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A Complete Guide to the Yau Award丘成桐中学生科学奖白皮书

Seven chapters on the competition's history, its judging logic, what to actually study for each subject, and — new in this revision — how to use AI tools without forfeiting your credibility in front of the panel. 全书七章，讲述竞赛的历史与评审逻辑、每个学科究竟该学什么，以及本次修订新增的内容——如何在不损害你在评委面前可信度的前提下使用 AI 工具。

This is the web edition of the v22.0 whitepaper (May 2026), originally drafted by Tian-2 and Joy of Thinker Education and now expanded to include the 2022 – 2025 cohorts. Read it in the browser, or open the typeset PDF if you'd rather print or annotate. 这是 v22.0 白皮书（2026 年 5 月）的网页版，最初由 Tian-2 与 Joy of Thinker Education 撰写，现已扩充至 2022 – 2025 届。你可以在浏览器中阅读，也可以打开排版 PDF 以便打印或批注。

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The seven chapters全书七章

Each chapter opens on its own page with an inline section index. Chapter Two is the longest — it covers all six subjects, with hot topics, the background knowledge you'd need, and a close reading of one exemplary winning paper per subject. 每一章都有独立的页面与内嵌的小节目录。第二章篇幅最长——它覆盖全部六个学科，介绍热门选题、所需的背景知识，并逐学科精读一篇优秀获奖论文。

1. 01 CHAPTER ONE第一章 An Introduction to the S.T. Yau High School Science Award丘成桐中学科学奖介绍 "The mathematician Shing-Tung Yau has long held and championed the educational conviction that 'the cultivation and discovery of talent must begin in secondary school.' He brought the organizational and selection model of international competitions into China, founding the S.T.“数学大师丘成桐先生坚持并倡导‘培养和发现人才应从中学开始’的教育理念，将国际化竞赛的组织、选拔模式引入中国，自2008年开始设立丘成桐中学数学奖。它区别于普通科学竞赛：面向全球中学生，倡导创新思维和团队合作，舍弃试卷和标准答案，让学生以提交研究报告的形式参与竞赛，旨在推进中学科学发展，激发和提升全球华人中学生对科学研究的兴趣和创新能力。” Read chapter →阅读本章 →
2. 02 CHAPTER TWO第二章 Subject Deep Dives — Topics, Background Knowledge, and Exemplary Papers各学科热门选题、参赛背景知识介绍及优秀论文分析 As an open competition, the S.T. Yau High School Science Award makes the choice of topic crucial. On one hand the research content must strive to suit the judges' taste; on the other it must fit the student's own interests and schedule.丘成桐中学科学奖作为一项开放性的竞赛，课题的选择是关键。一方面课题研究内容要努力抓住评审人的口味，另外一方面课题研究内容要符合学生自己的兴趣和时间安排。 Read chapter →阅读本章 →
3. 03 CHAPTER THREE第三章 Research Methodology and Paper Writing丘成桐中学科学奖科研方法与论文写作 Do not plunge blindly into a piece of research; you must set a plan. From there, take a global view and complete one step at a time. Looking at the big picture, break the whole research process into several small goals so you can tackle them one by one.不可盲目地一头扎进一项研究中去，必须要设定计划。接下来从全局出发每次完成一个步骤。从大处着眼将整个研究过程设立成多个小目标，以便一次攻克一个。 Read chapter →阅读本章 →
4. 04 CHAPTER FOUR第四章 Judges and Their Research Backgrounds丘成桐中学科学奖相关评委背景分析 In this part we provide some information on certain judges of the S.T. Yau High School Science Award. Knowing their backgrounds can help you choose your topic more effectively.这一部分，我们将提供丘成桐中学科学奖的相关评委的部分信息，这些评委的背景信息可以帮助大家更好的进行选题。 Read chapter →阅读本章 →
5. 05 CHAPTER FIVE第五章 A Statistical Reading of the Award (2020 – 2025)丘成桐中学科学奖获奖情况数据分析 First, using the official 2020 and 2021 data, let us look at the results of the preliminary round. Winning teams were invited to advance to the next stage of the competition.首先，我们根据官方提供的2020和2021年数据，来看一下初赛时的获奖情况。获奖的选手将被邀请进入下一阶段的比赛。 Read chapter →阅读本章 →
6. 06 CHAPTER SIX第六章 A Self-Evaluation Framework for Prospective Entrants丘成桐中学科学奖参赛学生自我评价机制 In this chapter we focus on giving students preparing for the S.T. Yau High School Science Award an evaluation mechanism to help them decide whether the competition is right for them.在这一章中，我们重点给准备参加丘成桐中学科学奖的学生提供一个评价机制，以帮助学生明确自己是否适合参加这个比赛。总得来说，绝大部分学生参加丘奖的主要目的是为了从科研的方向出发来帮助升学，特别是英美高校的申请准备。但是，背景活动只不过是大学录取众多参考点的某一条，其优先级是一定排在比如GPA，标化考试成绩等这些硬 性指标之后的。所以我们希望所有想要参加丘奖的同学都是学有余力的，而不会在准备丘奖的过程中顾此失彼，搅乱整体的申请规划流程。下面，我们将从几个方面入手，来帮助学生和家长判断基于该学生的多方面条件是否适合来参加丘成桐奖的比赛。 Read chapter →阅读本章 →
7. 07 CHAPTER SEVEN第七章 Using AI Tools Responsibly in the Yau AwardAI 工具在丘成桐中学科学奖中的合理使用 Since 2023, almost every team reaching the Yau Award grand final has, to a greater or lesser degree, used generative AI, machine-learning models, or AI-assisted data-analysis tools in the course of their research.进入 2023 年之后，几乎每一个进入丘奖总决赛的参赛团队，或多或少都在研究过程中使用过生成式 AI、机器学习模型或 AI 辅助的数据分析工具。然而与 ISEF 自 2024 年起对 AI 使用做出明确披露要求1不同，丘成桐中学科学奖目前并未在公开规则中专门列出关于 AI 使用的条款。这种「规则真空」并不意味着学生可以随意使用 AI ——恰恰相反，由于评委（绝大多数为中外顶尖科学家及一线学者）对原创性、独立思考与数学严谨性有近乎苛刻的要求，AI 的滥用反而比在 ISEF 中更容易造成致命伤害。 Read chapter →阅读本章 →

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Provenance & revision notes来源与修订说明

Version 22.0 (May 2026). New in this revision: the 2022 – 2025 winners lists; the post-2023 trend essays for every subject; the entirely new Chapter Seven on the responsible use of AI tools; and a self-evaluation framework for students weighing whether to enter. 第 22.0 版（2026 年 5 月）。本次修订新增：2022 – 2025 届获奖名单；各学科 2023 年以后的趋势分析；全新的第七章——AI 工具的合理使用；以及一套供考虑参赛的学生使用的自我评价框架。

All winner names and paper titles are sourced from the official yau-awards.com announcement pages; footnotes inside each chapter link back to the relevant primary source. Where the official record never disclosed a detail (a school, an advisor), the chapter says so plainly rather than guessing. 所有获奖者姓名与论文标题均来自官方 yau-awards.com 的公示页面；每章的脚注都链接回相关的原始来源。凡官方记录从未披露的信息（某所学校、某位指导老师），本章都如实说明，而非凭空猜测。