How we picked 35 of the world’s top young scientists and engineers
How we picked 35 of the world’s top young scientists and engineers
我们是如何评选出全球 35 位顶尖青年科学家与工程师的
Next month, on September 8, MIT Technology Review will reveal its 2026 list of Innovators Under 35, recognizing 35 young people from around the world who are doing groundbreaking scientific work and building clever technical fixes for sticky problems. 下个月，即 9 月 8 日，《麻省理工科技评论》将公布 2026 年度“35 岁以下科技创新 35 人”（Innovators Under 35）榜单，旨在表彰全球 35 位在科学领域做出开创性贡献，并为棘手问题提供巧妙技术解决方案的青年才俊。
By finding the top young innovators globally and learning what they’re focused on in their work, we aim to give readers a sense of what advances to expect in the years to come. As a newsroom, we also use this exercise to help us spot rising talent and get to know some of the best early-career researchers in the fields that we cover. 通过发掘全球顶尖的青年创新者并了解他们的研究重点，我们旨在让读者预见未来几年可能出现的科技进步。作为新闻编辑部，我们也借此机会发掘新兴人才，并结识我们所报道领域中最优秀的早期职业研究人员。
The editors of MIT Technology Review published the first Innovators Under 35 list in 1999, and it’s become a beloved annual tradition alongside our lists of 10 Breakthrough Technologies, 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch, and (new this year) 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now. 《麻省理工科技评论》的编辑们于 1999 年首次发布了“35 岁以下科技创新 35 人”榜单。如今，它已成为我们备受推崇的年度传统，与“全球十大突破性技术”、“值得关注的十大气候科技公司”以及（今年新增的）“当前 AI 领域最重要的十件事”榜单齐名。
The people we’ve featured through the years have gone on to shape the tech industry and our broader culture, from Lisa Su (featured in 2002), whose stunning turnaround of AMD has built it into one of the top chipmakers worldwide, to Daniel Ek (featured in 2012), who cofounded Spotify (which we described at the time as “a jukebox in the cloud”). Subscribers can browse all the past honorees in this database. 多年来，我们榜单上的入选者不断塑造着科技行业乃至更广泛的文化。从 2002 年入选的苏姿丰（Lisa Su），她带领 AMD 完成了惊人的转型，使其成为全球顶尖的芯片制造商之一；到 2012 年入选的丹尼尔·埃克（Daniel Ek），他共同创立了 Spotify（我们当时将其描述为“云端点唱机”）。订阅用户可以在此数据库中浏览历届入选者。
Selecting the 2026 Innovators was a monthslong endeavor. This year, we received 550 nominations, both from staff and via our public nomination process. From those entries, our editors selected 110 semifinalists. We looked for candidates who were setting out to solve big problems or answer pressing scientific questions in their work, and who had already made clear progress toward their goals. 评选 2026 年度创新者是一项历时数月的工作。今年，我们通过员工推荐和公众提名渠道共收到了 550 份提名。从中，我们的编辑筛选出了 110 位半决赛入围者。我们寻找的是那些致力于解决重大问题或回答紧迫科学难题，并且在实现目标方面已经取得显著进展的候选人。
All semifinalists then completed an application to help us learn more about them. They collected reference letters, uploaded videos, and submitted résumés. Forty-four expert judges then helped us evaluate these applications. Some of these judges are former Innovators themselves. Many have returned year after year to volunteer their time, energy, and expertise to the judging process. We’re grateful for their efforts. 随后，所有半决赛入围者都填写了一份申请表，以帮助我们进一步了解他们。他们收集了推荐信、上传了视频并提交了简历。随后，44 位专家评委协助我们评估了这些申请。其中一些评委本身就是往届的入选者。许多评委年复一年地回归，贡献出他们的时间、精力和专业知识参与评审过程。我们对他们的付出深表感谢。
In the end, our editors reviewed all of the judges’ scores and comments and selected the 35 winners. Each works in one of four categories: biotechnology, artificial intelligence, computing and robotics, and climate and energy. 最终，我们的编辑审阅了所有评委的评分和意见，选出了 35 位获奖者。每位获奖者分别属于以下四个类别之一：生物技术、人工智能、计算与机器人，以及气候与能源。
“These Innovators represent some of the best aspects of science and technology research—pushing forward bold ideas to improve the future for everyone,” says Costa Samaras, a 2026 judge who is also the director of Carnegie Mellon’s Scott Institute for Energy Innovation. “这些创新者代表了科学技术研究中最优秀的一面——他们推动大胆的构想，旨在为所有人改善未来，”2026 年度评委、卡内基梅隆大学斯科特能源创新研究所所长科斯塔·萨马拉斯（Costa Samaras）表示。
The 2026 list of Innovators will be available to MIT Technology Review subscribers on our site on September 8. To access the package when it comes out online, you can subscribe now via this link. It will also be published in the September/October issue, which will be available on newsstands worldwide on August 31. 2026 年度创新者榜单将于 9 月 8 日在《麻省理工科技评论》网站上向订阅用户开放。如需在榜单上线时获取完整内容，您现在可以通过此链接订阅。该榜单也将刊登在 9/10 月刊上，该期杂志将于 8 月 31 日在全球报刊亭发售。
Do you know someone who deserves a spot on next year’s list? Nominations for the 2027 competition will open by early December. Check back then or sign up for our daily newsletter The Download to stay in the loop. 您身边是否有值得入选明年榜单的人才？2027 年度评选的提名工作将于 12 月初开启。届时请关注我们的网站，或订阅我们的每日通讯《The Download》以获取最新动态。