Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 91: Strive to achieve it in five years? It has already been completed there
The protagonist in the news is Gasol Grayward, project manager of the CP team at Fermilab.

He has been included in Fermilab's layoff list and will have to pack up and leave next month. Also being laid off are more than twenty other employees in the CP group.

Greyward has been engaged in research on CP destruction for more than fifteen years.

Two years ago, he took over as the head of the CP group.

The situation at Fermilab has been very bad in the past two years. The original plans to expand the experiments have not been implemented, so his team can only do some routine experiments, and it is difficult to produce any results.

This was also one of the reasons why Greyward was fired.

The job goal of the laboratory director, Leah Meming, was to improve the financial situation of the laboratory and reduce unnecessary projects and expenditures. The CP group was proven to be unable to achieve the ultimate goal. In addition, Greywood did not achieve much during his tenure as project director, so he was naturally put on the layoff list.

Greyward was very unwilling to accept this. After much thought, he found a reporter and broke a big news:
The entire high-energy physics community has been deceived by Zhang Shuo and Agostini!

"That's an algorithm, a very complicated algorithm. No one can figure it out, and the reviewers at the conference can't be sure. A brand new algorithm program was used to analyze the hyperon decay experiment, and the result proved that the experimental signal conversion method was invalid? It doesn't make sense logically."

"Zhang Shuo is undoubtedly an algorithm genius, and so is Agostini. They are both algorithm geniuses, the best of the best."

"Genius, but also madman!"

"Agostini is a recognized lunatic, which is a well-known fact in the field of high-energy physics."

"The most important research in the field of high-energy physics this year is the experimental deviation analysis algorithm released by Zhang Shuo. It is an analysis of particle collision experiments. The results of his report at the ICHEP conference are also related to this. He talked about a deviation degree and a deviation function. What unknown physical discovery did he determine?"

“They are all lies!”

"His research is all based on his own algorithms. I mean, who knows what the problems are?"

"The thing is, Agostini was originally a madman, he was madly obsessed with himself. In Brussels, he announced the discovery of the baryon CP signal, and later Zhang Shuo pointed out the problem."

“And then, they teamed up!”

"It's hard to say what two crazy people will do when they get together. They came up with an algorithm to fool the whole world. The CP group is just the beginning. Maybe they will make some physical discoveries later. Anyway, all the analysis will be done by his algorithm."

"How could there be a problem with the CP group's research? This research has been going on for decades. The signal conversion technology used in the experiment is very advanced and can accurately analyze the spin and radiation waves of particles. Why can't they find the baryon CP violation signal?"

"Everything is fake and everyone has been deceived."

"They are both crazy. Zhang Shuo is more talented than Agostini, but also crazier..."

Grayward's "revelations" were reported truthfully by reporters, and then many media followed suit.

The media will not easily comment on academic issues that they do not understand, but truthful reporting has attracted a lot of public attention.

This sounds like a really interesting thing.

Agostini and Zhang Shuo, two "algorithm geniuses" in Grayward's mouth, worked together to study an algorithm that fooled the physics community and even caused an important research to be directly denied.

Many people believe what Greyward said.

Some media followed suit and made comments, calling on major high-energy physics institutions to be cautious and not easily believe the research of Zhang Shuo and Agostini.

Some media dug up Zhang Shuo's news in China, talked about the "master's thesis plagiarism incident", and speculated that he was plagiarizing. Crazy people may have some abnormal brains and always have some strange habits.

There are also media reports that call on "scholars in the field of physics not to be deceived."

"This is an amateur guiding an expert..."

After reading some of the news, Zhang Shuo felt a little amused. The entertainment media reminded high-energy physics institutions not to believe in a certain research?

Remind physicists not to be deceived?
Qiu Zhichao also shook his head and said, "It's just that laymen want to guide professionals. The problem is that many people believe it. I saw some comments under the news, and they all said they wanted to expose your and Agostini's 'conspiracy'."

He laughed as he spoke.

Zhang Shuo said indifferently, "Public opinion, these are all normal, and it's overseas, so it won't have much impact."

"I feel relieved when you say that." Qiu Zhichao smiled and praised, "You have a really good attitude."

Zhang Shuo really didn't care.

When a person becomes famous, there will always be all kinds of negative public opinion. Even if he is doing scientific research, as long as it affects the interests of other people, it will trigger a lot of opposition.

In my previous life, I was doing experimental verification research on the "Source Point Theory". When I applied for the project, I encountered opposition from many scholars. Not everyone believes in the "Source Point Theory", and the funds required for the project to experimentally verify the theory are also huge.

Many scholars believe that the project should not be put into a theoretical verification experiment.

These are all normal.

Zhang Shuo and Qiu Zhichao talked about news issues again, and then the topic turned to the cooperative projects with the Institute of High Energy Physics.

The work assigned by the Quantum Research Institute has been completed.

Qiu Zhichao found the work file and then briefly talked about the design issues of the framework, modules and algorithms.

Zhang Shuo listened roughly and decided to ask them to make a detailed report. "We still need to talk about this part in detail and try to ensure that there are no major problems."

In the afternoon, Zhang Shuo and Luo Yongjun came to the Quantum Research Institute and went to the small conference room on the first floor.

Qiu Zhichao and two other researchers, including several associate researchers and doctoral students involved in the work, gathered in the conference room. They had already projected the framework diagram onto the screen.

Zhang Shuo and Luo Yongjun sat down and listened to the report.

The part done by the Quantum Institute is scattered planning and design work. Qiu Zhichao talked about the framework functional design of each part, and other researchers began to explain each framework.

Zhang Shuo has been listening carefully, and the progress of the research task has been increasing continuously——

[Task 0.830, progress +%. ]

[Task 0.346, progress +%. ]

[Task 0.60, progress +...]

It took an entire afternoon to listen to it.

The algorithm planning part that the Quantum Research Institute is responsible for is not difficult, but the content is rather complicated and scattered. One part is the output algorithm, and the next part jumps to the calculation.

Many parts need to be understood in conjunction with the core algorithms.

After finishing the afternoon's report, Luo Yongjun felt dizzy and couldn't make sense of anything. He quickly asked Qiu Zhichao, "Professor Qiu, how much more content is there?"

"Not much left, only half left."

"Half is not enough?" Luo Yongjun's mouth curled up in an exaggerated arc.

Zhang Shuo consoled him, "Teacher Luo, just hold on for another morning tomorrow and it will be over. You still need to listen to these contents, take the materials back and sort them out, and you will need to contact the Institute of High Energy Physics later."

"Do not worry."

Luo Yongjun pressed his forehead hard, and then asked Zhang Shuo in confusion, "Have you figured it all out?"

"I almost understand. What's wrong?"

Luo Yongjun's eyes were filled with a look as if he was looking at a monster. He spoke with all his strength, "It's nothing, it's just... you really..."

He hesitated for a long time and finally said an adjective, "Genius!" In fact, he wanted to say "what a monster", but he felt that it was not a good idea to use monster to describe Zhang Shuo.

Qiu Zhichao also deeply agrees.

There is so much content, but he can understand it all after listening to it once. He is truly a genius.

Zhang Shuo smiled and said, "I was the one who researched this algorithm. I understand the design of each part. I just want to hear some details."

Luo Yongjun and Qiu Zhichao nodded together. They had no choice but to accept this statement, otherwise they would feel like fools.

Another busy day.

Zhang Shuo and Luo Yongjun listened to the report for a whole morning and finally finished listening to all the framework design content.

At this time, the task progress has risen to '99.3%'.

Luo Yongjun feels that the plan is already very complete, and when combined with the core algorithm, it can form a complete set of large-scale algorithms with perfect logic.

Zhang Shuo knew there must be some problems.

This small problem may cause big problems in the entire algorithm, and if there is a problem in the entire algorithm, it is very difficult to find it.

Zhang Shuo sorted out the framework again and found that he could not find any problems, so he carried out the "氪币" operation without hesitation.

【Scientific research coin - 3.】

Open the system interface, and the task display becomes——

【Task 1】

[Research project name: Algorithm planning for large-scale experimental bias analysis (difficulty assessment: B).]

【Progress: 100%.】

[The task has been completed and can be submitted! ]

"submit!"

【Scientific research coin +60.】

【Scientific research currency: 261. 】

"60 scientific research coins reward, the scale of scientific research coins is getting bigger and bigger..." Zhang Shuo couldn't help laughing. He felt like he had finally saved a lot of money by living frugally every day.

This amount of money is...

"If we do another B-level mission with a lower difficulty level, we can complete it directly?"

He thought about it and shook his head quickly. He absolutely could not have such an idea.

What’s the difference between that and a prodigal son!
After the task progress reached 100%, Zhang Shuo also learned about the problems in the framework planning.

The problem is not a certain framework, module or algorithm design, or even the Quantum Research Institute. The problem lies in the connection between this part of the plan and the core algorithm.

There is no problem when taking each part separately, but problems arise when putting them together. This is mainly because there is a small loophole in the connection between the algorithm and the calculation logic. To solve this loophole, a new module must be added.

This has nothing to do with the Quantum Institute.

Zhang Shuo took all the information back to the computer room and began designing the new module.

It's all in the mind, all you need to do is write it down.

It took him about half an hour to complete the design of the new module and write a functional description. He then sent a message to Kevin Cui, saying, "The large-scale experimental deviation analysis algorithm planning project has been completed and can be submitted for acceptance immediately."

“What is your acceptance process?”

At the same time, a meeting was being held at the Institute of High Energy Physics Center.

The meeting was chaired by Director Wu Jianning himself. The topic of the meeting was the research on "Large-Scale Experiment Deviation Analysis Algorithm". The participants were all core personnel from the Physics Center and the Computing Center.

Academicians Gao Hongli and Tan Zhiming, as well as Cao Mengbo, Cui Kaiwen and Bao Hexing are all present.

At the ICHEP conference, the results released by the Computing Center attracted international attention, and other institutions and teams were very interested in the deviation analysis algorithm.

According to reliable sources, the research on small-scale experimental deviation analysis algorithms at the Nuclear Organization Data Center is also going well and is expected to be fully operational within three months.

They also simultaneously demonstrated the deviation analysis algorithm for large-scale experiments and made some progress.

This made the leadership of the Institute of High Energy Physics feel anxious.

They have always been far ahead in the research on experimental data deviation analysis, and have continuously published results that have attracted international attention. It feels so good to be ahead.

If you stay ahead, you will always be able to achieve results.

Even if you just do a computational analysis, it can be published as an achievement. If you are overtaken by latecomers and lose your leading position, all the achievements and attention will be gone.

Therefore, Wu Jianning convened a meeting to discuss the problem of large-scale experimental deviation analysis algorithms. "We cannot just rely on Zhang Shuo's collaborative project. We also need to form our own team to conduct research."

"Large-scale experiments are very complex. To implement deviation analysis, you don't have to follow Zhang Shuo's idea. You can also consider other directions and find other ways."

"So, I suggest setting up a special project team to study the most basic algorithm implementation and strive to complete this project within five years..."

Wu Jianning expressed his thoughts and wrote the time on the blackboard.

Five years!

Others discussed it and felt that it made sense. They should not put all their hopes on one person. They could also form a team to conduct their own research and perhaps find other ways to conduct deviation analysis on the experimental data.

Tan Zhiming immediately raised his hand to show his approval.

He has always preferred to research algorithms on his own rather than relying on other institutional teams or even individuals.

Cao Mengbo also agreed that it made sense to set up a team specifically to study algorithms. If Zhang Shuo couldn't figure it out, they could find a way to study it themselves.

Others also expressed their opinions one by one.

Some people talked about the difficulty of the research. They used the central anchor point deviation algorithm as a basis to study the deviation analysis algorithm for large-scale experiments, but they couldn't even understand the logic of the parameter relationship.

Now let’s talk about looking in other directions. Can we find them?
Some people think that it makes sense and that if they look for other directions for research, they may be able to make a breakthrough.

At this time, Cui Kaiwen suddenly raised his hand and said, "Director Wu, Zhang Shuo just sent me a message saying that their algorithm planning has been completed and asked us how to accept it..."

As soon as the words fell, the room suddenly became quiet.

Algorithm planning completed?
Director Wu just shouted out the slogan of "five years", and even the algorithm planning has been completed over there. It would be too embarrassing to compare them.

Tan Zhiming shouted in surprise, "It was completed so quickly? How long has it been? This kind of large-scale algorithm planning requires perfect logic, and any problem will have a huge impact."

"The total funding for this project is five million, right?"

"Don't just do it hastily and submit it for acceptance, right?"

(End of this chapter)