Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 69 The photos are exposed and everything is self-explanatory!

In just one night, the news that Zhang Shuo had reached a cooperation with the Computing Center of the Institute of High Energy Physics spread throughout the entire School of Mathematics.

The cooperation between the two parties has just been discussed and a preliminary intention has been reached, but it has not been finalized 100%.

A tripartite agreement still needs to be signed later.

After the agreement is signed, the Computing Center of the Institute of High Energy Physics and Soochow University can jointly release public information.

However, those who knew the news couldn't wait to share it with others.

That’s a big project with a budget of 500 million!
What does 500 million in funding mean?
The funding for the "Outstanding Youth" program in mathematics is only between 100,000 and 3 million yuan. The amount of funding is related to the time of application. The more recently the project is applied for, the more funding it will receive.

This is because the funding standards for the "Outstanding Youth" program are increased every year.

The "Outstanding Youth" program is already the top program in mathematics.

The funding for the collaboration between Zhang Shuo and the Computing Center of the Institute of High Energy Physics was 500 million, which is indeed a big deal compared to the School of Mathematics. The project was registered under the Institute for Advanced Study, which also significantly increased the total funding amount of the Institute for Advanced Study.

The next morning, Wang Hui, Qi Zhixiang and others gathered in an office.

They talked about the project with great relish. "It was Academician Tan who had foresight and cut the Gordian knot by bringing Zhang Shuo into our high court and directly gave him the treatment of a researcher."

“If we talk about it later, it will seem like our high court is just for the project.”

"This is a talent. He just joined the High Court and hasn't even been to the office, but he already has a big project in his hands."

"Bring Zhang Shuo to the office when you have time. He hasn't been to the High Court yet, has he? He's always been in Luo Yongjun's computer room."

"That computer room was allocated by the school for the project. The environment is good, the computers are all new, and it is also equipped with a small server. It is indeed suitable for algorithm projects."

"The only thing is that the space is a bit cramped..."

……

Institute of Science and Engineering, first floor office.

Sheng Zhenhua, Deng Qiang and Zhou Jianbin sat together and discussed the cooperation project between Zhang Shuo and the Computing Center of the Institute of High Energy Physics.

They were not very happy.

Sheng Zhenhua sighed as he drank tea, "It's too late. I was also optimistic about Zhang Shuo. When I heard that he had reached the first project with the Institute of High Energy Physics, I said at the meeting that he was a talent."

"The result was unexpected..."

"well--!"

He sighed deeply again, thought about it carefully, and felt that he was still too hesitant in doing things.

If the researcher position had been promised at the beginning, perhaps Zhang Shuo could have been directly assigned to the Institute of Science and Engineering.

Zhou Jianbin took over the conversation and complained, "I had already signed an agreement with Luo Yongjun, so I shouldn't have terminated it later. I also gave him some compensation."

"Think about it, Luo Yongjun is in our institute, and Zhang Shuo is his student. Isn't it natural for him to come to our institute as well?"

“So, you have to look far ahead at work!”

Zhou Jianbin said this with emotion, as if he was the man with vision, but the ending was ruined by Sheng Zhenhua.

Sheng Zhenhua raised his head and stared at Zhou Jianbin, and said sternly, "Why didn't you say so at the time?"

"Now you're talking so much!"

Zhou Jianbin stopped talking immediately. He was still a little afraid of Sheng Zhenhua. After all, he was the vice president and director of the institute.

When he entered the Institute of Science and Technology, Sheng Zhenhua was already a deputy director-level researcher.

Sheng Zhenhua didn't care about Zhou Jianbin's complaints. He continued, "If anyone thinks he has the ability, just recruit Zhang Shuo. It doesn't matter when, even after this project is finished!"

"I understand now. It doesn't matter whether or not you have projects with you. For a talent like Zhang Shuo, the projects will follow him wherever he goes..."

He shook his head and said seriously, "Zhang Shuo's research on the PDE algorithm involves a computing software project, which has a funding of several million. When I told him about it, he rejected it directly."

"I didn't understand why at the time, but now I finally understand that compared with the IHEP project, a computing software is really nothing."

Deng Qiang asked in confusion, "Computing software should be very important, right? I have inquired about it. The cooperation with the software institute has the shadow of the aviation and aerospace departments behind it."

"I'm not talking about importance, I'm talking about profit."

"profit?"

Zhou Jianbin and Deng Qiang looked over together.

Sheng Zhenhua asked in confusion, "Don't you know? Zhang Shuo's last project with the Institute of High Energy Physics cost one million yuan for his personal support alone, which means he received a one million yuan bonus."

"At the end of the project, the remaining funds were all distributed as bonuses."

"This project is estimated to be about the same, 500 million. I don't know how much it will cost, but there will definitely be a portion of it as profit, which is something that a person can put in his pocket."

Zhou Jianbin and Deng Qiang had also heard bits and pieces about this matter, but this was the first time they knew such details.

Deng Qiang said to himself, "You made over 100 million from one project? A 500 million project, it shouldn't be less than last time, right?"

He said, taking a breath.

Zhou Jianbin felt similarly. They all felt that they had underestimated Zhang Shuo.

The Institute of Science and Engineering also has high-funded cooperative projects, but high project funding often means high demand.

Some projects may have surplus indirect costs and labor fees that can be distributed as bonuses, but for a million-level project, it would be great if there is $100,000 left over to give out as bonuses after completion.

Some projects may even exceed their income and their expenditure may not be enough to cover the total amount of funds invested.

What about Zhang Shuo? He negotiated with Party A for personal funding and received a high bonus directly.

The projects we are discussing now are still fully funded, and we can get all the funds after completion, which is simply unimaginable.

This shows that the Institute of High Energy Physics asked Zhang Shuo to do the project, and the party that received the money took the initiative.

After Sheng Zhenhua finished talking about the project of the Institute of High Energy, he continued, "What Deng Qiang said is also right. The project of the Institute of Software is also very important. The aviation department is involved later."

"It should be the Second Aviation Hospital."

"We'll see if we can get this project. You two can study the paper more when you have time."

"Although they specifically asked Zhang Shuo to work with them, but Zhang Shuo is unwilling to do it, we can give it a try. We can also apply with the professor of computational mathematics in the college, which will give us a much better chance."

Sheng Zhenhua then asked, "Which professor in the college do you think is better to cooperate with?"

"Computational mathematics?"

Zhou Jianbin thought for a moment and blankly said a name, "Luo Yongjun?"

Sheng Zhenhua had just taken a sip of tea and almost spit it all out, "What are you talking about!"

"What will happen if we look for Luo Yongjun again?"

……

Institute of Software, also known as the Software Institute of the Academy of Sciences.

The purpose of establishing the Software Institute is to research important national software, and their cooperative institutions include key departments in various fields.

For example, government departments, finance, aviation, aerospace, military, etc.

Fang Yong is the deputy director of the Software Institute.

After the release of the new issue of "New Advances in Mathematics", Fang Yong noticed Zhang Shuo's paper. The general algorithm of second-order PDE is a very important research.

Interestingly, Zhang Shuo also became a hot topic in public opinion because his master's thesis was cancelled by Donggang University.

Fang Yong found the news very funny. It was as if a PhD in mathematics took an elementary school math exam and failed... How was that possible?
Shortly after Zhang Shuo's paper was published and public opinion was still hotly debating it, the Software Institute received a message from the Second Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology, asking them whether they could develop a general algorithm for second-order PDE application equations.

The automatic calculation of second-order PDE is very important and involves applications in many fields.

Many people think of assisting calculations, using it like a calculator, but that is the most basic.

In fact, there are many application directions that we can access but cannot imagine.

For example, rocket simulation.

The electronic simulation system of the Second Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology needs to simulate the conditions of rocket launch, which involves complex calculations of resistance, trajectory, etc., and the calculation process will encounter many difficult PDE equation solving problems.

Among them, the second-order PDE equation cannot be processed directly. Generally, when encountering such an equation, we can only simulate it with approximate numerical values.

The approximate values ​​are calculated by computer, but sometimes the deviation can be quite large, or even out of range.

The computational mathematics results published by Zhang Shuo can directly calculate the range of the solution, especially for second-order PDE equations where the nonlinearity is not serious or there are exact solutions, the calculation results will be very accurate.

This general approach can greatly improve the accuracy of rocket simulation systems.

So the Second Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology contacted the Software Institute to ask if they could make a relevant algorithm. As long as they had an algorithm, the program could be embedded in the electronic simulation system.

After Fang Yong read the message sent by the Second Academy of Aerospace, he knew what they wanted.

In order to do this faster and better, they must contact Zhang Shuo himself, so they contacted Soochow University.

I originally thought there would be no problem. Who would refuse a personal project that was delivered to me?

The result was rejected!

The reason for Soochow University's refusal was that Zhang Shuo was working on an important collaborative project with the Institute of High Energy Physics and had no time to develop computing software.

Fang Yong could only smile bitterly when he saw the news.

He is indeed a talented person. He never lacks projects and doesn't even care about the projects involved in his own research.

He still had a headache thinking about it.

What can I do if I don’t cooperate with Zhang Shuo?
Later, I simply stopped thinking about it, opened my phone and started reading the news, and news about Zhang Shuo appeared in public opinion again.

……

To be precise, it was news about Huang Hui and Zhou Kaijun.

Several self-media accounts posted a series of photos taken from the same angle.

The picture shows two people standing in the corridor and hugging each other affectionately.

"Unknown Old Cat" is also one of the self-media people who posted the photos. The text he added to the photos is just a simple description:

“Male, Zhou Kaijun;

Female, Huang Hui.

Location: Second floor of the Science and Technology Building on the west side of Donggang University.

The evidence is irrefutable and speaks for itself!"

The 'plagiarism incident' was first exposed by 'Unknown Old Cat', who gained hundreds of thousands of fans and attracted a lot of traffic.

Now the 'unknown old cat' has revealed key evidence again, which has also attracted a lot of attention from netizens.

Public opinion exploded instantly.

"So that's how it is. Zhou Kaijun and Huang Hui were together, so Zhang Shuo was convicted of plagiarism!"

"Master's tutors and doctoral students are also considered teachers and students, right? There is passion!"

"An old cow eats young grass. Huang Hui is really not picky about food..."

"This is the legendary school bitch, right?"

"No wonder Huang Hui was able to publish a second-division mathematics paper. Is it related to Zhou Kaijun?"

The last sentence reveals the inside story.

After the incident was exposed, many netizens changed their minds. They began to look up information about Zhou Kaijun, and people in the academic circle also followed suit.

"It's introduced online that Zhou Kaijun's research field is 'differential geometry', and Huang Huifa's zone 2 paper is also in differential geometry."

"Huang Hui's advisor Zhang Ping studies algebraic geometry. Both fields are geometry, but the actual span is huge."

"The key to this matter lies in Zhou Kaijun. He did not stand on Zhang Shuo's side..."

"The fact that the tutor does not stand with the student actually speaks volumes."

As public opinion continued to ferment, more information was revealed.

For example, Zhang Ping is a timid person, introverted and doesn't like to talk much.

For example, Zhou Kaijun is a Young Outstanding Scholar, and the project he applied for is "Differential Geometry".

For example, Huang Hui’s grades were average, and even her roommates didn’t believe when she published a second-tier paper.

and many more.

As the photos were released, the die-hard "Huang Hui supporters" completely lost their temper.

……

Soochow University, graduate dormitory building.

Zhang Shuo was half lying on the bed, looking at the message received on his mobile phone. It was sent by Li Liu Shuangyue.

"Senior, do you think I'm awesome?"

"I first thought about handing the photo over to the investigation team, but then I thought, what if they cover up the news? So I sent it to several self-media people."

"Now it's getting loud!"

"Look how lively it is. We finally found evidence. Huang Hui hadn't been out of the house recently, but she suddenly went out today. I felt something was wrong..."

Li Liu Shuangyue said a lot of things in succession, which roughly meant "look how great I am", "how awesome I am", "I just knew it" and so on.

Zhang Shuo was a little touched. After all, the other party was doing this for his own business. He asked with some concern, "No one else knows about this, right? Don't let it affect you."

Li Liu Shuangyue immediately responded, "I didn't tell anyone, but I'm not afraid! I told my dad, and he said not to worry, that no trouble will come to me."

"Uh~~"

Zhang Shuo was speechless for a moment. He really didn't know what Li Liu Shuangyue's family background was.

He continued chatting with Li Liu Shuangyue.

Xiaoxuemei is a very loyal person, but her personality is quite eccentric. She criticized Zhou Kaijun and Huang Hui for a few words, and somehow the topic turned to celebrities.

Talking about a certain star who shouldn't have won an award, or a certain singer whose song was extremely bad...

Zhang Shuo felt like he couldn't keep up with the pace.

He patiently said a few more words, then he let out a sigh and put down his phone.

This schoolgirl is actually a nice person, but chatting with her is really tiring!

Get out of bed and open your computer mailbox.

As expected, Agostini sent another email, but the email did not mention research, but simply said one thing -

The visa has been processed and I have bought the plane ticket. See you next week!
(End of this chapter)