
Yongtso (entrance) chats along with her college students on the School of Information Science and Technology of Xizang University in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, April 28, 2026. Yongtso, a professor of the School of Information Science and Technology of Xizang University, has labored there for over 20 years. Having dedicated herself to the teaching and research in synthetic intelligence (AI), she initiated the earliest AI-centered programs in the college to higher domesticate skills for this plateau area.
She additionally dived additional to apply cutting-edge AI applied sciences to the safety of Chinese cultural heritages. While serving because the chief engineer of a crew designated with a nationwide key research-and-development program on digitalization of Tibetan paperwork, Yongtso made breakthroughs in a number of important applied sciences. These achievements have been efficiently utilized to defend national-level historical books enshrined on the Potala Palace.
Yongtso was awarded May Day nationwide labor medal this yr for her contributions. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Yongtso (2nd L) checks progress in research packages by her college students on the School of Information Science and Technology of Xizang University in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, April 28, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Yongtso instructs her college students on the School of Information Science and Technology of Xizang University in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, April 28, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Yongtso is pictured on the School of Information Science and Technology of Xizang University in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, April 28, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Yongtso is pictured on the School of Information Science and Technology of Xizang University in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, April 28, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Yongtso works at her workplace of the School of Information Science and Technology of Xizang University in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, April 28, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Yongtso works at her workplace of the School of Information Science and Technology of Xizang University in Lhasa, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, April 28, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)