On June 16, Huawei Recruitment released the "Genius Youth Challenge Topics" on its official WeChat account, inviting global talents to take up the challenge. The topics released this time mainly cover five fields, namely intelligent connection & computing, basic research and innovation, smart terminals, cloud computing, and intelligent vehicles.

In particular, the topics in the field of intelligent connection & computing include research on autonomous intelligent wireless communication architecture and key technologies, research on key technologies of the Ascend reinforcement learning system, research on AI cluster all-optical switching network, research on AI Native system software architecture and technology, research on AI agent technology, etc...

The topics in the field of smart terminals involve theoretical breakthroughs in world models (physical laws), personalized and memory enhancement for intelligent agents and operating systems, multimedia algorithm research based on computer vision, multi-modal understanding and generation, AI and intelligent system key technology research, efficient terminal de-sensitization broadband power amplifier architecture and linearization research, etc.

The topics in the field of intelligent vehicles include scientific training and extreme optimization of end-to-end/multi-modal understanding and generation large models, autonomous driving VLA models, Agent collaboration and complex planning for intelligent cabins, vehicle chassis collaborative control technology, autonomous driving multi-modal sensor modeling and new architectures, etc.

In addition, the topics in the cloud computing field include research on generalizable embodied intelligence operation technology, digital native key technology research, media AI key technology research, research on next-generation cloud network infrastructure based on AI, CloudDevice end-cloud AI model linkage research, etc.

Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei once said that more investment should be made in seemingly "useless" science and basic theoretical research should be emphasized. He believed that in today's era, the boundaries between science and technology are becoming closer and closer, and the time for science to be converted into technology is getting shorter and shorter. If we wait until universities have fully researched the theory before starting technical development, it will be too late to gain a first-mover advantage or competitiveness.

"Huawei has always attached great importance to basic theoretical research, with an annual investment of approximately 3 billion to 5 billion US dollars in basic theoretical research, working side by side with universities to jointly study these seemingly useless sciences." Ren Zhengfei said.

The "Genius Youth Topics" released this time also involve topics in the field of basic research and innovation, including key technology research on large model security, intelligent imaging/editing technology research, training cluster architecture design and optimization, sparse large model architecture and training algorithm research, vertical innovation research on end-side AI + OS, etc.

In addition, the five topic fields released this time all involve AI, which shows Huawei's emphasis on AI. For example, the topics in the field of intelligent connection & computing include research on autonomous intelligent wireless communication architecture and key technologies, key technology research on the Ascend reinforcement learning system, research on AI cluster all-optical switching networks, key technology research on AI Native system software architecture, AI agent technology research, and many other AI-related topics.

Huawei has always attached great importance to R&D investment and talent development. In 2024, Huawei's R&D expenditure was 179.7 billion yuan, accounting for about 20.8% of the full-year revenue. In the past ten years, Huawei's cumulative R&D investment has exceeded 1,249 billion yuan.

Ren Zhengfei once said that Huawei has consistently adhered to the principle of discovering and developing talents but never monopolizing them, insisting on openness and embracing talents from all over the world. The development of the world cannot do without the progress of technology and the exchange of talents, and faster speed and better talents are the foundation of national prosperity.

"Genius Youth" is a recruitment program initiated by Huawei in 2019, aiming to attract top talents, with a maximum annual salary of 2.01 million yuan. In last year's recruitment notice, Huawei stated that the "Genius Youth" recruited globally are not limited by school, major, or educational background, but need to have outstanding achievements in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, artificial intelligence, and other fields, and have the ambition to become industry-leading technical figures.

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