Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 135 Science means progress through questioning!

At nine o'clock that evening, the technology blogger "Dr. Novelty", who has millions of followers, updated his content and released a 40-minute video interview with a scholar.

The video begins with a dialogue with special effects, and the initial scene is a close-up of Huang Libo's front face.

What follows is a conversation -

Dr. Novelty asked, "The fermion Hubberton model is a very complex superconducting model, so can its computational simulation be simplified?"

Huang Libo said with ease, "Those computational mathematical methods cannot be used in the calculation of the fermion Hubberton model. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to make a quantum simulator, right?"

There are several interesting scenes later, including Huang Libo's laughter, serious discussion of academic issues, and "Doctor Strange"'s serious questioning, etc.

The first two minutes of the video are quite attractive.

This also continues the consistent style of "Dr. Novelty" in making videos. He will make academic interviews look interesting.

Of course, the sequel is boring.

After the video officially enters the interview screen, the camera switches between two angles. The interview is conducted in the form of questions and answers, and the first thing said is very professional content.

It is totally unbearable for outsiders to watch.

Among netizens, more than 99.9% are laymen. It is already very good if they can skip around in the video, and most people turn it off after watching for a few minutes.

Of course, the front is enough.

After Yang Chao released the full video, he sent another Weibo message, releasing a clip of the first few minutes and adding a few lines of text:

"I still stand by my view that computational simulations of the fermion Hubbard model cannot be simplified.

Professor Huang Libo specializes in quantum computing research of the fermion Hubbard model.

He is an expert in this field!"

After the information was released, it immediately attracted a large number of netizens and a large number of self-media bloggers forwarded it.

This message did not mention Zhang Shuo's name, but netizens who follow "Doctor Strange" knew that he was talking about Zhang Shuo. Some netizens who did not understand also understood the whole story after being explained by others.

Many people left comments saying, "The blogger is really unyielding and actually made a professional interview video!"

“This is right!”

"I checked Huang Libo's information and found that he is indeed specialized in quantum computing research on this model."

"No matter what you post, I still believe in Master Zhang Shuo."

"Although you've said a lot, I can't even remember the name of this model. What's the point of discussing it?"

"Read!"

As the news gradually became popular, a large number of self-media reposted it, and some professional media also participated in the topic, and they all reposted the entire video.

Putting aside the controversy between 'Dr. Novelty' and Zhang Shuo, the interview video is indeed very well done and can be regarded as a promotion for the research and development of quantum computing technology.

The topic gradually became more and more popular.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, #Zhang Shuo was denied by professional scholars# was listed on the recommended topic, which immediately attracted a large amount of traffic.

Many netizens participated in the discussion, causing the topic traffic to continue to increase, with the highest ranking reaching more than ten.

The next morning, the topic was still hot, with many netizens participating in the discussion, which also attracted the attention of Xijing University of Science and Technology.

Although Xijing University of Science and Technology is not in the topic, Huang Libo is a professor at Xijing University of Science and Technology, so naturally we have to pay attention to him.

Fang Sheng, the director of the school's publicity department, found out what happened and went straight to the Institute of Quantum Computing to ask Huang Libo, "Professor Huang, do you know what happened online? How did an academic interview involve Zhang Shuo from Soochow University?"

Although Zhang Shuo is young, his influence in the field of computational mathematics is still very great.

Many top scholars speak highly of him. The research he has completed is worthy of winning numerous awards. He will surely become a well-known figure in domestic mathematics in the future.

No university wants to offend such a top scholar for no reason.

It would be fine if it was just an academic discussion, such as at an academic conference, and it would have nothing to do with any dispute over mathematical issues with Zhang Shuo.

That is a normal discussion and exchange among scholars.

Now it seems to have become a handle for traffic, just like Huang Libo versus Zhang Shuo, and it feels like he is being used by internet bloggers.

This is very uncomfortable.

Huang Libo had just learned the whole story, and he was a little anxious. "I don't know. Yesterday I was just conducting an academic interview. How did it involve Zhang Shuo?"

"That blogger has bad intentions!" Fang Sheng said affirmatively.

"Deng Jiawei introduced it!"

Huang Libo gritted his teeth and said, "He said that his classmates wanted to interview me. I think there is no problem. Our research is not confidential. I just talked about it in general."

Deng Jiawei was called over.

Deng Jiawei is also a professor at the School of Physics of Xijing University of Science and Technology. He quickly denied it, "I don't know the situation either. That guy wanted to interview Professor Huang, and I thought there was no problem, so I helped to talk to Professor Huang."

Huang Libo confirmed Deng Jiawei's statement. Then the two began to scold Yang Chao. Deng Jiawei even scolded Yang Chao in the classmates group for using any means to gain traffic.

Yang Chao retorted, "I went to the interview normally. This is just an academic controversy. There's no need to react so strongly, right?"

This sentence sounds okay.

Huang Libo, Deng Jiawei, Fang Sheng and other people from the Institute of Quantum Computing carefully examined what happened and found that Yang Chao did the interview to attract traffic, which seemed a bit unscrupulous, but the incident had no impact on Xijing University of Science and Technology, the Institute of Quantum Computing or Huang Libo himself.

There is no problem with the entire interview video, and there is nothing wrong with what Huang Libo said.

The focus now is whether the methods of computational mathematics can be used for simplified calculations of the fermion Hubbard model.

"Of course it's impossible!"

Huang Libo said, "If we can solve it, why do we need to do quantum computing? Can't we just do the calculations directly on the computer?"

Others echoed his sentiments.

When you think about it from this angle, you realize that it is a good thing for them that the topic has traffic, and you can just regard it as a promotion for the Institute of Quantum Computing and Xijing University of Science and Technology.

……

That morning, several professional scholars spoke out on the topic.

Huang Libo's view was supported.

Both scholars in mathematics and scholars in quantum physics believe that the calculations of the fermion Hubbard model cannot be simplified.

"That is already the simplest model to describe the superconducting process!"

"The study of the fermion Hubbard model is directly related to the study of superconducting technology. If it could be simplified, it would have been done long ago."

“Not to mention simplifying the computational simulation, numerical solutions are a big problem, or even impossible to solve.”

"Solving this mathematical model is much more complicated than solving the equation. The complexity of the NS equation cannot be compared with the fermion Hubbard model..."

"There is nothing wrong with what Professor Huang Libo said..."

Many netizens also left messages to Zhang Shuo, talking about how what he said was refuted by a certain scholar.

Zhang Shuo spent the whole morning in the office doing research, and the research progress was very great, reaching "95%". After determining the follow-up direction, there were no obstacles to the next step of research.

He estimated that it could be completed in one afternoon.

After checking the time and walking out of the office, I heard Tan Youming say, "Zhang Shuo, do you know what happened in the news?"

Zhang Shuo was stunned for a moment, "What's the matter? I've been doing research all morning and didn't pay attention."

Tan Youming said, "It's not a big problem. It's just an academic dispute, the fermion Hubbard model."

Zhang Shuo thought about it and thought that he had talked to someone online yesterday. But the other person was a researcher in the superconducting laboratory, so there shouldn't be any problem, right? Could it be a lie?
He called Sun Xingli to have dinner together.

On the way to the cafeteria, Sun Xingli talked to him about this matter, and then he understood the specific situation, "You are now the password of traffic, and any question you have can become a hot topic."

"There is a self-media blogger who interviewed Huang Libo of Xijing University specifically because of your words. Now many people are talking about the problem of the fermion Hubbard model..."

“It’s really funny!”

"If someone popularizes this kind of complex mathematical model, it can attract many people to read it..."

Sun Xingli kept shaking his head as he spoke.

Zhang Shuo was browsing his phone while eating, and then he found out what had happened.

This matter seems to be just like what Sun Xingli said, he just asked a question, and he doesn't know why it was regarded as "contempt" by the other party?
Then, you made a special interview video?

The topic is not very hot now, but there are still many scholars who have come forward to speak on the issue, and most of them support Huang Libo's statement.

Zhang Shuo read a lot of messages and found them very funny. He simply sent a message as well.

“Science is about making progress through constant questioning!”

In one sentence, it represents one's own point of view and is also a response to public opinion.

Sun Xingli also noticed Zhang Shuo's message and immediately gave him a thumbs up. "No one dares to say that what you said is wrong."

In any field of science and technology, progress is made through questioning.

Science is about breaking conventions and breaking the limitations of inherent thinking in order to achieve a series of advances.

Throughout history, including modern science, there have been many studies that have disrupted established cognition.

Darwin's theory of evolution was a challenge to theism and laid the foundation for the development of biology; Copernicus questioned the geocentric theory and proposed the heliocentric theory, which completely changed mankind's understanding of the universe.

In modern science, physicists' questioning of quantum mechanics has promoted the development of quantum field theory; biologists' questioning of genetic determinism has promoted research in emerging fields such as genetics.

and many more.

Zhang Shuo's doubts about the fermion Hubbard model's inability to simplify calculations are really insignificant compared to his predecessors. It is just a doubt about the calculation research of a mathematical model. Isn't it normal?
So what?
(End of this chapter)