XIAOMI(HK:01810) Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-11-30 05:35Core Insights - Dr. Chen Long, the Chief Scientist of Xiaomi Auto, has been recognized in the 2025 TR35 list for his groundbreaking work in the field of assisted driving, specifically for introducing the Visual-Language-Action (VLA) model [1][3] - Xiaomi's founder and CEO Lei Jun publicly congratulated Dr. Chen on this achievement, highlighting the significance of his contributions to the industry [1] Group 1 - The TR35 award, initiated in 1999, aims to honor young tech talents who drive future transformations through original technologies, with past honorees including notable figures like Larry Page and Mark Zuckerberg [3] - The evaluation committee noted that Dr. Chen's research provides a new paradigm for next-generation assisted driving systems, evolving them from mere command execution to reliable intelligent agents capable of communication and common-sense reasoning [3] Group 2 - Dr. Chen has a background in autonomous driving research in the UK, focusing on making machine behavior more human-like [3] - He joined Xiaomi in 2025, attracted by the company's "human-vehicle-home ecosystem" strategy and the integration of AI with the physical world [3] - The XLA model, led by Dr. Chen, integrates multi-modal perception, natural language understanding, and behavioral decision-making, enabling assisted driving systems to not only drive but also communicate and think [3] Group 3 - An example of the XLA model's capabilities includes the system explaining its actions, such as "slowing down due to predicting a pedestrian might cross the road" [3] - The XLA model has been implemented in the Xiaomi YU7 vehicle, which features an end-to-end assisted driving system trained on 10 million Clips data, utilizing industry-leading hardware and software configurations [3] - As of mid-2025, Xiaomi Auto has assembled a research and development team of over 1,800 people, tested more than 400 vehicles, and invested 5.79 billion yuan in initial R&D efforts, continuously optimizing algorithms through the Xiaomi AI Lab's Xiaomi MiMo foundational model [3]