Just turned over a new leaf and became a wise and intelligent student

Chapter 343 Sloan Research Award

have to say.

Although Xu Qingshan's thinking and ability are considered unique among the younger generation of Peking University by others.

Although Xu Chenyang, Yun Zhiwei and Zhang Wei, who are studying abroad, have also achieved certain results in the past two years, the gap between them and Xu Qingshan in terms of popularity both inside and outside the industry is huge.

Coupled with Xu Qingshan's typical local background and his achievements without any overseas education background, the argument that "China can also produce top mathematicians" or "China can still produce top mathematicians" is best supported.

This makes the attention Xu Qingshan receives at home and abroad somewhat special.

In Xu Qingshan’s own words, he was just stuck at the best point for a trend to break out.

However, compared with Liu Ruochuan, Xu Qingshan's accumulation and background in mathematical academics are obviously different. Liu Ruochuan has a mathematics professor in his family, and through the influence of this professor, his understanding of the development of mathematical academics is naturally broader and more comprehensive than Xu Qingshan's.

No matter how strong a person's brain power is, it is difficult to exhaust all in a short period of time.

"In fact, I really suggest that you learn French. French mathematicians love to play, but their ideas are indeed very romantic. Maybe they are not so valuable in practice, but they often have some fantastic ideas. Sometimes they may seem unorthodox, but if we study them carefully, they can really inspire us."

Liu Ruochuan spared no effort to recommend his favorite things to Xu Qingshan. Although Xu Qingshan was still gnawing on a pig's trotter, he still nodded and agreed.

Nowadays, learning a language is basically not difficult for him.

Moreover, the book "The Elements of Mathematics" given to him by Liu Ruochuan did bring some new ideas to Xu Qingshan.

"It's okay. I'm good at French. I've been able to date several French girlfriends in Paris. It can basically be considered my best second foreign language. If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me. I'm more than qualified to be a French teacher."

Liu Ruochuan's true intentions were revealed, and he looked at Xu Qingshan smugly.

He enjoyed the vanity of having his junior fellow apprentice come to him and ask him for help and to teach him.

So satisfied!

The main feature is the contrast!
The genius who was aloof and abstinent in front of the world was now begging me pitifully to teach him knowledge. Oh~ that feeling was so wonderful.

Xu Qingshan curled his lips and directly took a large pig leg from the roast suckling pig and put it on his plate.

"It's just learning French. How can it be harder than being a p-in?"

Xu Qingshan said casually.

"That's hard to say. French is not easy to learn. If you don't know it, remember to ask me. I'm here to teach you. Hey, how come you ate half of the pig while you were talking? What the hell?"

It was only then that Liu Ruochuan noticed that during the time they had been chatting, half of the roasted suckling pigs in front of their two tables were missing. He didn't have time to show off anymore, so he put the book aside, put on some gloves and started to grab the roasted suckling pigs.

After having supper, go back home.

Jiang Huanxi knew that Xu Qingshan liked to drink some tea to remove the grease after eating greasy food, so she boiled water to make him a cup of tea, while Tong Tong went to take a shower first.

Xu Qingshan sat alone at the table, without saying a word. He just leaned back on the chair, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, and looked at the night sky in front of him with somewhat empty eyes.

"What are you thinking about?"

Jiang Huanxi placed the steaming hot tea on Xu Qingshan's desk and sat down at her seat next to him to start organizing the content and materials of today's class. Although she could not graduate early like Xu Qingshan with his advanced concepts, she also wanted to keep herself at the forefront of her major as much as possible and set the first-class scholarship as her undergraduate goal.

Although she has good qualifications, she needs to work hard to stand out in the capital university where many geniuses gather.

"Thinking about that."

Xu Qingshan held up the "Elements of Mathematics" in his hand.

"Learning French?"

Jiang Huanxi asked without quite understanding.

She felt that this should not be a problem that Xu Qingshan would worry about.

"No, I was thinking, the Bourbaki group back then were actually only in their twenties. They were able to get together and produce such a mathematical monograph using the new structuralism. Why can't I do the same?"

When Xu Qingshan spoke, his eyes were very deep.

Jiang Huanxi was looking at his profile and could see the stars in his eyes.

"How about you try it too?"

Jiang Huanxi paused and said that on these matters, she supported all of Xu Qingshan's decisions.

"If you need help, I'll also start learning French with you to prepare these things."

Xu Qingshan placed his right hand on "The Elements of Mathematics" and shook his head.

“Don’t put so much pressure on yourself. Your current task is to do what you want to do. Completing a systematic and comprehensive mathematical monograph is not a matter for one or two people, or even a generation.”

Xu Qingshan said.

He withdrew his gaze and looked at the girl beside him, smiled knowingly, moved his chair back a little to free up one thigh, patted his thigh gently, and opened his arms towards the girl.

Jiang Huanxi's face turned slightly red. She looked at Xu Qingshan coquettishly, picked up her book, stood up and sat on Xu Qingshan's lap.

The girl's slender and soft waist always makes people's hands linger.

Xu Qingshan held his lover in his arms and described to Jiang Huanxi the future he envisioned. However, it was different from ordinary couples. Perhaps when ordinary couples sit together and talk about the future, they will talk about what kind of house to buy, what kind of car to buy, how many children to have, and what kind of life to live.

But Xu Qingshan and Jiang Huanxi were relying on each other here, talking about how to create a mathematical world with a brand new structure and brand new ideas.

If people don’t have common topics, they will feel bored when they talk to each other.

But if there is, then even if you say thousands of words, it will still be joy from beginning to end.

Just as it was late at night, the email on Xu Qingshan's computer showed that a new email had been received, which surprised both Xu Qingshan and Jiang Huanxi. But there was no delay and Jiang Huanxi, who was sitting in Xu Qingshan's arms, opened the email.

Because Xu Qingshan still has some influence now, if you only use one email address, it is easy to miss various important messages.

So several email addresses were set up, including one dedicated to the laboratory research team, one for Xu Qingshan's official public account, one for communication with friends Xu Qingshan met in the international academic community, and his personal email address.

Only the latter two will be hung on his computer in real time.

At this point, it is most likely an email from across the ocean. "It looks like an email from Mr. Charles. Let me take a look. Hmm, it's signed by Charles Fefferman."

Jiang Huanxi was closer to the computer. As she watched, she moved the computer closer to Xu Qingshan.

When I opened the email, it was a big "Congratulations".

"Please help me check if you have been reading English seriously recently."

Xu Qingshan said with a smile, but his hands were still moving.

"Well, it seems like you won a prize?"

Jiang Huanxi looked at the computer, ignoring Xu Qingshan's mischief on her, and said with some surprise. Now she directly picked up the computer and placed it in front of Xu Qingshan, letting him look at it himself.

"Win an award? What award? I haven't even participated in any selection yet."

Xu Qingshan was a little surprised. Why did he suddenly receive an email in the middle of the night saying that he had won the award?

He read the email carefully.

Last month, the Sloan Foundation in the United States announced the list of young scholars who received the Sloan Research Award in 2010, a total of 119 researchers.

This award, established in 1955, is used to support and reward scientists who are still in the early stages of their careers, have outstanding talent and great potential. In fact, the foundation does have a good vision.

The Sloan Research Award was given to 119 young scientists, not just in mathematics, but also in chemistry, molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics.

Each winner will receive a prize of US$5 to be used for subsequent research expenses or to support living expenses.

The Sloan Research Award may not be well-known in the eyes of the public, but it is recognized as a bellwether for the Nobel Prize in the industry.

Of course, just for fun.

There is no Nobel Prize in mathematics, nor in computers.

However, since the establishment of the Sloan Research Award, 38 winners have won the Nobel Prize, 57 have won the U.S. National Medal of Science, and 14 winners in mathematics have won the Fields Medal. The Sloan Research Award in Economics, which was only awarded in 1983, has won 9 Clark Prizes.

The Clark Prize has the same status in the economics community as the Fields Medal, and is also recognized by the industry as the highest honor for young economists.

And Xu Qingshan is on the list of 2010 Sloan Research Award winners.

What is even more surprising is that Xu Qingshan won both the Mathematics Award and the Computer Science Award. You know, although Xu Qingshan gained a lot of attention in the computer field because of his excitement that summer, judging from the real achievements, it is not even worthy of him to be awarded the mathematics award.

However, the Sloan Foundation's judging panel still awarded the Computer Science Award to Xu Qingshan. It is not known whether this was an additional benefit brought by Xu Qingshan's close ties with the North American computer community, or whether they really saw Xu Qingshan's outstanding talent in the field of computer science.

Xu Qingshan finished reading the email.

The email sent by Charles Fefferman was actually just a casual blessing. The real purpose of his email was to ask the people from the Sloan Foundation why Xu Qingshan did not reply to their emails. Was it because he was too busy with work and neglected to respond, or was it because he had no intention of accepting the award?

How could Xu Qingshan not accept the award? There were no off-field factors.

He thought about it and finally, according to the clues Charles sent him, he found the award notice sandwiched among a bunch of strange emails in his mailbox which was open to the public.

He replied to the Sloan Foundation by email, saying that he was willing to accept the award, but just wanted to ask whether he needed to go to the United States to receive the award or whether he could receive it remotely.

Perhaps the foundation staff on the other side of the Pacific Ocean had been waiting for a long time. Just a few minutes after Xu Qingshan replied, the other party started chatting with him in the email reply.

The Sloan Research Award does not need to be collected in person. Xu Qingshan only needs to fill out a form, sign the award letter, and fax it. The prize money will be paid directly into Xu Qingshan's overseas account. Academic research awards like this are basically tax-free, whether in China or abroad.

The world's superpowers' hunger for technology is obvious.

However, Xu Qingshan asked curiously that if he received two prizes, would he have two bonuses, totaling $10.

Unfortunately, the answer he got was no.

The Sloan Research Award is given per person. Even if Xu Qingshan wins all seven fields, he can only get 7 US dollars.

From the description of this staff member, Xu Qingshan also learned that there are a total of 10 Chinese who received the Sloan Research Award this year, including a Chinese female scientist, Huang Yu, who Xu Qingshan mentioned when he was chatting with Qiu Yong about the semiconductor industry some time ago.

"I was thinking about digging a little, but now it seems that it's a bit difficult."

Xu Qingshan murmured.

This female scientist, who specializes in nanomaterials, had already gained fame in the field of materials, especially in the field of nanomaterials used in energy, communications, computing and other fields, as early as the beginning of the century. In 2001, her research on the practical application of nanocircuits, low cost of nanocircuits and industrial processing was rated as a "Major Breakthrough of 2001" by Science magazine.

This is exactly one of the core technology requirements of the new semiconductor industry that Xu Qingshan asked Xinlu Investment to establish.

When discussing the plan a few years ago, Qiu Yong mentioned this outstanding female scientist several times, and sometimes expressed his desire to bring her back to China. Xu Qingshan also thought that he could take advantage of Qiu Yong's influence and reach some industrial-level cooperation with her.

But if the prize allows people to take more, their willingness to come back may be much lower.

The next day is busy.

Xu Qingshan did not chat with the people on the other side of the ocean for too long. Before turning off his computer, he directly forwarded the award email sent to him by the Sloan Foundation to Tian Gang, Wang Changping and Mei Hong, and then he no longer cared about the matter.

But Xu Qingshan had just woken up the next day, so he got up a little late.

Jiang Huanxi made breakfast for him and went to class first. When he came out of the house after breakfast and was about to enter the school from the east gate of Peking University, he saw the familiar big red banner hanging on the campus gate again.

Take a closer look.

Sure enough, the name on it was his again.

[Fields Medal weathervane! Our young scholar Xu Qingshan won the 2010 American Sloan Research Award! ]

Xu Qingshan curled his lips.

The old guys are really quick to act. Just to boost the quality of this publicity, they have to bring up the Fields Medal together.

If you didn't look carefully, you would think you had won the Fields Medal?
but
Xu Qingshan suddenly realized that this year is 2010, the National Congress of Mathematicians will be held this year, and he seems to have a real chance to win the Fields Medal this year.

It depends on whether the review panel gives us face.

(End of this chapter)