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丁子恒 Ding Ziheng
清华大学天文系 Department of Astronomy, Tsinghua University
有些人喜欢用一个关键词定义自己。Some people like to define themselves with a single keyword.
我一直没有找到。I have never quite found mine.
因为我的生活很难被归入某个单一标签。My life does not fit comfortably into one label.
在科研里,我探索未知世界;
在旅途中,我收集不同地方留下的记忆;
在运动场上,我依靠地图、速度和判断不断修正自己的方向。In research, I explore the unknown.
While traveling, I collect memories from unfamiliar places.
In sports, I rely on maps, speed, and judgment to keep adjusting my direction.
后来我发现,这些事情其实是同一件事。Later I realized that these are, in many ways, the same thing.
我始终在探索未知。I am always exploring the unknown.
场域Research
我的兴趣并不局限于某个具体学科。My interests are not confined to a single discipline.
相比于不断重复已经熟悉的问题,我更喜欢进入新的领域,学习新的工具,并尝试理解不同系统背后的共同规律。Rather than staying within familiar territory, I enjoy entering new fields, learning new tools, and discovering the common principles behind different systems.
目前,我的工作跨越天文学、空间科学、人工智能、数据分析与工程实践。虽然研究对象各不相同,但它们都围绕着同一个目标:My current work spans astronomy, space science, artificial intelligence, data analysis, and engineering. Although the subjects are diverse, they are all driven by the same goal:
从复杂的数据中发现信号,并理解它们背后的规律。To uncover meaningful signals from complex data and understand the systems behind them.
我相信,观测、数据、模型与工程并不是彼此独立的环节,而是一条不断循环的探索路径。To me, observations, data, models, and engineering are not isolated activities, but different stages of the same continuous process of exploration.
真正吸引我的,从来不是某一个领域本身,而是不断学习、不断发现、不断提出新的问题。What fascinates me most is not a particular discipline, but the opportunity to keep learning, discovering, and asking new questions.
留白Life
科研之外,我喜欢旅行。Outside research, I enjoy traveling.
不是为了完成一张打卡清单。Not to complete a checklist,
而是为了建立自己的坐标系。but to build my own coordinate system.
我喜欢记录国家、省份和城市,也喜欢记住凌晨机场的广播声、陌生便利店里的热食、偶遇的人,以及那些无法提前规划的故事。I like collecting countries, provinces, and cities, but I also remember airport announcements before dawn, hot food in unfamiliar convenience stores, chance encounters, and stories that could never have been planned.
旅行页被设计成一张不断扩展的地图,而不是一本已经完成的相册。The travel page is designed as an expanding map rather than a finished album.
如果未来把这张地图真正画完,我希望它更像一张记忆星图。
每一个地点都不仅代表抵达。
还保存着某段经历、某种情绪,以及那个阶段的自己。I hope that one day it will become a star map of memories, where every place preserves not only a destination, but also an experience, an emotion, and a version of myself.
律动Motion
我认真对待运动。I take sports seriously.
因为身体是一套不会说谎的数据系统。Because the body is a data system that never lies.
定向越野是我最喜欢的运动之一。Orienteering is one of my favorite sports.
地图、路线选择、空间判断、速度控制,它要求人在有限信息下不断决策。某种意义上,它和探索未知并没有本质区别。Maps, route choices, spatial judgment, and speed control all require making decisions with limited information. In many ways, that is no different from exploring the unknown.
我也喜欢田径。I also enjoy track and field.
短跑训练爆发力,跳远训练节奏感,长跑训练耐心。Sprinting develops explosiveness, long jump develops rhythm, and distance running develops patience.
PB、总里程、配速、恢复时间,这些数字记录的不只是成绩,也记录着成长。PBs, total mileage, pace, and recovery time record not only performance, but also growth.
篮球、足球、羽毛球、网球、台球、自行车、赛车、高尔夫……Basketball, football, badminton, tennis, billiards, cycling, racing, golf…
相比观看,我更喜欢亲自参与。Rather than simply watching, I prefer to participate.
因为理解一个系统最好的方式之一,就是进入它。Because one of the best ways to understand a system is to become part of it.
交织Interwoven
我也喜欢一些暂时没有答案的问题。I am also fascinated by questions that do not yet have answers.
例如地外文明是否存在。Whether extraterrestrial civilizations exist.
例如人工智能会如何改变科学研究。How artificial intelligence will reshape scientific discovery.
例如不同文明会怎样合作、竞争、扩张或保持沉默。How civilizations might cooperate, compete, expand, or remain silent across cosmic timescales.
这些问题有时听起来像幻想。Many of these questions sound speculative today.
但很多真正重要的科学问题,在最初也只是大胆的猜想。But many of the most important scientific questions once began as bold imagination.
我始终相信:I have always believed:
好奇心不应该被边界定义。Curiosity should never be limited by boundaries.
如果一定要用一句话介绍自己:If I had to introduce myself in one sentence:
我始终在探索复杂系统如何运作。I explore how complex systems work.
从宇宙到地球,从科学研究到工程实践;From the Universe to Earth.
From scientific research to engineering.
从微弱的信号,到复杂的数据;From faint signals to complex data.
从地图上的未知检查点,到人生中的下一段旅程。From unknown checkpoints on a map to the next journey in life.
每一次探索,都让我发现新的问题。Every exploration reveals new questions.
而新的问题,总会带来下一次出发。And those questions are what keep me moving forward.