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Qi Daifeng, a 2020 undergraduate majoring in financial mathematics at the w88 casino of Statistics at the w88 casino, is a member of the Communist Party of China. He serves as the class monitor of the 2016 class of the w88 casino of Statistics and a member of the first student party branch. He has won honors such as comprehensive first-class scholarships, w88 casino-level outstanding students, and professional outstanding scholarships. He has interned in companies such as Warm Stream Assets, Amazon Cloud Computing, Green Shenpu, etc., and is now recommended to the financial technology major of Peking University HSBC Business w88 casino.
Professional learning: Struggle is my youth
As one of the first batch of undergraduate students enrolled in the Financial Mathematics major of the w88 casino of Statistics, Qi Daifeng comes from Leshan, a small town in Sichuan. He performed well in the college entrance examination in 2016 and was able to come to Huiyuan and become a UIBEer, striving for the future with the students here. His college entrance examination score that year happened to be the lowest score for the University of International w88 and Economics in Sichuan, and he almost missed out on this w88 casino. “When filling out my application, I didn’t really have any preference. I just followed the rankings of previous years and filled in the schools that were similar to my college entrance examination rankings. The most popular majors at that time were economics, finance and computer science, so the schools I applied for were all related to these majors.” Fortunately, he was admitted to his first choice major, which is the financial mathematics major of the w88 casino of Statistics where he is currently studying. From being a fledgling student to studying at Peking University, this kind of luck may have accompanied him throughout the four years of college.
“The harder you work, the luckier you are.” Qi Daifeng has always believed in this sentence. During the summer after the college entrance examination, he previewed half of the textbook "Mathematical Analysis Volume 1", which laid the foundation for his early university studies; he insisted on memorizing vocabulary every morning during the holidays, which laid the foundation for obtaining high scores in CET-4 and CET-6 and GRE exams during his undergraduate period; he studied hard in w88 casino and won several comprehensive first-class scholarships and awards for outstanding students, and was eventually admitted to Peking University HSBC. Recalling his early days in college, he said, "Sleeping late was commonplace because there were no seniors in the major to consult. People in the entire major worked very hard and had to rely on themselves." He also mentioned that at that time, he often studied in fast food restaurants before returning to the dormitory after 12 o'clock. Because he was afraid of disturbing his roommates, he was very careful when opening the door. When he opened the door, he found that there was no one else in the dormitory. Everyone was still studying outside and competing with each other. Thanks to this hard work, among the 30 undergraduates in the first class of financial mathematics in the w88 casino of Statistics, 5 went on to study at Peking University, 1 was admitted to Fudan, 1 was admitted to Renmin University, and 1 was admitted to the w88 casino. Students who went abroad also received offers from many prestigious foreign universities such as Columbia University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Pennsylvania. The freshmen handed in a qualified answer sheet.
"Studying hundreds of volumes of classics and history is not just for fame, but knowledge has its own inheritance and persistence." This lyrics comes from Xu Song's song "The Scholarly Years". When he first heard this song, Qi Daifeng was still a senior high w88 casino student studying hard to get into a good university. After he got to university, he understood that struggle is not just for exams, but struggle is the youth of contemporary youth. After studying, Qi Daifeng likes to listen to songs, "to understand the stories behind the songs. Many singers tell their own lives in their lyrics. When listening to other people's stories, I wonder what my life will be like." ”
Student work: integrating the small self into the big self
"Those who get the big can take the small. Only by integrating the ideals of life into the cause of the country and the nation can we finally achieve a great career." "Closely connect your ideals with the future of the motherland and your life with the destiny of the nation, take root in the people, and contribute to the country." As one of the first batch of party members in grade development, Qi Daifeng never forgets his original intention, often studies and records the quotations of General Secretary Xi Jinping, and listens to the teachings. In his view, engaging in student work and serving the classmates around him is one of the manifestations of taking root in the people. He has been engaged in student work since he was a freshman, and has successively served as class secretary and grade monitor. In his senior year, he was elected as a member of the first student party branch of the w88 casino of Statistics, and began to get involved in work related to student party members. Four years of student work not only improved his abilities, but also allowed him to form precious friendships with his teachers and classmates. "When I first came to the w88 casino as a freshman, the counselor, Ms. Deng Wenwen, was responsible for the four undergraduate grades and was very busy. The head teacher also just came to the w88 casino to work." Under such circumstances, the patience and cohesion of teachers and classmates are even more tested. In the first semester of his freshman year, Qi Daifeng, as the league secretary, organized the whole class to carry out team-building activities in the Olympic Forest Park. Through outdoor sports games, the students could relax and enhance friendship, so as to better integrate into university life.
During the four years of student work, Qi Daifeng was always serious, responsible, conscientious, and never slacked off; during the epidemic prevention and control period, he persisted in working, cooperate with the counselor every day to collect the health status of students throughout the year,Collect and submit before 11 am. Sometimes when classmates forget to check in and fail to reflect information in time, he will find classmates one by one to remind them through WeChat, phone calls, etc. "I'm used to looking for people like this. I've been like this since my freshman year. Every time I need to collect forms and statistical information, someone will always forget it, so I have to find them one by one. "He said that everyone understands each other at this time. There will always be times when people forget things, and those who are found will immediately report back. The coming and going will deepen the friendship between classmates. As everyone gradually becomes familiar with each other, the overall situation of the class is getting better and better. The classmates have repeatedly won good results in various subject competitions, and more than half of the class has Several people have won awards in the National Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Competition, Mathematics Competition, and English Competition; with the joint efforts of counselors, class teachers, and all students, Jinmao Class 1601 won the honor of the top ten advanced classes at the w88 casino in 2018, and won the title of Beijing’s Advanced Classes in 2019.
“Only by integrating the small self into the big self can we have a mind as big as the sea and as noble as a mountain. "Qi Daifeng keeps in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech, integrates personal struggle into the collective cause, integrates personal ideals into the theme of the times, persists in walking with the collective, dedicating to the people, not forgetting the original intention, and keeping in mind the mission of the youth in the new era of socialism.
Putting what you learn into practice: talents come from learning
Qi Daifeng has thought deeply about his own professional direction. Whether it is financial mathematics for undergraduates or financial technology that he will study at the master's level, they are both typical interdisciplinary subjects. Students need to master macroeconomics and finance, as well as microscopic mathematics, statistics and computer knowledge. The learning tasks are very heavy. As a student of the w88 casino of Statistics, how to learn and use statistics well has always been a topic he thinks about. He still remembers what Dean Liu Lixin said at the opening ceremony of the 2016 class of the w88 casino of Statistics, "Today's statistics is to collect, measure, and mine from massive and complex data, to use data to speak, to use data to make decisions, and to use data to bring value to our society."
In schools, the real data from industry that can be used is very limited, and participating in various modeling competitions is an effective way to get in touch with real data. Qi Daifeng is keen to participate in subject competitions and solve real-life problems in competitions, so that he can apply what he has learned and improve his ability to solve practical problems. He has won the first prize in the Beijing National Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Competition and the special prize in the National Graduate Industrial and Financial Big Data Modeling and Computing Invitational Competition. His excellent competition results made him more eager to go to the industry and learn in practice.
“Because the real data is in the industrial world, I have always wanted to see how data is used in companies. "Qi Daifeng said that he has been preparing for internships since his junior year to prepare for future work. So far, from financial companies to Internet companies to artificial intelligence companies, he has seen differences in the recording and application of data by different types of companies. "Private equity funds need to manually record a lot of financial data. We all know that these data may come in handy in the future, but how to use them is still in the embryonic stage and remains in a few basic application scenarios, such as the evaluation of personal or corporate credit. "As for artificial intelligence companies, he said, "Data is the foundation. In early April this year, the National Development and Reform Commission issued opinions to document data as a new type of production factor, alongside traditional production factors such as land, labor, and capital. "In his view, there is still a lack of economic research on data as a factor of production. This field requires economists and statisticians to work together to promote the development of the digital economy. How data is traded as an asset, and whether a national department similar to the Securities Regulatory Commission should be established to conduct unified supervision of data transactions, these are all issues that need to be resolved in the future.
Artificial intelligence is bringing value to society. Qi Daifeng has a deep understanding of this. During the epidemic, an image recognition AI company where he interned quickly developed a rapid temperature measurement intelligent identification system, which was applied at Beijing West Railway Station, Aosen Park, and Chaoyang District Government Building, providing accurate big data services for urban epidemic prevention and control. On the other hand, Qi Daifeng also believes that the purpose of artificial intelligence is not to replace people, but to make people work more easily. “There was a popular joke for a while, saying that artificial intelligence has not made many people unemployed, but those who work on artificial intelligence have lost their jobs first.” This sentence was meant to be ironic, but it also made him realize that if he wanted to engage in research in related fields, the threshold was very high; during his internship, he He also went to the company with a learning attitude, because he still lacked ability and made little contribution. He hoped that he could continue to study in the future, lay a solid foundation of knowledge, be diligent in exploration, and have the courage to make breakthroughs. In the future, he could serve the motherland and serve the people just like what the company is doing now.
Nowadays, the world is facing major changes unseen in a century, and in the face of various problems and uncertainties in the future, I hope he can always maintain the youthful spirit of "tying a horse to a tall building", maintain the courage of youth, embrace the soul of growth, keep moving forward, and pursue dreams and light.
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