On April 15th, the 6th Tsinghua University-Inspur Computational Earth Science Young Talent Award Ceremony was held in Wuxi and witnessed by nearly one hundred experts and scholars in the related field. Five young scientists: Lu Chunsong, Ma Yan, Min Min, Wu Bo, and Yu Le were awarded.

Yu Le, Associate Professor of the Department of Earth System Sciences (DESS), was awarded.

It is reported that this is the first and only talent reward program in the field of computational earth science in China. The award was jointly established by the Key Laboratory of Earth System Numerical Simulation of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling at Tsinghua University and Inspur in 2012. The aim of the award is to promote the domestic cross-over study in Earth System science and high-performance computing, including the training of young talents. The selection process was recommended by academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, Changjiang scholars, and well-known experts. Inspur have invested 5 million to support the 200,000 bonus each year.

Professor Yang Guangwen, the sponsor of the awards, professor at Tsinghua University, and the director of the National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi, said that Tsinghua University and Inspur have jointly established a fund for young talents in Computational Earth Science. By supporting young talents in this field, we hope to encourage innovations in the parallel application software in Earth Science, and promote the progress in Earth System Science, which would help the human beings to better survive and develop.