The unit claims that the recruitment is compliant. At that time, the "sulfuric acid bear" college student had become an associate researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University | Beijing | Project | Personnel | Research | Sulfuric acid | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Liu Haiyang
In February 2002, Liu Haiyang, a college student from the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University, injured five bears with sulfuric acid at the Beijing Zoo, which attracted national attention. After 21 years, on July 5th, Mr. Wang from Beijing posted on social media: "Liu Haiyang, who was once known as' sulfuric acid splashing bears', has now become an expert at the Chinese Academy of Sciences." Mr. Wang also emphasized that the publication of this post only hopes that everyone can express their opinions rationally and not engage in personal attacks.
The old story of Liu Haiyang's "sulfuric acid splashing on bears" has sparked heated discussions on the internet. Image source/network
On July 5th, the reporter conducted a follow-up on this matter. On the official website of the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, we can find relevant information about Liu Haiyang. He has a doctor's degree, is in the new energy automotive electronics research and development center, and is currently an associate researcher of the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
From Liu Haiyang's academic background, it can be seen that his academic journey was not affected by the "sulfuric acid bear splashing" incident: from September 1998 to July 2002, he studied at Tsinghua University; From September 2004 to June 2009, I studied at the Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After graduation, he successfully stayed at the institute and has been working ever since, becoming an associate researcher. From February 2015 to April 2017, he also went to City University of Hong Kong for research visits.
Liu Haiyang's resume. Image source: The official website of the Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Currently, Liu Haiyang is a member of IEEE, which stands for the American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and is the world's largest non-profit professional technical association.
Liu Haiyang's main research direction at the Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences is communication and signal processing algorithms and their VLSI implementation. From the perspective of undertaking projects, he is a key figure. He has served as the project leader for several national major scientific research projects, including linear programming decoding and maximum likelihood decoding of polarization codes, network coding in large MIMO systems, and has published 18 journal papers as the first author.
To understand the current situation of Liu Haiyang, the reporter called the Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. A staff member of the institute admitted that Liu Haiyang, who is currently engaged in research at the institute, is indeed a Tsinghua student who was once a "sulfuric acid bear". The staff member said, "All of Liu Haiyang's recruitment procedures are compliant, and he has also been punished by Tsinghua University before."
According to media reports, on February 23, 2002, Liu Haiyang was found splashing bears with sulfuric acid and caustic soda at the Beijing Zoo. A total of three black bears, one brown bear, and one teddy bear were burned by sulfuric acid, and the most severe black bear was blind in the eyes. On the day of the incident, Liu Haiyang was detained by the police in Xicheng, Beijing. According to his own account, the reason for doing so was to "verify whether the black bear has a keen sense of smell."
Liu Haiyang's behavior of "sulfuric acid splashing on bears" was not criminally punished. The Law Experimental Practice Teaching Center of Renmin University of China shared the case on its official website, stating that "on May 3, 2003, after a long period of discussion and controversy, the Xicheng District Court of Beijing convicted Liu Haiyang of the crime of intentional destruction of property. However, considering his excellent character and academic performance, and his remorse after the incident, he decided to be exempted from criminal punishment." Therefore, the "sulfuric acid splashing on bears" incident did not leave a criminal record for Liu Haiyang.
Liu Haiyang was under police investigation back then. Image source/network
The old story of Liu Haiyang's "sulfuric acid splashing bears" has been brought up again, arousing public attention. A staff member from the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who was interviewed by reporters, questioned: "Based on the common sense of a normal person, why do we bring up something that happened more than 20 years ago now? If we make a mistake, we can't find a job anymore."
Regarding Liu Haiyang's work at the Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the staff member gave a brief introduction: "He is very kind and has a good personality. He is usually a good person." The reporter found a report about Liu Haiyang on the official website of the Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In January 2019, he hosted the Youth Promotion Association exchange activity at the institute.
It is worth mentioning that from January 2015 to December 2018, Liu Haiyang also served as the project leader of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has become an independent expert in the relevant fields of his research.
