Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 17 If we have to talk about black, it has to be you!
Luo Yongjun and Zhou Jianbin are not the same kind of people.

Luo Yongjun is a full-time teacher and doctoral supervisor professor in the college. After being promoted to doctoral supervisor, he was assigned to the Institute of Advanced Mathematics.

It's really just a temporary position.

Other doctoral supervisors and professors also hold positions at the Institute of Advanced Mathematics, but most of them only receive a subsidy of a few hundred yuan per month and cannot enjoy the double salary treatment of teachers and researchers.

Zhou Jianbin is a doctoral supervisor, professor, teacher and researcher.

The Institute of Basic Science and Engineering where he works is small, with only four full-time researchers and no more than ten young PhD students recruited.

The Institute of Science and Engineering mainly focuses on computational mathematics and applied software, and it is easy to obtain large amounts of funding for computer software research.

Luo Yongjun is a representative of poor professors.

Zhou Jianbin is a representative of wealthy professors.

They represent two different classes of professors. They cannot be said to be in direct opposition, but they also have no intersection with each other.

If Luo Yongjun was invited to join the Institute of Science and Engineering because of his high personal level, he would definitely not refuse.

Who doesn’t want to get double pay?
Who doesn’t want to have sufficient funds?
Luo Yongjun knows his own limitations.

His main area of ​​research is numerical solution of PDE, and his academic ability in computational mathematics is far from being enough to be invited to join the Institute of Science and Engineering.

Therefore, the other party came for the project.

"Since you didn't discuss the project, I'll just pretend I don't know and take a few months' subsidy plus breach of contract compensation for nothing..."

"Happy!"

After having lunch happily, Luo Yongjun went to the government building to find Zhou Jianxin and asked him to help find a place to do the project.

Zhou Jianxin is Wang Duoju's direct subordinate and is directly responsible for the Institute of High Energy Physics' cooperative projects, including assisting in handling project-related matters, funding management, etc.

Yesterday, he found a place in advance, which was a computer room on the fourth floor of Laboratory Building No. 2, which had more than a dozen computers.

The computers are all brand new.

"These were purchased last year, and have basically not been used until now." Zhou Jianxin introduced, "Your project is about programming, right? If you want to use the server, you have to apply for it."

Luo Yongjun took a closer look, then nodded with satisfaction, "Let's leave it like this for now, we'll talk about it when we need it!"

After Zhou Jianxin left, Luo Yongjun opened all the computers and checked them, then quickly contacted Zhang Shuo.

He had to determine how long the research would take.

Zhang Shuo arrived soon.

PhD students have relatively few courses, and most of them are concentrated in the first year of the PhD.

Even midweek, sometimes there is only one class a day.

Zhang Shuo walked into the room and looked around carefully, then checked the computer. He was also very satisfied with the working environment.

Luo Yongjun couldn't wait to ask about the project, "Do you have a plan? Can it really be completed in a month? I'm still confused."

"The core framework and core algorithm package are already in place, so what are we worried about?"

Zhang Shuo replied nonchalantly, and then asked, "Teacher Luo, have you found someone? Those modules that are not difficult but need to realize the functions should be handed over to others."

“It’s so easy to find someone!”

Luo Yongjun smiled and said, "If you need people now, I can make a few phone calls and fill this room immediately. All of them are professors and doctoral students. Of course, they are definitely not as good as professional algorithm engineers, but they are enough to make simple program modules."

"That's good."

Zhang Shuo felt relieved.

The research has already developed the main algorithm and the main framework has been built. What remains is to fill in the modules so that each module can achieve the required functions.

This requires a lot of code to complete.

The coding work is not difficult at all, but the workload is not small.

Zhang Shuo found a seat in a corner and sat down, and began to refine the work of the modules according to the framework diagram. The framework diagram was already there, and each module in it needed to implement a function, which required the support of many program packages and algorithm packages.

Starting from the edge module, one module is refined into more than a dozen functional algorithm packages and program packages.

Some modules have simple functions, and a few program packages are enough to implement them.
Some modules are difficult to implement and need to be broken down into more algorithm packages and program packages to support the implementation of their functions.

During the process of module refinement, he added detailed text descriptions to each algorithm package and program package, and also specially marked the difficulty level.

After completing the splitting of several modules, Zhang Shuo stopped to rest for a while, reviewed the framework diagram from beginning to end, and made a rough estimate.

"After all the modules are broken down, there will be 200 to 300 program subcontracts, which is about two months' work for a professional algorithm engineer."

"Including debugging, it will take two months..."

"For an algorithm engineer, four months of work, based on the market price, 160,000 should be enough, right?"

"Count more. Two hundred thousand is enough."

Luo Yongjun sat next to Zhang Shuo and asked in confusion, "What are you calculating?"

“Expenditures.”

"How much will it cost?" Luo Yongjun asked curiously.

"Two hundred thousand is enough."

"Two hundred thousand? How is that calculated?" Zhang Shuo looked at Luo Yongjun scrutinizingly, pursed his lips and did not explain, because he felt that Luo Yongjun was a bit like Huang Shiren.

If Luo Yongjun knew the details of the expenditure, would he reduce the cost of 200,000 to 100,000?

Even... fifty thousand?
"When the time comes, will the professors and doctors who are helping with the project at school call me a bad-hearted person? After all, the project is mine..."

"never mind!"

Zhang Shuo thought about it and shook his head, then quickly changed the subject, "Teacher Luo, I'll send you the work content, and you can find someone to do it first."

"It takes time to split the modules, but you can divide the work while splitting them. This way you can save as much time as possible."

"Those program subpackages marked 'difficult' are 1,200 each, those marked 'easy' are 400 each, and the rest are all 800 each."

"These subcontracted programs have single functions. No matter who makes them, they must be debugged before they can be delivered."

"it is good!"

Luo Yongjun agreed immediately.

Since Zhang Shuo explained it so clearly, the work was so easy.

He looked at the subcontracts one by one, pinched the tip of his nose, and said, "Zhang Shuo, you see I don't have anything to do, can I do a few... Hehe, make some extra money."

Zhang Shuo shook his head and smiled, "Teacher Luo, you are the person in charge. You just need to be in charge of allocation and review of subcontracts. There are many things that need you to do."

"When the project is finished, there will be a lot of funds left. We have already negotiated with the Institute of High Energy Physics that the remaining funds will be distributed as bonuses. You will get some when the time comes."

Luo Yongjun's eyes lit up when he heard this. He rubbed his hands vigorously and said shyly, "This, isn't it a bit bad?"

"What's wrong with that? The project is mine, but you're also a participant!"

"Right."

"How about this," Zhang Shuo said, "If you feel embarrassed, you can use half of the bonus to pay allowances to the doctoral students participating in the project."

"It's only 200 yuan a month. That's too miserable..."

"no problem!"

Luo Yongjun agreed without even thinking about it.

He took out his cell phone and was about to make a call, but when he thought about it carefully, he suddenly felt something was wrong. Should he use half of the money to pay allowances to the doctoral students participating in the project?
"Aren't you the doctoral student involved in the project?"

"Give me the money, and I'll give you half. If you want to talk about fraud, it's you... I almost got fooled!"

……

Institute of Computing in Science and Engineering.

Office of the Director.

Zhou Jianbin pushed the door open and walked in, saying with excitement on his face, "Director Sheng, Luo Yongjun and I have discussed it, and he has agreed to work in our institute."

"Really?"

Sheng Zhenhua was a little surprised.

After learning about Zhang Shuo's project, Sheng Zhenhua casually mentioned it when he returned to the institute, and Zhou Jianbin suggested inviting Luo Yongjun to join the institute.

At that time, we can tell the outside world that this is a project of the Institute of High Energy Physics taken over by the Institute of Science and Engineering.

If Luo Yongjun places his work in a research institute, he can even announce to the outside world that it is the result of the Institute of Science and Engineering.

Of course, that's not the case, but the name is important.

This title can increase the reputation of the institute and may be helpful in future project applications and cooperation discussions with companies.

Sheng Zhenhua is not optimistic.

No one is a fool. As soon as Zhou Jianbin opens his mouth, any normal person will know what is going on.

Of course, there’s no harm in trying.

What if?
Zhou Jianbin said excitedly, "I'll have Guo Jun write an agreement this afternoon. After he signs the agreement, he'll start work in three months, and then everything will be stable."

Deng Qiang, who was sitting next to him, felt something was wrong. He stood up and said, "Professor Zhou, did Luo Yongjun really agree? He is not that kind of person!"

"I heard that guy is a tough guy, he has a lot of tricks and no bottom line in doing things. The administration is very troubled by him."

Zhou Jianbin said indifferently, "He agreed anyway. After signing the agreement, can he still regret it?"

He thought about it for a while and muttered, "I signed the agreement and I can go back on my word even before I officially start working... That guy is a tough guy, there's really nothing we can do about him being a rogue."

"How about this!"

"When signing the agreement, give him a signing fee. After he takes the money, he can't go back on his word!" Zhou Jianbin's eyes lit up as he spoke. The more he thought about it, the more reliable it seemed.

Sheng Zhenhua and Deng Qiang looked at each other.

They always felt something was wrong, but they couldn't figure out what the problem was.

"Forget it, let's just give it a try."

In the end, Sheng Zhenhua agreed.

(End of this chapter)