Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 61 Why is this happening? Project meeting: Please answer my questions!

Computer room.

Luo Yongjun talked about the research progress.

More than a month has passed since the last time. His research has overcome the problem of non-smooth concave surfaces and the follow-up has been relatively smooth. He has completed the demonstration of the density function and started the next step of research by comparing with the original equation.

According to the conventional demonstration process, the density function is demonstrated and compared with the original equation. The next step is to broaden the boundary requirements.

The first two questions are the basis for the latter.

Just like building a pyramid, if the construction area at the base is larger, the pyramid will become taller, which means the boundary requirements will be widened.

According to Luo Yongjun's research so far, the area of ​​the base built has exceeded that of Professor Chen from the University of Science and Technology.

However, whether we can build a higher pyramid on this basis, that is, successfully expand the boundaries, is still uncertain.

Zhang Shuo listened to the explanation carefully, and the progress of the task continued to improve.

[Task 1.243, progress +%. ]

[Task 0.802, progress +%. ]

[Task 0.41, progress +...]

After all the explanations were completed, the progress was directly improved by more than 18%.

The system task display becomes——

【Task 1】

[Research Project Name: Smoothness Demonstration of Monge-Ampere Equation (Further Reducing the Smoothness Requirements of Boundaries) (Difficulty Assessment: B). ]

【Progress: 79.303%.】

(The task can be canceled. Currently, the number of scientific research coins required to cancel the task is 10.)
(The remaining progress requires research coins: 105.)
"almost finished!"

"However, I still need 105 krypton coins, which is enough to upgrade..."

Zhang Shuo wants to increase the number of krypton coins. Only when the number of krypton coins is sufficient can he upgrade, and only when the number of krypton coins is sufficient can he increase the task bar.

This task also requires 105 research coins, which should be enough to upgrade.

But there are not enough scientific research coins.

If the amount of krypton coins exceeds the upgrade requirements, it would be a waste to spend all the money on the research without completing it. It is better to use more of them in key areas.

He looked at Luo Yongjun and asked, "Now that we're here, don't know what to do next?"

Luo Yongjun nodded, "I haven't thought about it yet."

"I've been so busy these past few days that I haven't thought much about it. I feel like this should be passable. I can solve it if I give it some more thought."

Zhang Shuo held his chin with one hand and pursed his lips, "I should think more about research problems when I have time."

“Let’s think about this together.” He immediately spent five coins, and his thoughts became very clear.

Luo Yongjun frowned when he heard this. He felt like something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was.

He still nodded, "Okay, let's think about it together."

The two began to think together.

Zhang Shuo picked up the pen and continued to analyze. "Comparing the original function, we can now analyze it from the parameters and also compare it with the image."

"The parameters and images are directly related, so we need to find the corresponding relationship first."

He wrote a row of equations, "Let's compare them first. We can make a matrix, and then the calculation will be very clear..."

"Just like that, find the corresponding relationship..."

"We can make changes here..."

Zhang Shuo said a lot of things in a row, helped complete the calculations of several key steps, and pointed out a clear direction for Luo Yongjun.

Luo Yongjun kept nodding his head, "That's exactly what should happen. It's very clear!"

"Yes, the correspondence is very clear."

"I didn't think of the matrix method. You think really fast..."

He continued thinking about it and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Zhang Shuo finished one part of his argument and had no intention of stopping, and then continued with the next part.

It's just like solving a math problem, one step after another. Although you have to think in the middle, it is still very smooth.

After finishing a part of the content, Zhang Shuo stopped and drank a sip of water. "Teacher Luo, do you know what to do next?"

"Uh-huh."

Luo Yongjun nodded blankly.

"That's good."

Zhang Shuo put down his pen and said, "That's all for today. You can study it further and I'll take a look in a few days."

"When the time comes, if there are any problems, we can study and solve them together..."

After he said that, he said hello to Sun Xingli and left with his things.

Before leaving, he sighed.

He was still not satisfied with the progress of krypton coins. He had just paid five times in a row, but the system still did not give any prompts.

"Do I need to get a hundred coins?"

“That’s possible!”

"Last time there were ten, next time there will be a hundred, a tenfold increase."

"Next time..."

"Ah~~"

Luo Yongjun was half lying on the chair, listening to the sighs coming from the corridor, and he felt even weirder.

He was thinking about the scene of "doing research together" just now. It seemed that they were not thinking about a problem together, but more like... a mentor guiding a student?
After giving guidance, the tutor also urged the students to seize the time to do research.

And you said 'let's see in a few days'?
In addition, the tutor was obviously not very satisfied with the student and was sighing when he left.

"This……"

"Why is it like this?" Luo Yongjun lamented. He couldn't understand it. It was clearly his own research, and he was told to think about it together, so how did it become one-sided guidance?

Sun Xingli, who was standing opposite him, sighed and said, "Lao Luo, you also discovered it?"

“That really shouldn’t happen!”

Luo Yongjun sighed again.

Sun Xingli shook his head and said, "Look at her expression, eyes, movements and gestures when she was leaving. Anyway..."

"Yes."

Luo Yongjun felt the same way and said depressedly, "I don't know why it is like this. Even if Zhang Shuo is good, this shouldn't happen. He seems to know more than me."

"He knows more than you do? You're married?"

"Does this have anything to do with marriage?"

"Is it okay?"

"You mean to say that getting married will lower one's IQ?" Luo Yongjun stretched out his hand and scratched his head. "Come to think of it, I've been married for 20 years, and I really don't feel the same as before."

He grabbed a strand of hair, put it in his hand and blew it hard, "The hair has become thinner."

“So you don’t understand!”

Sun Xingli crossed his hands behind his head and said with a smile, "This is a topic for young people. You are already old."

"Why can't I understand?"

Luo Yongjun frowned, "Are you sure we are talking about the same thing?"

……

Institute of High Energy Physics, Experimental Physics Center.

Director Wu Jianning presided over a project meeting attended by more than 20 people, all of whom are core personnel from the Physics Center and the Computing Center.

Including Academician Tan Zhiming, Academician Gao Hongli, Director of the Computing Center Cao Mengbo, and more than a dozen project leaders, experimental directors, and so on.

In project meetings, the main topic is the project.

After discussing a few small projects, the meeting turned to new project plans.

Bao Hexing, on behalf of the Computing Center, talked about the new algorithm project. "The new algorithm project is called 'Large-Scale Experiment Bias Analysis Software Development'. We plan to cooperate with Zhang Shuo from Soochow University."

"Professor Cui Kaiwen has been communicating with Zhang Shuo and has already understood the basic framework of the entire algorithm."

“We have discussed this internally and believe that it is very likely to be achieved…”

Bao Hexing talked about many problems with the new algorithm.

The next step is to determine the project.

The project must first be approved by the Science and Technology Planning Office before it can enter the process of making a report application and allocating funds.

The main bodies of the Institute of High Energy Physics' external cooperation projects are partners and institutions that carry out research and development, and they can directly discuss funding issues after the project is approved.

After Bao Hexing finished his speech, the participants began to discuss in a low voice.

At this time, Tan Zhiming said, "I don't agree."

Everyone looked over.

Tan Zhiming looked at Bao Hexing and said, "Professor Bao, I want to ask, are you sure you can complete this project?"

"You originally conducted research based on small experimental analysis of algorithms, and then kept saying that you couldn't prove the logic of the algorithms. Now that you have changed your mindset and have new ideas, why do you still want to cooperate?"

"We have such a large computing center, do we have to work with a PhD student?"

Bao Hexing frowned and said, "Academician Tan, I respect you, but please also respect others."

"Zhang Shuo is indeed a doctoral student, but he has just published two papers in Advances in Mathematics. This is not something an ordinary doctoral student can do."

"Is there no need to say much about his performance at the CHEP meeting?"

"What does this have to do with anything!"

Tan Zhiming's expression was very serious. "Even if he is capable and qualified, we are the first party. We should have a detailed report for the investment cooperation, right?"

"I have never seen anyone begging others to do a project, especially when it comes to research on computing software."

Bao Hexing took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. "The data teams at Fermilab and the Nuclear Organization are very eager to work with Zhang Shuo. We clearly have this opportunity, so why don't we take the initiative to fight for it?"

"Does their cooperation mean handing over the project? They want Zhang Shuo to join their research team!"

The two of them started arguing head on.

Wu Jianning looked around and stretched out his hand to calm him down. "Don't be so angry. We are all here for the institute's project."

"Put this aside for now, let's talk about the expansion of the CP group."

Tan Zhiming is the head of the CP destruction research team.

He took the report at hand and said, "The research on CP destruction is the most important project in recent years."

"There are many research breakthroughs in this project, including increasing the intensity of signal detection, increasing the sensitivity of the probe, and the number of hyperons produced, etc."

"The next step is to continue to increase the number of hyperons. The sensitivity of our probes is hundreds or thousands of times higher than that of foreign countries. With the support of this technology, we are more likely to..."

Tan Zhiming said a lot in a row, and finally concluded, "So, we need to expand our manpower, increase the number of permanent researchers, and increase the scale of international cooperation."

CP violation research is one of the key projects of the Institute of High Energy Physics, and its results have been published twice in Nature magazine.

It is only natural to increase the scale of the experiment, expand the CP group, increase the number of permanent experimental personnel, and expand the scope of international cooperation.

"I object!"

Cao Mengbo suddenly stood up and asked Tan Zhiming, "Academician Tan, I want to ask you, are you sure that your project can detect CP destruction signals?"

"You have been conducting research for more than ten years, right? You have only been improving the technology all along. The two so-called major achievements were still technological upgrades."

"There shouldn't be any progress in discovering the CP destruction signal, right?"

“Since there has been no progress for more than a decade, what is the point of this project?”

“Besides, with such a large physics center, so many researchers, engineers, and so many partner institutions, why do we still need international collaboration?”

"Please answer my question!"

(End of this chapter)