Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 51 Zhang Shuo, now you are famous!
One o'clock in the morning, capital time.

Open Weibo.

The homepage square pushed a Weibo message with a long video and a one-sentence caption:

"A PhD student was invited to give an unscripted speech at CHEP. Isn't that awesome?"

Most people's first reaction is, "CHEP? What the heck?"

Some people clicked on the video out of curiosity, and immediately heard a loud voice shouting, "CHEP! What meeting is it? Do you know what it is? Let me tell you about it!"

"Its full name is the International Conference on Computational High Energy Physics. It's a meeting for a bunch of data experts to talk about what you have done and what we have done."

"What have you researched, what have I researched..."

"I've been to this meeting twice, and this is my third time. I think it's nice to meet some people."

"It's a pity that I'm an ordinary physics professor. I've been doing nothing until now. Every time I want to get to know others, others don't want to know me, so I can only find a quiet corner to sit in."

"The person standing on the platform now is a doctoral student from Soochow University, his name is Zhang Shuo. He has developed a new algorithm, which is very impressive. He was invited to the conference."

“At this point, some people still don’t understand, what’s so great about a conference invitation?”

“What’s so great about that—!?”

"There are only a dozen speakers invited to the conference, and all of them are top international data experts. He is the only doctoral student!"

"A doctoral student, are you surprised? And he's still a first-year doctoral student. His research was published in JHEP. Do you know what JHEP is?"

"That's the world's top academic journal on physics!"

"I'll give you an example of how amazing this is. I'm a full professor of physics at Donggang University. I've lived for 45 years and have never published a top journal paper. So every time I come to attend a conference, it's just a visit. But it's also good, a public-funded trip!"

"What is a public-funded tour? This is a public-funded tour! Are you envious? If you are envious, you can also find a university and become a professor."

"It's started. Look, it's off the script!"

"Not to mention international conferences, I also have to prepare manuscripts for domestic conferences. Otherwise, what if I forget something while speaking? That would be embarrassing!"

"..."

"Some people may not understand what I am talking about here, so I will explain it to you briefly. He said that it would be meaningless if I did not talk about the results I published in JHEP. I just want to talk about a new idea today. If you want to listen, you can listen. If you don't want to listen, you can leave."

"Now that you've said this, let me ask you, is this awesome or not?"

"This is the first time I've seen such an amazing speaker. I would like to call him the best speaker!"

"No, this time there was a guy named Agostini who was no worse than him. In the end, the algorithm released by this unlucky guy was pointed out to be wrong by Zhang Shuo, and he left in disgrace. If you are interested, you can read my previous Weibo post..."

"There are simple subtitles below the video, but due to time constraints, only a portion of the translation was done."

"..."

"..."

The funny dubbing continued until the end. The camera was obviously shaking, and then quickly moved to a high point, capturing a group of people surrounding Zhang Shuo.

"Look, look! These data experts are all going crazy, surrounding and asking questions like crazy! They just want Zhang Shuo to say a few more words..."

"When will I be able to enjoy such treatment? It will be worth dying for, it will be worth dying for..."

After watching the entire video, many people liked, commented and forwarded it.

A lot of messages quickly appeared below the comment section, "This is the first time I've found that an academic report can be so interesting."

“I didn’t understand the whole thing, but the explanation was very exciting!”

"Is the blogger a professor at Donggang University? A real professor? Did he take this video on the spot?"

“The blogger is interesting!”

"This doctoral student is really amazing. Is he from Soochow University?"

“Although I still don’t quite understand it, I feel it’s amazing. A PhD student can achieve this. He must be a genius!”

"Of course he's a genius. This doctoral student has already published a top journal in his first year of PhD studies and was invited to give a presentation at an international conference without any manuscript preparation... He's unbeatable!"

"I don't care about anything else, I just want to know who the woman who appeared in front of the camera last was. She looks so elegant from the back..."

In the early hours of the morning, the funny dubbing video quickly became popular and even made it to the hot searches.

The hot search title is #Doctoral student CHEP's impromptu speech#.

Several media outlets that were still working in the early hours of the morning quickly reposted the article and made comments, saying, "Doctoral students gave presentations without notes at international conferences, demonstrating the improvement in the level of doctoral education in my country!"

“Thumbs up for Zhang Shuo. His impromptu speech at the High Energy Physics Computing Conference showed his strong academic confidence and the spirit of Chinese doctoral students facing the world!”

“PhD students were invited to give presentations at CHEP, which was the first time for the conference…”

……

Xue Hongtao made videos for the whole afternoon, posted on Weibo, and then went to have dinner. He returned to his room, lay down, and fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already five o'clock in the morning.

He picked up his phone in a daze, opened Weibo and took a look. His eyes suddenly widened in surprise and he sat up from the bed.

"So many messages? So many messages..."

"An increase of 7 followers?"

Previously, his account had several thousand followers, some of whom were his students, friends, colleagues, and some who knew he was a professor at Donggang University. Now, the number of followers has become more than 70,000, and looking at the countless new messages, he knows...

problem occurs!
Xue Hongtao noticed that there was a hot search post #Doctoral student CHEP's impromptu speech#, which was ranked in the top 20. He clicked on it and saw that it was a Weibo post he had posted.

Suddenly, I felt a little panicked.

He did want to become famous, but he only pursued a few thousand likes and a few hundred comments. He never expected to become so popular.

If it were any other doctoral student, it wouldn’t matter at all, but the comparison between Zhang Shuo and him is a bit awkward. Zhang Shuo’s master’s degree was revoked by Donggang University, but he is a professor at Donggang University.

Xue Hongtao broke out in a cold sweat and it took him a long time to comfort himself, "I'm just a physics professor. I have nothing to do with them!"

"I am an upright professor. I admire geniuses. The purpose of my Weibo post is to state the facts!"

"Zhang Shuo did make a report, and it was indeed excellent. So what if it was published?"

"Yes, that's it!"

Xue Hongtao immediately felt much more comfortable, but he still decided not to go out today because he felt it would be awkward to see Zhang Shuo.

What if the other party finds out?

Moreover, the dubbing of the video is too embarrassing, but it would be a shame to delete it, and other problems might arise.

"Forget it, I won't go out."

He lay down again with mixed feelings, "I'd better continue browsing my phone!"

……

The individual reports of the meeting were concentrated in the first three days, and the next two days were reports from various high-energy physics institutions.

They will also occupy the main venue to hold a high-energy physics experimental meeting to discuss research on major topics such as CP violation, quantum properties, and the search for dark matter.

Zhang Shuo did not go to the conference center again.

He and several other professors, including Gao Xiaohong, Du Juan, and Tian Guilin, wandered around the city of Brussels, took photos and checked in at several famous attractions, and it was worth the trip.

The group also talked about Xue Hongtao during the trip.

When attending the meeting before, Xue Hongtao was more active than anyone else in "travel check-in".

Someone explained, "He seems to be sick. I went to call him this morning and he said he was not feeling well. I guess it's because he is not used to the local climate."

No one cared after hearing it.

After returning from checking in at various attractions, they went back to the venue together because there was a free buffet there.

At this time, everyone knew what happened on the Internet, and of course they also knew that it was Xue Hongtao who posted the video.

While eating dinner, Du Juan said with a smile, "Zhang Shuo, now you are famous!"

"I'm just wondering why Xue Hongtao didn't come! He might be afraid of embarrassment, but it's no big deal. Several universities have also released this video."

"Xue Hongtao's dubbing is really good. I find it very interesting. Moreover, he always uses himself as an example..."

As she spoke, she played a clip on her phone -

"I am a full professor of physics at Donggang University. I have lived for 45 years and have never published a top journal. So every time I come here, I just visit. But it's also good..."

Zhang Shuo laughed when he heard it.

As they were talking, a dark shadow suddenly stood in front of the table.

His suit was full of wrinkles, his hair was messy, and he had big dark circles under his eyes, looking decadent.

"Agostini?"

Everyone else looked over.

James Bob, Loporto Castelo and Cao Mengbo, the heads of three high-energy physics institutions, who were sitting in the distance, also came over.

Loporto Castello was worried that something might happen, so he grabbed Agostini and asked, "What are you doing?"

Agostini just stared at Zhang Shuo for a long time before he spoke, "Do you have any solution to my algorithm problem? I've been thinking about it for three days and I have no idea."

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone else breathed a sigh of relief.

This question was not only thought about by Agostini, but also thought about by many people.

In fact, algorithm loopholes are not a big problem. As long as it is a program, there will be loopholes. It is normal for a newly completed algorithm to have loopholes.

The main reason why Agostini was embarrassed in the conference hall was that he announced the confirmation of the discovery of the CP signal of baryons.

That’s a big achievement!

When a loophole appeared in the algorithm, the great achievement of discovering the baryon CP signal was naturally lost.

The algorithm he studied still has many advantages. Many people thought about it after the report and found that the loopholes could not be fixed at all.

"That loophole may overturn the entire signal evaluation algorithm system..."

"Even if there is a way, it's impossible to think of it in such a short time."

"Boorman is a true genius. He knew the problem and spent three days thinking about it but couldn't come up with a solution. Who else can do that?"

(End of this chapter)