Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 7 He won’t let it go like this!

Being a mathematics professor is indeed not easy.

It is not easy to apply for projects in mathematics, especially pure mathematics, and the project funding is pitifully small compared to other disciplines.

Small mathematics projects funded by universities generally have funding of only tens of thousands of yuan, and some are even only ten or twenty thousand yuan.

Even for higher-level projects, the funding received by pure mathematics is not as much as that allocated to doctoral students in other projects of the same level.

Mathematics professors like Luo Yongjun do not receive enough project funds to distribute to doctoral students. If he wants to give more subsidies to doctoral students, he has to pay for it out of his own pocket.

"Teacher Luo, it's not easy either!"

Zhang Shuo thought with a sigh.

If the research at hand is successful, it will be a mathematical and computer project.

Without mentioning the value of cutting-edge algorithms and bias assessment systems, only outsourcing the required program codes to software companies would require a minimum price of one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand, and tens of thousands of dollars would just be wasted.

Zhang Shuo thought about it and shook his head.

The experimental simulation program can reduce the workload a lot, the deviation analysis can be done in a targeted manner, and the deviation assessment modules only need to be listed one by one.

The main work content is divided into the central anchor point connection coverage algorithm and the required deviation assessment module.

Zhang Shuo's goal was not to complete all the programs, but to create the main framework of the algorithm and the core algorithm package of the required deviation assessment module.

After completing the main algorithm framework and evaluation algorithm package, you can present the framework and code and write a more complete paper report.

Then, it can be submitted for review and released at the lab meeting.

Zhang Shuo has two helpers - Luo Yongjun and Liu Chengjie.

Luo Yongjun can help write the bias assessment algorithm package and participate in logical thinking related to experimental data analysis.

Liu Chengjie can also provide some small help, for example, writing code according to the framework, but the efficiency is relatively low, and he wants to learn something at work.

Zhang Shuo assigned part of the coding work to Luo Yongjun and Liu Chengjie, while he continued to improve the main framework of the algorithm.

The center anchor point connection coverage algorithm is relatively simple, but in order to connect all the data, it requires a complete set of internal logic and must take all aspects of the factors into consideration, otherwise there will be problems in deviation assessment.

The complexity of experimental data will also require the main framework to consider more factors.

The most difficult part is to "combine with the deviation assessment system to correct the detection deviation."

Detection bias refers to the deviation that occurs during the experimental detection process.

In particle collision experiments, data are calculated based on detected information. Even if the detected data is accurate, the calculation itself has deviations.

For example, the data analysis work they do.

For some partial differential equations or systems of equations, the analytical solution does not give a direct result, but rather gives a range of results, or an approximate solution.

There is a range of deviations, which can also be counted as "detection deviation".

How to minimize detection bias?

This is the hardest part.

……

Zhang Shuo and his team of three worked until eight o'clock in the evening, and even he himself could not bear it any longer.

He drew the last frame, then glanced at Liu Chengjie who was pretending to be serious, and Luo Yongjun who was drowsy, shook his head and said, "That's it!"

"Today's progress is pretty good. We'll be almost there by this time tomorrow!"

Luo Yongjun and Liu Chengjie breathed a sigh of relief together. They found that Zhang Shuo was really a workaholic. Once he started working, he didn't even go to the restaurant.

Liu Chengjie packed up both lunch and dinner from the restaurant and brought them back.

Luo Yongjun had wanted to take a break a long time ago, but when he thought about his students still working hard and he was just helping to make a few auxiliary program packages, he always felt that he was incompetent as a doctoral supervisor and seemed not as good as his students?

That won't work!

Now I can finally rest.

Zhang Shuo packed up his things and went back to the dormitory with Liu Chengjie.

Luo Yongjun finished the rest of his coffee and stood up to leave. He thought about what had just happened and his experiences throughout the entire day, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Zhang Shuo..."

"He just said 'Let's stop here' and commented on the progress of the work. That momentum and tone..."

"Why do I feel like I'm the student? Or rather, his subordinate?"

"Uh~~~"

"Is it because the research is his?" Luo Yongjun couldn't figure it out.

On the other side, Zhang Shuo kept checking the system tasks while walking on the road——
【Task 1】

[Research project name: Central anchor point connection analysis data simulation bias (difficulty assessment: C). ]

【Progress: 63.126%.】

(The task can be canceled. The current number of research coins required to cancel the task is 7.)
(The remaining progress requires 37 scientific research coins.)
【Scientific research currency: 0. 】

"The progress is 63 percent, which is really good!"

"Why does canceling a mission require 7 scientific research coins..."

He thought about it carefully, but still couldn't figure it out.

This data seems to be somewhat random, or is it related to the support provided by the system?
Liu Chengjie and Zhang Shuo walked together.

He noticed that Zhang Shuo was thinking the whole time, and the way he looked at him was as if he was looking at a monster, "Zhang Shuo, are you tired? You've been busy all day, without stopping!"

"You must be tired..."

Zhang Shuo explained, "The main thing is that I want to finish it quickly. Time is limited, and I need to submit the report before the lab meeting."

"Right."

Liu Chengjie pursed his lips and continued to ask, "Can it be finished tomorrow?"

"should be no problem."

The two of them had already walked to the dormitory. They opened the door with the key and Liu Chengjie threw himself onto the bed.

Zhang Shuo sat down and took out his cell phone, only to find several missed calls.

He was a little distressed.

After sitting on the edge of the bed in silence for a long time, he took a deep breath and called back.

“Beep, beep~~~”

The phone rang only twice before it was connected. An anxious voice came from the other end, "Shuo, are you done with your work?"

"Yeah, I just got back to the dormitory..."

"mom!"

Zhang Shuo shouted out with difficulty, and the person on the other end of the phone was his mother Liu Zhengying.

Liu Zhengying didn't pay attention to his tone, but asked anxiously, "I heard that your degree and diploma were revoked? The university also issued a notice? What happened?"

Zhang Shuo immediately explained, "My advisor, Zhou Kaijun, gave the paper to a female doctoral student, who then published it ahead of schedule. I happened to be picked for random inspection by the school."

"Zhou Kaijun is protecting that female doctor. There is no way to prove it."

"The school is more willing to believe Zhou Kaijun..."

Zhang Shuo seemed a little helpless as he spoke. He actually hoped to clear his original name, but everything was against him and he couldn't prove anything.

All he can do is continue on the path of scientific research.

One day, after making significant research achievements and winning international academic awards, who would still believe that the master's thesis was plagiarized?
Who would believe Zhou Kaijun’s words?

By then, it will be self-evident!

After listening to Zhang Shuo's explanation, Liu Zhengying asked anxiously, "Did that Zhou guy hurt you?"

"No! I'll go find the school! Your dad and I will go together to find their principal!"

"why is it like this!"

"You obviously..."

She said a lot anxiously.

Zhang Shuo could understand his mother's feelings, but he knew that there was no point in doing so.

He consoled her, "Mom, I know what's going on. Don't worry."

"This incident has no significant impact on me. I can still continue my doctoral studies. Besides, I will definitely prove that I did not plagiarize in the future. When that happens, it will be Donggang University that will regret it."

"Don't worry..."

Zhang Shuo and Liu Zhengying said a lot, some of which were words of comfort and some of which were their true thoughts.

Anyone who is wrongly accused of losing their degree would be very unwilling, and my predecessor has never gotten over it.

He won't let it go like this!
(End of this chapter)