When I am reborn, I just want to be a top student

ICIAM, the full name of which is the International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, is the highest-level, largest-scale and most influential event in the field of international industrial and applied mathematics.

The conference is organized by the International Union of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. It started in 1987 and is held every four years. Participants include internationally renowned or senior scholars, decision makers, industry representatives, as well as young scholars and graduate students.

The conference agenda includes: award ceremony, invited reports, published reports, small seminars, industrial small seminars, paper reports, poster reports, satellite conferences, etc., providing opportunities for discussion, improvement and cooperation for researchers active in various fields of applied mathematics.

This conference is the first to be held in Asia and a developing country. It is organized by the China Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and co-organized by the China Mathematical Society, the China Society of Computational Mathematics, the China Operations Research Society, the China Society of Field Statistics, the China Society of Systems Engineering, etc. It has received strong support and guidance from the education authorities, science and technology authorities, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Wang Donglai will not be attending this meeting alone, Xu Songyao will also attend.

Unlike Wang Donglai, Xu Songyao attended this meeting as a conference committee member.

Originally, this meeting was scheduled to be held in mid-August, but due to various reasons, it was postponed for half a month to September.

on the plane.

"Dongla, you were not chosen as the speaker this time. Do you have any thoughts about this?"

When Xu Songyao and Wang Donglai were chatting, they talked about this meeting and asked curiously.

Wang Donglai shook his head and said, "Of course not. The speakers were selected by the SPC members. There are only two people from our country. I am just a junior, so it is normal that I was not selected."

There were 27 invited speakers for this conference, who were selected by SPC members over a period of more than a year. The total number of speakers came from 27 countries, including 16 female scholars and 6 industry representatives.

It can be said that each of those selected has made outstanding contributions in this field.

In fact, with Wang Donglai's achievements, it may not be impossible for him to try.

However, the incident that happened when he accepted the Adams Chemistry Award in Bald Eagle invisibly added some difficulties to Wang Donglai.

Wang Donglai also understood this, and since he didn't value such honors in the first place, he naturally didn't care.

Xu Songyao looked at Wang Donglai seriously, and felt that what Wang Donglai said was true. He smiled and said, "Have you heard about Academician Peng and Engineer Luo who are reporting on behalf of the country this time?"

"I have read many papers by Academician Peng from Shandong University. His conclusions in the field of nonlinear mathematical expectation theory and reference research in finance are quite interesting."

After hearing Wang Donglai's comments, Xu Songyao was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

"Donglai, this academician Peng has made great achievements. A series of important theorems centered on G-expectation, nonlinear Brownian motion, nonlinear law of large numbers, and nonlinear core limit theorem provide an important theoretical basis for robust analysis and calculation under the uncertainty of probability distribution, and have been successfully applied to solving practical financial problems. They are suitable for solving the uncertainty that is prevalent in finance and economics, especially the robust measurement tool for financial risks under volatility uncertainty, and have opened up a brand-new research field for the study of finance and economics."

"Not to mention that Academician Peng and Pardoux worked together to obtain the existence and uniqueness theorem of backward stochastic differential equations, which is recognized as a foundational paper in this field."

"In addition, Academician Peng also gave a keynote speech at the 26th International Congress of Mathematicians. He was the first mainland Chinese mathematician invited to give a one-hour speech, and you are the second."

Xu Songyao did not say the next words, but his meaning was very clear.

Academician Peng has made such great achievements, but in Wang Donglai's mouth, he is just something.

After hearing Wang Donglai's evaluation, Xu Songyao's first reaction was that Wang Donglai was a little too proud!
Therefore, Academician Peng's achievements were described in detail to alert Wang Donglai.

Wang Donglai could fully understand the unspoken meaning in Xu Songyao's words.

Knowing that this was Xu Songyao's concern for him, he smiled and said, "Uncle Xu, I'm not arrogant or conceited. The reason I said this is just because I personally don't like finance that much."

"No matter how many breakthroughs and developments there are, in reality, things have already changed. For example, the P2P currently on the market, I dare not say whether its starting point is good or not, but its harm is very obvious."

“Finance has its pros and cons, no one will deny this, but in my opinion, its cons far outweigh its pros!”

“So, I don’t think highly of Academician Peng’s achievements in this area.”

"Of course, this does not affect Academician Peng's academic status and academic achievements, and I will not deny this."

After hearing Wang Donglai's explanation, Xu Songyao nodded, and the stone in his heart fell.

He was afraid that Wang Donglai would become arrogant and look down on others because of his fame and outstanding achievements at a young age.

If this is the case, the in-depth cooperation between Tangdu Jiaotong University and Galaxy Technology will be very risky.

At the same time, Xu Songyao didn't want to see a genius like Wang Donglai ruined like this.

"Okay, it's okay for you to say this in front of me, but don't say it outside. If it gets out, it will cause trouble!"

Xu Songyao felt relieved, but on the surface he still reminded Wang Donglai seriously.

Wang Donglai certainly understood this, so he did not refute and nodded.

"Academician Peng is actually very capable. His theories have been applied to the theory and calculation of financial product pricing and dynamic financial risk measurement. He has made outstanding contributions to national financial decision-making and financial risk control, which cannot be erased."

After Xu Songyao reminded Wang Donglai, he immediately said this.

The meaning is very clear, which is to talk about Academician Peng’s contribution and the country’s emphasis on him.

It also explained why Academician Peng was chosen as the invited speaker.

Wang Donglai nodded and said, "I understand."

But in his heart, Wang Donglai shook his head. Backward stochastic differential equations and dynamic nonlinear mathematics were not that difficult, and Academician Peng's theory was not that profound.

It’s just that our country’s foundation in finance is too weak and not enough research has been invested, so this set of theories seems very valuable.

In fact, these theories are nothing compared to the traditional financial powers in the West.

It can even be said that we are backward.

Xu Songyao took the opportunity to change the topic and mentioned another invited speaker.

"Then I think Mr. Luo, you should also have some understanding of it. What do you think?"

Wang Donglai hesitated for a moment before speaking: "The quantum information theory that Engineer Luo is studying is very profound and has great development prospects. However, judging from the current development situation, it is difficult to say that there will be a major breakthrough. It can only be applied in a small range."

"In this regard, I personally prefer Luo Gong's research!"

Xu Songyao nodded, and was quite satisfied with Wang Donglai's evaluation.

"One of the national scientific research projects that Luo Gong worked on before was the quantum system control theory and experimental verification system, which is a relatively cutting-edge research and very valuable."

"Last year, I took on another national scientific research task, quantum correlation and its applications. I'm afraid I made some progress, otherwise I wouldn't have been invited to make a report."

Xu Songyao knew all this information by heart, and he told it to Wang Donglai half by recalling it and half by explaining it in a scientific way.

The purpose of doing this is actually very simple, and Wang Donglai is also very clear about it.

It is just to introduce myself to avoid making a fool of myself when I meet someone at the conference.

No matter what, with Wang Donglai's achievements and status in the field of mathematics, he will definitely attract a lot of people's attention and come up to talk to him.

Even not just the mathematics community, some other people would not miss the opportunity to talk with Wang Donglai. It can be said that such a conference is a great place for Wang Donglai to enhance his reputation and status.

Although Wang Donglai has achieved some results, he is too young and has to fight for many things on his own.

Judging people by their appearance, you will lose Zi Yu.

Age is sometimes important.

After talking about Academician Peng and Engineer Luo, Xu Songyao did not stop, but continued to introduce some other tasks to Wang Donglai.

For example, Academician Guo, the person in charge of this conference, Academician Li Qian of the conference advisory committee, and many members.

There are also heads of academic committees and sub-committees, etc.

It is said that those who can become academicians are all smart people with good brains.

Xu Songyao knew these people's positions and personal situations very well. When introducing them to Wang Donglai, he briefly described each person's achievements without any pause.

Along the way, Xu Songyao talked and Wang Donglai listened.

Xu Songyao also discovered a situation that made him feel unbelievable.

That is, Wang Donglai may not be able to recognize all the people he is talking about, but when it comes to their academic achievements and papers, Wang Donglai can recite them by heart.

From high-dimensional numerical integration, multivariate approximation theory, numerical solution of highly oscillatory ordinary differential equations, strong interaction and collision dynamic systems, fast randomized algorithms for convex sets and low-rank matrices, biofluid dynamics, geometric analysis and numerical solutions of electromagnetic problems, finite-dimensional dynamic systems... and so on.

These fields cannot be said to be unrelated, but they definitely span a huge range.

However, Wang Donglai happens to have a deep and thorough understanding of these areas.

When he mentioned it, his tone was relaxed and his words were meaningful, as if he had studied it for years.

Seeing Wang Donglai's performance, one can imagine how shocked Xu Songyao was.

Such a talented performance further strengthened Xu Songyao's respect for Wang Donglai.

The plane landed at Beijing Airport.

Wang Donglai and Xu Songyao broke up.

Xu Songyao went straight to the venue of the conference.

The National Convention Center next to the Beijing Olympic Park!
This National Convention Center is currently the best conference center in China.

This shows that China attaches great importance to this meeting.

As a member of this conference, Xu Songyao naturally has work to do.

It's like he also has the title of a member of the Industrial Promotion Sub-Committee, specifically responsible for this matter.

As for Wang Donglai, he needs to go to Yan University first.

After all, he will spend this semester at Yan University.

……

Yanda had already entered Wang Donglai's information, so Wang Donglai entered the Yanda campus smoothly.

Wang Donglai was not very curious about this prestigious top university in the country.

It existed before, but it is completely gone after that.

So, Wang Donglai went straight to the School of Mathematics and Science without any reluctance to leave.

"Professor Wang, I finally got you. I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

As soon as they met, Tian Gang showed great enthusiasm.

He stood up from his office chair, walked around the desk, came to Wang Donglai, shook his hand and welcomed him warmly.

In fact, it should have been treated the same as Wudaokou.

The Vice-President will receive you personally.

However, Ren Hongwei had something to deal with, so after some communication, and in response to Wang Donglai's request, he handed the reception to Tian Gang.

Because insiders know that Tian Gang has been included in the organization's inspection list, it is very likely that he will take the next step and serve as vice president next year.

In addition, Tian Gang is also the dean of the School of Mathematics, and he happens to have common topics with Wang Donglai, so it is most appropriate for Tian Gang to receive him.

Wang Donglai hadn't thought so much about it and didn't know this.

The reason why he chose Tiangang was for convenience.

Yanda's flagship major is mathematics, and Wang Donglai has such achievements in the field of mathematics, so it is impossible for Yanda to let Wang Donglai go.

Wang Dong will definitely be asked to have in-depth exchanges and learning in the field of mathematics.

However, Wang Donglai didn't want to do that.

He is not a real mathematician, mathematics is just a tool in his hands.

Use mathematics as a tool to solve difficult problems in other fields.

Proving the world's difficult mathematical problems and publishing papers are also ways to solidify one's identity as a genius, so that people will believe what one says and no one will doubt the technology one has produced.

From the beginning to the end, he never considered himself a pure mathematician.

It can be said that he is actually a pragmatist.

As a result, during his exchange and study time at Yanda, Wang Donglai had his own ideas and considerations, and did not want to be arranged by Yanda to focus only on mathematics.

So, after meeting Tian Gang and exchanging some pleasantries, Wang Donglai took the initiative to bring up this aspect.

"Dean Tian, ​​regarding this exchange study, do you have any arrangements?"

Tian Gang was also a smart man. He understood Wang Donglai's intention just from this sentence, so he asked, "Professor Wang, do you have any ideas? You may as well tell me. I will definitely satisfy you if I can!"

Wang Donglai was not restrained and said naturally: "I have some ideas about this exchange study, and I hope your school can support it."

Tian Gang smiled and said, "Professor Wang, please speak!"

However, when Wang Dong said this, the smile on Tian Gang's face gradually disappeared, and his brows slightly wrinkled. (End of this chapter)