Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 53: Public opinion rises again, the reversal is too fast!

On the last day of the CHEP meeting, the Institute of High Energy Physics team will attend the final summary meeting.

It is even more relaxed for university representatives.

Zhang Shuo, Gao Xiaohong and several other professors continued to tour Brussels. They planned to go to the Grand Place, known as the living room of Europe.

This is the last time for the "publicly funded tour" and they have to catch a plane back home in the afternoon.

Xue Hongtao also came.

"I knew you would come!"

Seeing Xue Hongtao at the hotel entrance, Du Juan immediately approached him and teased him mercilessly, "Did you pretend to be sick yesterday?"

Xue Hongtao quickly waved his hands and explained, "I was really feeling unwell yesterday. My stomach was particularly uncomfortable and I went to the toilet several times."

He really didn't want to miss the funded trip.

This may be the only chance to come to Brussels in your life. Wouldn’t it be a wasted trip if you don’t check in and take photos at the classic attractions?

The popularity of today's news has dropped a lot, and it has long disappeared from the hot searches.

He just wanted to pretend he didn't know.

Unfortunately, my acquaintances didn't give me any face at all.

Du Juan said with a smile, "Professor Xue, your video is really well shot, especially the dubbing, it made me laugh."

"Why are you bringing up something that is not relevant?"

Xue Hongtao pretended to be calm on the surface, but he was gritting his teeth in his heart. However, he really had no way to deal with this middle-aged woman in her forties.

He secretly glanced at Zhang Shuo and found that he didn't seem to care. He was slightly relieved and continued to explain, "I just thought it was amazing, so I posted a video."

After saying that, he seemed to be more confident and said loudly, "Don't you think it's amazing?"

"Report! Off the script!"

"Don't talk about research! Talk about ideas!"

Xue Hongtao added sarcastically, "That's right, you didn't even have a chance to report."

This rhetoric made several professors roll their eyes. "You have a chance? You big head Xue!"

"You talk like you can do it. The one who gave the report was Zhang Shuo, not you!"

"What did you do?"

"That's why I posted the video because I thought it was awesome!" Xue Hong became very confident, as if this would allow him to stand on Zhang Shuo's side.

If we ignore the embarrassing identity of the professor at Donggang University and re-examine this matter, it is actually not a big deal.

Moreover, the cancellation of his degree by Donggang University had nothing to do with him.

Xue Hongtao continued to speak loudly, "It's amazing. I was stunned at the scene. Aren't you surprised?"

"Too good!"

"You watched my video, right? Look at how I evaluated it. In one word - awesome!"

"He's only a doctoral student now. What will happen after he graduates..."

As soon as Xue Hongtao finished speaking, someone reacted.

Tian Guilin immediately came to Zhang Shuo and said, "Zhang Shuo, have you ever thought about finding a job? You can come to Tongzhi University and I guarantee you will be hired as an associate professor!"

Another professor followed suit, saying, "Come to Xijing University of Technology. Not only can our school directly hire associate professors, but we also provide talent subsidies of 150 million, the highest in the country, as well as housing subsidies of several hundred thousand. The housing prices in Xijing are also low."

Professor Sun Yuanshou, who rarely speaks, also said, "Zhang Shuo, ignore them. I think Capital University is more suitable for you. You can go directly to the Institute of High Energy Physics."

The others fell silent.

The Institute of High Energy Physics at Capital University is indeed very attractive, as ordinary universities do not have similar physics research institutions.

Zhang Shuo smiled and was about to speak.

Gao Xiaohong hugged his arm and shouted angrily, "How can you poach people in front of me? Zhang Shuo will definitely stay in school! Our Sudong University is the best fit for him."

Zhang Shuo glanced at the position of the arm, then looked again at Gao Xiaohong who was confronting other professors.

He always feels...

Did the other party take advantage of me?

……

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the group went to Brussels International Airport and began their return journey back home.

Cui Kaiwen and Zhang Shuo sat next to each other and took the initiative to talk about the algorithm project. "I heard from Director Cao that you want to change the way of cooperation with us on the new algorithm?"

“The algorithm is too complicated.”

Zhang Shuo said bluntly, "It will be more than ten times more complicated than the previous project. This is just an estimate, it's not certain yet, I need to go back and study it."

Cui Kaiwen nodded in understanding.

When Cao Mengbo talked to him, he just suspected that Zhang Shuo had completed the new algorithm research.

Now it's certain.

He asked, "How can we cooperate?"

"I am only responsible for the design and overall planning of the framework," Zhang Shuo explained. "Because it is too complicated, I don't have enough energy to build a team and complete a large-scale algorithm project."

This was the decision Zhang Shuo made after careful consideration.

There are only a few hundred algorithm packages and program packages for the central anchor point connection algorithm.

If the algorithm is ten times more complex, the workload will not only increase tenfold, but may increase dozens of times, and a lot of manpower will be needed, so a large team must be formed to complete it. During this period, there are too many things to grasp and too much workload, so it is better to just do the framework design and let the Institute of High Energy Physics perfect it.

Neither mentioned funding.

This issue cannot be discussed on the plane. The Institute of High Energy Physics needs to hold a meeting to discuss it, and then communicate with Zhang Shuo in detail before considering the details of the cooperation.

That’s all for the project.

Zhang Shuo asked Cui Kaiwen, "You released the experimental analysis diagram at the conference. Can you give me a detailed result, including the output image and analysis data?"

"That's no problem."

Cui Kaiwen immediately nodded and agreed, "When I get back, I will apply for an internal account for you and upgrade your permissions so that you can log in to the platform to check it out."

"Thank you."

Zhang Shuo nodded after hearing this.

This was not just a sudden idea; he really wanted to see the results of the experimental analysis.

The experimental analysis results are very meaningful.

The data content can be analyzed using the theoretical basis of "source point theory".

In the past, many physicists were engaged in the research of "source point theory", including the shaping of theoretical foundations and the hope to verify the theory through experiments.

The reason why so many physicists pursue the "origin theory" is somewhat similar to the situation of "string theory" in this world.
They all have beautiful mathematical logic.

The origin of the 'source point theory' is an equation called the 'Liplaus-Pamir equation'.

The Liplos-Pamir equation explains the relationship between electromagnetic energy loss and force field chaos in particle experiments.

The force field chaos phenomenon that occurs in every particle collision experiment can be calculated using the Liplos-Pamir equation, and the calculated values ​​are very close to the experimental detection.

Although the particle collision experiments conducted by the Institute of High Energy Physics do not have any detection data related to electromagnetic energy loss, the data results can still be substituted into the calculations based on the experimental deviation analysis to see if the results are consistent with the Liplos-Pamir equation.

……

When Zhang Shuo was still on his way back to China, his name reappeared in domestic online public opinion, and it fermented faster and more hotly than in the previous few days.

The public opinion originated from a self-media account with millions of followers, named "Unknown Old Cat".

'Unknown Old Cat' posted a Weibo message, which read, "Zhang Shuo, a master's student at Donggang University and a doctoral student at Soochow University, went from having his degree revoked to publishing in a top journal and giving a report at an international conference. The reversal in half a year was so fast that it was hard to react!

What is going on here? "

The Weibo post was accompanied by several pictures.

The first one is an official announcement from Donggang University: "Zhang Shuo, awarded a master's degree in science by the School of Mathematics, was found to have plagiarized, copied, and infringed on the academic achievements of others in his master's thesis "Asymptotic Properties of Solutions of Several Types of Rational Difference Equations" after review by experts from inside and outside the school and deliberation by the school's academic committee, and his behavior has constituted academic misconduct.

The School of Mathematics and the school's academic committee held a meeting and decided to revoke his master's degree and master's degree certificate."

The second picture is from a media called "Donggang Journal", which forwarded the announcement and commented, "As a student, learning ability and scientific research ability are secondary, and integrity is the most important because it is related to one's character.

Those who are both virtuous and talented will be given special opportunities for promotion; those who are virtuous but not talented will be trained and used; those who are talented but not virtuous will never be used.

A person's character and quality are very important.

Zhang left flaws in his integrity and engaged in fraud, and was eventually punished, which was like shooting himself in the foot..."

The third picture is the English version of the Journal of High Energy Physics. There is also a text description on the picture, which is a paper titled "Center Anchor Point Connection Analysis Experimental Data Simulation Deviation", and the authors are "Zhang Shuo, PhD student, Soochow University" and "Luo Yongjun, professor, Soochow University professor".

The picture also states, "Luo Yongjun is a professor at Soochow University and Zhang Shuo's doctoral supervisor."

The next picture is a screenshot of a speech video at the CHEP conference, in which Zhang Shuo stood on the podium and gave an earnest speech to the audience.

The last two pictures are screenshots of Weibo posts released by several media outlets, including mainstream media such as Xinhua News Agency and Renren Daily.

The last one is very interesting. It is a screenshot of a chat conversation in a university classmates group.

"Zhang Shuo attended an international conference and gave a speech. Did you see the trending searches? @张硕, awesome!"

"As expected of a top student, even if his degree is revoked, he is still awesome!"

"It's strange that his degree was revoked. How could Zhang Shuo have plagiarized? His grades were so good, among the best. I don't think it's possible."

"Is it because he changed schools to study for a doctorate that the school wants to punish him?"

"Is this still possible? I feel like I might have offended someone, @张硕, great master, please tell me something!"

“Zhang Shuo: Stop @ing me. Here it comes! I think someone else plagiarized me, but to be honest, I don’t know the specific circumstances.”

After 'Unknown Old Cat' posted on Weibo, public opinion fermented exponentially quickly, and the topic #Zhang Shuo's master's degree was revoked# quickly became a hot search and quickly occupied the top three positions.

no doubt.

The public doesn’t like academics, the public likes gossip…

Half a year ago, his degree was revoked for plagiarizing a short paper. Half a year later, his research paper was published in a top international physics journal, he was invited to give a report at an international conference, and he received comments and praise from mainstream media.

This is so topical.

A large number of netizens participated in the discussion, "There must be something wrong with this. Plagiarizing half a year ago, publishing in a top journal half a year later, and being invited to give a report at an international conference?"

"The reversal is too fast!"

"Is there something wrong with Donggang University or Zhang Shuo? Normally it's impossible, right? Even if you work hard for half a year, you can't make so much progress!"

"You got the time wrong. It takes half a year to submit and review a paper, so there is no time to work hard!"

"The gap between academic plagiarism and making presentations at international conferences is unimaginable. It is impossible for a scholar who has the ability to publish in a top journal to plagiarize a small paper with little influence."

"So, the problem is with Donggang University? But why are they targeting Zhang Shuo?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)