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Chapter 115 I'm Confident (Please Subscribe)

Theoretically, establishing corner corrections using discrete curvature indices is not difficult for this team; the challenge lies in implementation.

To outpace their competitors in tomorrow's presentation, they not only need to produce reproducible data overnight, but also fully integrate the new code with their existing boundary weight scanning scripts.

"I'm confident I can finish the report before tomorrow," Li Ao replied without hesitation.

As soon as he finished speaking, Arjun and Carter were all somewhat surprised.

They acknowledged Li Ao's mathematical talent, given that he had previously been able to derive candidate local weights in a very short time.

However, integrating the corrections into the verification code is pure engineering development, involving the project team's internal codebase.

"Creating a corner correction branch is quite a lot of work; just running the test scripts will take a lot of time," Arjun said with some concern.

Carter chimed in, "Besides, the boundary weight module isn't just for validating branches; it's also connected to plotting, parameter scanning, and result summarization. Leo hasn't been working with the codebase for long, so he might not be familiar with the underlying logic. Perhaps Nicole and I could try modifying it first?"

As Rudy listened to the team's discussion, his gaze remained fixed on Li Ao.

Others might not know, but he had witnessed Li Ao's numerical analysis and coding abilities and knew that they were no less than his mathematical level.

Li Ao had already demonstrated his ability to transform mathematical estimations into model verification at a previous numerical simulation workshop.

More importantly, this time the change is not to the entire core code, but to an isolated verification branch.

Since the corner correction item was proposed by Li Ao, he must be the only one who knows best how to integrate it into the module.

He knew the abilities of the other people well; they certainly couldn't complete the task with the same quality and quantity in one day.

Rather than giving up prematurely, it's better to have faith in this confident little guy.

Without further hesitation, Rudy immediately decided: "Next, everyone work with Leo to establish corner correction branches. We need to bring back the stability margin under irregular boundaries as much as possible."

He paused, then reassured everyone: "Our localized weighting approach already has an advantage. Even if we only give a conservative report tomorrow, we won't lose follow-up support, so there's no need for everyone to feel too much pressure."

Then, he turned to Arjun and said, "Later, give Leo temporary access to the verification branch. You, Carter, and Nicole will be in charge of overseeing the main branch code."

Seeing that the person in charge had made a decision, everyone, despite still having some concerns, stopped saying anything and agreed.

Twenty minutes later.

Li Ao sat in front of the computer in the makeshift workspace, preparing to create a discrete curvature correction term and integrate it with the existing local boundary weight code.

Amber and Arjun, among others, assisted with the initial formula derivation and data verification.

Just as Li Ao was about to type, Isabella, the only one who hadn't been assigned a core task, raised her hand: "Um—"

What can I do?

"Bella, your job is very important." Li Ao turned his head and joked, "Logistics support depends on you. Don't let everyone go hungry tonight."

Isabella nodded earnestly: "I guarantee I will complete the mission."

Establishing a discrete curvature correction term is essentially a mathematical problem involving boundary geometry and discrete energy estimation.

With Amber's assistance, the mathematical form was quickly derived.

Subsequently, relying on his model analysis skills, Li Ao quickly broke it down into several sub-modules and began writing verification code on the keyboard.

To save time, he immediately activated the "Full Concentration" mode, blocking out all external distractions and instantly increasing his typing speed.

Carter and his team didn't have many tasks at hand, so they soon found themselves with some free time.

I originally wanted to go over and see if I could help Li Ao with some of his work, but when I got closer, I was attracted by the speed at which he typed code.

The group stood behind Li Ao and watched for a while.

"Is this really a research code modification? It feels more like a typing speed test—" Carter muttered to himself.

"He's definitely much faster than me." Nicole was also somewhat surprised.

Hearing their conversation, Arjun thought to himself, "No wonder Professor Rudy dared to entrust this task to him; he probably already knew his coding skills."

If Arjun had previously doubted whether Li Ao could establish the corner correction branch and complete the fusion with the original scanning script within one night, his thoughts had now wavered.

Perhaps, this kid really can handle it.

Amber, standing nearby, shared the same sentiment.

As a mathematics doctoral student, her numerical calculation skills are not weak, but when it comes to the speed of implementing engineering code, she admits that she is far inferior to Li Ao in front of her.

"Indeed, talent and hard work are both indispensable."

She remembered David mentioning that Li Ao studied for up to sixteen hours a day during the math competition summer camp.

At the time, she thought the rumors were a bit exaggerated, but now that she has seen that level of skill with her own eyes, she realizes that those rumors are very likely true.

Time passed amidst the fluctuating lines of code, and Li Ao remained focused, showing no sign of stopping.

During this time, in addition to bringing meals, Isabella also happened to hear some news about the Caltech team.

I heard that the other party's "continuous approximation plus global boundary penalty" scheme was also affected by irregular boundaries, and the stability margin of the worst group decreased significantly.

This news brought a slight sense of relief to everyone.

This means that even if they can't finish fixing the corner point branch tonight, they still have room to try to rerun the process or submit supplementary data in tomorrow's report.

As for Professor Rudy, he was unable to come and follow up on the progress this afternoon because he had to attend a pre-meeting meeting with the Department of Energy.

Before we knew it, it was already past midnight.

Li Ao remained energetic and, after successfully establishing the discrete curvature correction term, immediately began the fusion of the two weight modules.

Although it was his first time working with Argonne Labs' local Python verification scripts, he quickly grasped the script logic thanks to his solid model analysis skills and previous C++ programming training.

While ensuring the smooth integration of the two weight modules, he also optimized several redundant parameter passing issues.

As the work progressed, a notification indicating attribute growth quietly appeared on the system panel:

[During high-intensity scientific research practice — Intelligence +0.1]

[In high-intensity numerical calculations — Stamina +0.1]

The efficiency of attribute growth gained under high-pressure real-world conditions is far greater than simply spending time in the library studying textbooks.

This also confirms that real-world scientific research practice is the fastest way to improve one's level.

In contrast, Amber, Arjun, and Carter initially planned to stay up all night with Li Ao, but they couldn't stay up any longer in the latter half of the night and fell asleep at their desks.

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