the world, and only a part of Tsinghua students are listed here:

—Lie Xinyou, the first doctoral student of Tang Lao at Tsinghua University, is currently the chief engineer of the National Information Center.

— Deng Junhui, a doctoral student of Tang Lao at Tsinghua University, is currently a professor at the Department of Computer Department of Tsinghua University, a famous teacher in Beijing, and the first winner of Tsinghua University's "New Hundred Years Teaching Achievements Award".

— Min Weidong, a doctoral student at Tsinghua University, is currently a professor at Nanchang University, Dean of the School of Software, Director of the Key Laboratory of the Smart City of Jiangxi Province, and Director of the Institute of Information Technology of Smart City.

—Tong Xin, a doctoral student in 1999 in Tsinghua University, is currently a chief researcher at the Microsoft Asian Research Institute.

- Zou Beiyi, the first batch of masters of Tang Lao at Tsinghua University, is now a doctor of engineering, professor, doctoral supervisor, and a leader in computer disciplines; former dean of the School of Information Science and Engineering of Central South University.

... Wait, the limited space is not listed one by one.

One person

When we asked the story of Tang Lao and his wife, his face was filled with a child -like smile. praise.

The two old photos on the wall came into our eyes, and the two old -fashioned families introduced to us: "This one is our anniversary of marriage, taken in the Chinese studio." In the photo, Tang Lao and his wife snuggled together. He was full of strokes in Zhongshan, full of scholarship, his wife's short hair, elegant and dignified.

wedding anniversary

"This one is taken by our 60th anniversary, and the important anniversary will basically go to take it." In the photo, the eyes of the two olds are full of smiles of a happy life, and even the photo frame used to mount it. A kind of quiet glory.

60th anniversary of marriage

Teacher Xia Shaowei was born in Wuhu, Anhui in 1932. Her father was a customs staff. She followed her parents to study in Shandong in her childhood. In 1944, his father was arrested by the Japanese gendarmerie for participation in the patriotic movement. The teeth were beaten off, and the whole body was beaten all over the body. After the rescue of his father and friends, the family could escape from Qingdao. They fled from the occupied area, took the drought road, via Henan, and reached the first boundary of the occupied area in northwestern Anhui to enter the county middle school. Xia Shaowei still studied hard, using the tenacity of ordinary people to imagine, swallowing the sufferings like storms.

After the victory of the Anti -Japanese War, the whole family returned to Shanghai. Xia Shaowei continued to study. High school entered Shanghai's long -established Yan Mo's girl. Her grades have always been the first place in the grade and won the full scholarship, which reduced the burden on the family. She also used the summer vacation to go to the People's Publishing House to do a secret work, and also to do tutoring. She rely on her diligence and scholarships to complete the high school studies.

In 1950, Xia Shaowei was admitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering of Tsinghua University from Shanghai. He became a classmate in the same class as Tang Zesheng. Together.

Tang Zesheng and Xia Shaowei during the period of classmates in Tsinghua classmates

Learning to learn from each other, work together in his career, and live together in life. The second old mentality is very young, and daily life is full of rich interests. It can be said that it is a veritable "post -90s", such as: the electrical appliances and furniture in the family when they are young, they can repair them by themselves; , I often shop online; Teacher Xia also participated in the electronic piano study class, and also learned DIY album, especially like planting flowers and plants on the balcony ...

On the balcony, the gentleman Lan is quietly bloomed by Mr. Xia

"I am very grateful to Teacher Xia. When she first went to work in Macau, the family was renovating. She was busy and after the work. Later, she also went to Macau to support school construction and teaching. In fact, she was also very important to bear the automation department. The teaching and research tasks of teaching, but even if you are busy, I have always supported my work very much. "

—— Teacher Tang

"When I was young, I spent in the aggression of the Japanese army. After entering Tsinghua's sophomore, my father died, and I could only rely on the study of the scholarship. A peanut sugar, come back to share with me, and there are good teachers and environment in learning, so I came all the way, and I am very happy. "

—— Mr. Xia

Teacher Xia has worked in Tsinghua for 46 years. He lectured in the Department of Automation and guided a number of doctoral students and masters. Her resume was included in the 20th century Chinese well -known scientists academic achievements.

Two professors recent photos

There are academicians, professors, famous teachers, and important positions of the students who trained the second old training. They can be described as the world ... but they always maintain a simple life and decline students' visits and longevity every year. In the courtyard, you never invite nanny. Everything is personally lined up in the cafeteria of the school. Sometimes he is invited to attend important events and does not allow special cars to pick up and drop off, because "do not want to bother the school and the department" ...

It is such a simple and savvy two professors. After retirement, the education of the country is still dedicated to the country. The "Tsinghua Alumni-Computer Department Tang Zesheng Scholarship" has been set up to reward students who are well-known but poor but poor. Tang Lao's center of gravity said: "I was influenced when I was in Hangzhou at an early age. My father had funded students from the occupied area of ​​the Northeast many times. They couldn't afford shoes and socks, but they loved reading very much. Some students and after graduation have become professors of East China Normal University, and they have contributed to the country in different industries. I think that the long -term significance of supporting education is to inherit this hope. ","

Love for a lifetime

Tang Lao's life was full of love.

He loves "country". When he was a teenager, facing the background of the invaded home and country, he set up a wishes for scientific reporting to the country and used his life to serve the country's needs. Even when he was 90 years old, he still did not slack lazy and practiced computer talents for the country. In view of his outstanding contributions to the development of China's computer industry, the Chinese Computer Society awarded him the "CCF Lifetime Achievement Award" for him.

He loves "school". He studied in Tsinghua, taught in Tsinghua, dedicated to Tsinghua, retired in Tsinghua, and he was closely related to Tsinghua. The establishment and achievements of the Macau University of Science and Technology are even more contributed. A few years ago, he also donated important countries and historical books such as "Kangxi Dictionary" left by his father to the Tsinghua School Library for free.

He loves "system". The preparation, reform, and development of the computer department are inseparable from the strong promotion of Tang Lao. He has made forward -looking and foundable contributions to the computer department during his period of time. In the following, the comprehensive development of the Computer Department of Tsinghua University has laid a solid foundation for the world's first -class leading world.

He loves "students". He has more than 60 years of teaching and scientific research, and he has trained many students in Tsinghua and Macau. He mentioned that the favorite is to be with the students. , I am also pleased. "

He loves "home". The ups and downs of the ups and downs have not been wiped out the romance of him and his wife, and the second old age has gone through 66 years of spring, summer, autumn and winter. They have their children and grandchildren. In education, they insist on descendants of books and succeed in the world. They believe that "only self -strong and high virtues are the best family style to inherit the descendants."

In a lifetime, choose one thing, dedicate one industry, meet one person, and love life, this pure and focused, how rare is it in the impetuous society today! During the interview, we were repeatedly moved by the story of the second old man, and we paid tribute countless times in our hearts ...

At the end of the interview, we asked Tang Lao to give us some of these juniors. He waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm 90 years old, but I don't want to be the" amazing words "net celebrities in the media. Sentence, that is, I hope you remember:

First, we must always be in our country; second, to cultivate students' innovative ability. "

Time can look back, affectionate and white heads. July 11th is the 90th birthday of Tang Lao, and his wife will also usher in the 90th birthday next. Here, I wish the two dear and cute Professor Shouxing: Happy birthday!

Bless you the second old man forever: healthy and healthy, happy, sweet and beautiful, happy and happy!

May the second old blessing such as the long flowing water of the East China Sea and the Shoubi Nanshan are not old!

Thanks to Professor Tang and his wife for an interview!

(Some pictures in the article are provided by Professor Tang)

(Part of the content refer to "Recalling Tang Zesheng mentor Macau Working Life Drop")

This article is reproduced from the Alumni Association of Computer Department of Tsinghua University

Interview: Li Jing Zhang Chao

Writing: Zhang Chao

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