From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

Old Joseph handed the champagne to Wang Hao in advance, which was against the rules of the meeting, but no one in the meeting said anything, because Wang Hao's report was the most brilliant report since the meeting started, and the "promising research" has passed, The next afternoon was full of small results.

Whether those small results are correct or not will not affect Wang Hao's thesis winning the best award.

When the rest of the report continues, many people are still discussing the new multiplication algorithm of large numbers, discussing the establishment of screening mechanisms one by one, discussing the role of fast Fourier transform in the framework of the "result" set, Of course, it is also indispensable to expand to the application field.

etc.

Wang Hao returned to his seat and continued to listen carefully to the next report, and then felt a look of 'deep resentment' coming from the side.

Sha Mianzhi.

Sha Mianzhi came here with the mentality of getting the best paper. His research papers have been submitted to many related conferences, and basically he can lock in the "Best Paper Award", just because the STACS conference is closer to theory and has more relevant majors. Sex only contributed.

Their results are very good, their papers are very good, and their presentations on stage are also very good.

Before Wang Hao's report started, they were absolutely sure that they could get the best paper, and it turned out...

Ranked second?

If it is a large-scale academic conference, the second is the second. Some conferences will select two or three best papers, and some conferences will set up other awards, but the STACS conference is relatively small, and there is only one award. It's the 'Best Paper Award'.

The second and tenth are even the same as the bottom one. The remaining papers can say "excellent papers" at most, and there will be no awards, rankings, etc.

Sha Mianzhi was not in the mood to continue listening to the report, he could only look at Wang Hao resentfully, feeling as if something he had obtained was directly snatched away.

Wang Mingkun also felt very depressed.

When they returned to the hotel to rest at noon, they also "celebrated the best in advance" together. Everyone drank a cup of extravagant coffee and made an appointment to go sightseeing tomorrow morning.

It's kind of funny looking back now, but they couldn't laugh at all.

"Oh~~"

In the end, the complex mood could only be transformed into a sigh. During the penultimate report meeting, they were really not in the mood to continue listening, and they simply left the lecture hall early.

Wang Hao stayed until the end of the report meeting, and then went to the restaurant for dinner with Ruan Hailong.

Because he was sure that he won the best paper award, he also extravagantly took Ruan Hailong to find a high-end restaurant together. The meal cost nearly 300 Euros, which was more than 3,000 yuan in conversion.

Ruan Hailong stuffed something into his mouth and said embarrassedly, "The best paper in STACS doesn't seem to have much prize money, does it?"

"And the bonus?"

Ruan Hailong paused in astonishment, feeling a little moved in his heart, "Could it be that you plan to pay for the treat yourself?"

"Of course not." Wang Hao said as a matter of course, "I won the best paper award. When I go back, why don't the schools report it?"

"... Makes sense!"

Ruan Hailong nodded approvingly, gave a high thumbs up, and then ate more happily, and reached out to the waiter, and asked for a drink in extremely bad French.

Drink and eat.

Seeing that the time was about the same, Wang Hao went to the award ceremony. He said it was an award ceremony, but in fact, he went back to the conference hall to find the person in charge to receive his own certificate of honor.

There was no sense of ceremony in the whole process, that is, the sponsor and several persons in charge were present, announcing the results of the Best Paper Award, and then handing the certificate of honor to Wang Hao.

This year's session was even more shabby than the previous one, mainly because Wang Hao locked the "best paper" in advance, and there were very few scholars who came to see the awards, and probably few scholars would be interested in watching others win awards.

The person in charge also mentioned the bonus, "Dr. Wang, the best bonus will be directly credited to your account after Springer completes the collection of conference papers."

"Thanks."

Wang Hao already knew that the bonus was only 2,000 euros. It was just like what Ruan Hailong said about "not much bonus", and it was just a symbolic payment.

After the awards were awarded, scholars exchanged ideas with each other.

Old Joseph and another bearded scholar took Wang Hao to take a photo together, and chatted with each other. Only then did they introduce that the bearded scholar was Wolfgang Killian, a famous German informatics expert.

Old Joseph is even more powerful, the winner of the Turing Award, the research director of the French National Scientific Research Center, the winner of the Silver Medal, and the founder of Grenoble's world-renowned research center laboratory for embedded systems People, just getting old and thinking about retirement.

Old Joseph talked about Wang Hao's two studies, and thought that "Fourier transform assisted shaping mathematical model" is more meaningful than "large number multiplication algorithm", "In fact, I think the latter is just an application, while the former provides There is a way of thinking, without the previous method, it is impossible to have a new 'large number multiplication algorithm'."

This is the truth.

The process of applying the fast Fourier transform algorithm in the "large number multiplication algorithm" also constructs the "set model" and uses the method of "assisting to shape the mathematical model", which is just another form of transformation application.

In fact, the main inspiration of the "Large Number Multiplication Algorithm" was obtained from the research of "Fourier Transform Assisted Shaping Mathematical Model" at the Abayun Research Center, so it can naturally be said to be "in the same line".

Wolfgang Killian asked with interest, "After this research is completed, what is your next research direction?"

Old Joseph also watched with interest.

"The next step..."

Wang Hao said hesitantly, "There are two directions. In the direction of algorithms, I plan to study the number of God. I was interested in this before."

"The number of God? The Rubik's Cube? Isn't it already there?" Wolfgang Killian asked doubtfully.

"I hope to use a simpler method to prove it, instead of using exhaustive methods to cover the results. Then, the same method can also solve many other similar problems."

Old Joseph and Killian couldn't help but nodded, and couldn't help but glance at Wang Haogao.

Killian commented, "This is very difficult. It has been decades, and no one has been able to solve it. I think it may be possible to find a new algorithm to solve it."

Old Joseph said, "When I was young, I also thought about similar problems, but I had no idea at all. It was too complicated."

He finished and asked, "What about the other direction?"

"Mathematics, number theory to be precise."

Wang Hao explained, "I am a doctor of mathematics. I have been doing mathematics research and have made some achievements in the work of partial differential equations, but I still hope to expand my field."

Old Joseph and Killian looked at each other.

Killian nodded and made a comment, "If I were to comment on your idea, I would say, don't do that."

"Wolfgang is right." Old Joseph also said, "I don't know how many outstanding geniuses have set foot in this field, but among them, those who can achieve results can be counted with one hand."

"So, don't do that, don't even start, when you like this kind of research, maybe your life starts to go downhill."

Killian added, "Old Joseph, don't look at the problem with your eyes. After all, you are old, and Wang Hao is still very young. He will still be very young if he wastes another ten years."

Wang Hao couldn't help pursing his lips.

This doesn't seem to support it, does it?

...

In the morning of the next day, Wang Hao and Ruan Hailong visited the surrounding attractions, including Notre-Dame de la Gard and the Marseille Museum of Art, took a few photos at the entrance and inside, and made a card to keep a memory.

Fly back home in the afternoon.

Long-distance travel is really a test of energy, and Ruan Hailong also became very listless, lying on the seat for hours at a time.

Wang Hao is very energetic. The trip to Marseille was fruitful. He participated in the academic report meeting and won the "Best Paper Award". He thought that he could use this paper to apply for a fund project after returning home. Bar?

He is not interested in how much money the project has, because the cost of doing research is really small, and it is impossible to spend on one research for several years, and the funds he applied for are not in his account and are not personal to him. All, just to be able to reimburse some scientific research expenses.

For example, ordering an academic journal.

For example, get yourself a better computer.

etc.

No more is to go out to attend an academic conference, and reimburse the round-trip air tickets and hotels.

He does not have graduate students or doctoral students under his command, and does not need to provide labor and living allowances for students. The general research is estimated to be completed in a few months, and the application for 100,000 funds does not make much difference whether it is a million funds.

Anyway, it's endless.

In addition, it is the harvest of the research and development task, and the inspiration value harvest of "task 2" is a bit unexpected.

Not too much, but too little.

【Task 2】

[Inspiration value: 29. 】

"Only 29 points? Is it because the A-level task is too difficult and it's too difficult to get inspiration?" Wang Hao thought about it carefully and thought with certainty, "There is a reason for this, but not entirely!"

In fact, there is no need to go to the task system to obtain the approximate value of the inspiration value. It is enough to sort out the relevant knowledge and ideas in the mind. The idea of ​​coming to the "research and development direction" is pitiful.

In research and development, the most important thing is ideas, inspiration, and direction, and knowledge is just the foundation.

For many years, top mathematicians have been unable to complete major mathematical achievements. Is it because their knowledge is not enough?

of course not.

It is because there is no inspiration, no ideas, and no correct direction. The older you are, the fewer novel ideas you have in your mind. Without inspiration, it is impossible to complete research and development.

"Probably because..."

"In the process of reporting, most scholars just concentrate on keeping up with the train of thought and understanding. Few people can diverge their thinking while understanding it, or simply think about other content when they don't understand."

"So, there are very few inspiration directions, and very few inspiration points."

Wang Hao pondered and came to such a conclusion.

Instead, in an ordinary undergraduate class, students just listen to the lecture normally. Many students can easily follow the explanation, and some students will diverge their thinking to think about other content.

A lot of chaotic ideas, if you filter out the correct feedback, you may be able to bring more 'research directions', 'inspirations' and the like.

"So the correct way is to explain simple and basic knowledge to a large number of top and young scholars?" Wang Hao laughed when he thought about it.