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Chapter 206 Project Approved
"Grandpa, where are you?"

"Qiushai, what's going on?"

"I'm back and will come to see you later. By the way, do you have any extra bookcases in your office?"

"Hmm? What do you want a bookcase for?"

"My tutor gave me a lot of books. I originally wanted to put them at my home in Huaqing. But after thinking about it, I was afraid that so many books would get damaged if I kept them at home. After careful consideration, I decided that it would be safer to leave them with you."

"Okay, I'll have someone clear out a bookcase for you. How many books did Yan Zhen give you?"

"I looked around and found that there were about two or three hundred copies."

"Two or three hundred? Did you clear out all his collection of books?"

"Haha, Grandpa, that's right! When I first came here, Director Tian told me that when I graduated from college, he would give me all the books in his office. I'm about to graduate now."

"Okay, okay, okay, haha, just have someone bring it over. I'll prepare it for you here. By the way, when I'm gone, my collection of books and manuscripts will also be left to you. It's just right to put them all together."

……

Two hours later, Qiuzhai.

It took a while, but there was no other way. Tian Yan really didn't trust the movers to move his books, so he asked some professors and students to help Qiao Yu move the books.

They were all weak scholars, and they were particularly fond of their books, so naturally they couldn't work fast.

When they arrived at Qiu Zhai, Mr. Yuan did not ask the professional movers to do the work. The professors and students who stayed behind in Qiu Zhai were also ready. They moved the books and manuscripts from Tian Yanzhen bit by bit, and placed them neatly in the prepared bookcases.

Someone was also assigned to carefully wipe each book.

Yuan Zhengxin pulled Qiao Yu into another room to drink tea.

Although they said they were drinking tea, Yuan Zhengxin knew that Qiao Yu was impatient and would drink small cups at a time. Moreover, his good tea was like a drop in the ocean for Qiao Yu to drink.

So I just put some tea leaves in a large cup and made a cup...

"Yan Zhen has explained all the follow-up arrangements to you, right?"

"I was told to graduate quickly, defend my doctoral dissertation early next year, and then graduate."

"Well, first get your doctorate degree from Huaqing, then go to Yanbei to give a lecture, and Yanbei University will also give you a doctorate degree. You have no objection to staying at the Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center as a professor, right?"

Yuan Zhengxin spoke slowly.

Qiao Yu still prefers his grandfather's way of communication.

Although the result is the same, at least it is in an advisory tone.

This is probably what a Fields Medal winner is, and this is someone who understands Fields Medal winners better.

"No problem. It doesn't matter where you are as a professor." Qiao Yu replied immediately.

"Well, once you become a professor, apply for both a master's and a doctoral supervisor. You won't have to go to undergraduate classes anymore. I told Yan Zhen about this, and he agreed.

But you still have to take on graduate students. You have to spread your stuff, and you have to contribute to other people's research. Don't just pick up everything that's already out there.

If the disciples I accept have good character and are savvy, I can rest assured to use them after they are trained. You will understand in the future that academics are more about inheritance than any other career, especially the inheritance of academic thoughts. "

Yuan Zhengxin spoke carefully about his life experience.

This is what happens when people reach a certain age. They always want to tell the young people they like everything they have accumulated in their life.

Although I know that some insights and experiences cannot be understood unless you reach a certain age.

"I understand, Grandpa. Don't worry, it's just teaching students. I will do it. I will teach them according to their aptitude."

Qiao Yu answered casually.

No one is better at teaching students than him. He only recruits talented students, and then tells them his learning methods, and then it depends on them to perform on their own.

Director Tian is like this.

Mathematics at the graduate level is all about understanding. If you understand it, then you understand it. If you don’t understand it, there is nothing you can do.

If all else fails, just do what Chen Zhuoyang did. It's actually not bad to do some real work for the rest of your life.

Yuan Zhengxin continued to brew his tea with a smile and did not refute Qiao Yu's words.

If Qiao Yu says he understands, then he definitely understands.

"By the way, there is still half a year between graduating from undergraduate studies and getting your doctorate. What do you plan to do?"

There was no choice but Qiao Yu repeated what he had said to Tian Yanzhen.

After listening carefully, Yuan Zhengxin thought for a moment before speaking: "Quantization of electronic computers? This direction is very cutting-edge and novel. If it succeeds, it will be a national treasure. Are you sure?"

Qiao Yu smiled and replied, "It can't be more difficult than solving the Riemann hypothesis, right?"

"Haha, yes, yes, yes! Okay, I support you! If you can do a good job, I will ask for credit for you. You didn't eat lunch today on the high-speed train, right? It's almost time for dinner, call your mother, and let's go eat."

"Well, how about we eat later? Director Tian asked me to fill out the graduation application form quickly."

Yuan Zhengxin raised his hand and waved, saying, "There's no rush. It doesn't matter if it's a day earlier or later. We have to go through the procedures. Let's eat first!"

……

The following week, Qiao Yu began to go through the process and submitted an application to the National Natural Science Foundation.

A lot can indeed be done in a week. The application was submitted smoothly, and he received his Yanbei University undergraduate diploma and bachelor's degree certificate just in time for the freshmen to start their military training at school.

How should I put it? I graduated so quietly.

The school actually prepared a graduation ceremony for him, and even the principal attended in person.

But let's be honest, whose serious graduation photo only features the top leaders of the school and college, and the big shots from Huaqing University, but not a single classmate?
If we ignore these details, the school actually took good care of him. They specially arranged a photographer for Qiao Yu to follow Qiao Xi around the Yanbei campus to check in and take photos.

They also developed all his photos for free and made a special commemorative album for him. They also arranged a dinner party just to celebrate his successful graduation.

In short, I have everything I shouldn't have, but I don't feel what I should have.

But it doesn’t matter, Qiao Yu still has a way to feel it.

After returning home with Qiao Xi in the evening, Qiao Yu locked himself in the room and took out his mobile phone to take pictures of his graduation certificate and degree certificate.

Then I sent it through a group message to three classmates who were still enjoying their summer vacation.

By the way, @ everyone.

"Friends, you see, I graduated."

"congratulations!"

"God Qiao finally graduated!"

"..."

Qiao Yu could feel that the three people's reactions were very indifferent.

"I've graduated. Aren't you surprised?"

"Boss, you're a Fields Medal winner, how could the school not let you graduate? Besides, even if you want to show off in front of us, you have to grasp the key points, right?
You can give out Fields Medals every day and show off your bonuses. But if you want to be low-key and don't want to show off these things, we can understand if you just talk about your paper on solving the Riemann hypothesis.

What the hell is the point of issuing a diploma or degree? It is normal for the school to let you graduate as soon as possible. If they still delay your graduation, we will wonder if the school management has lost their minds. "

Gong Jiatao's lengthy complaints left Qiao Yu speechless.

Then Yu Yongjun also jumped out.

"That's right, Master Qiao, you don't usually watch YouTube, right? Just go and take a look at the complaints on YouTube! Just because you're an undergraduate, a bunch of people started arguing. Some said you're trying to show off, no matter what, some said we in Yanbei are deliberately holding you back from graduating for the sake of honor, and some said the Chinese just want to make big news this way.

In short, it is right for you to graduate as soon as possible. If you don't graduate and you don't go to class, there is no point in keeping the student status since you don't have to go to class, right?
And if you really go to class, you will also disrupt the classroom discipline and harmonious atmosphere, you know? Why make everyone unhappy? "

Each of these articles was very long, which made Qiao Yu seriously suspect that they were all using the computer version of WeChat, and that the texts had been prepared long ago, just waiting for him to show his graduation certificate.

But there was no way he would admit to such slander!

"When have I ever disrupted class discipline? Let me tell you, Yu Yongjun, even though we are so familiar with each other, if you slander me, I will still sue you in court."

"No, Mr. Qiao, please put yourself in the right place! Don't you realize that you are already a Fields Medal winner? When you sit down and listen to the class, have you ever considered the professor's feelings on the podium?"

After sending the text, Yu Yongjun also sent a voice message directly.

Imitating the professor's mentality, he performed the role vividly and passionately.

"Fuck, why is Qiao Yu in my class? Have I offended him recently? Is he here to cause trouble? Otherwise it doesn't make sense? Does he still need to learn his mathematical analysis from me?"

You know what, you really don’t know what, after listening to the voice message, Qiao Yu actually felt that what Yu Yongjun said made a lot of sense.

So he decided to keep Yu Yongjun's words and then ask the professor who taught mathematical analysis to the elite class whether he thought so.

Oh, by the way, who is the professor who teaches mathematical analysis?

Before he could recall the professor's name from his memory, Yu Wei asked, "Did the school tell you when you will graduate with your doctorate? What are your plans for the future?"

"I will graduate with a PhD at the beginning of next year. Then I will return to the Yanbei International Mathematics Center as a professor."

When someone asked a serious question, Qiao Yu gave a serious answer.

“Can you accept graduate students?”

"Of course I can! Let me apply directly for a doctoral supervisor."

As soon as Qiao Yu sent this message, Gong Jiatao immediately interrupted with a sentence: "Foster father, what do you think of my qualifications? Can I still meet your standards?"

Qiao Yu replied without even thinking: "Well, this boy is extremely shameless, he cannot be accepted!"

"No, godfather, I can do everything!"

"Me too, Master Qiao, have you forgotten that we agreed that I would be your follower for life?"

Well, Qiao Yu discovered that shamelessness is contagious, but unfortunately Yu Wei's immunity is too strong.

But now he was too lazy to continue chatting with them in the group. Instead, he considered going to YouTube to see if the arguments of those people were really as exaggerated as Yu Yongjun said.

……

While Qiao Yu was bragging to his friends in the room, the approval department of the Ministry of Science and Technology was holding a closed-door meeting.

Unsurprisingly, the project proposal submitted by Qiao Yu was being discussed. This time, the formal procedures were not followed and the leaders of the competent department personally reviewed and approved it.

Not only did they do their homework in advance, they also brought in experts from other places to conduct research.

In fact, this is not the first time the meeting has been held.

There have been two online discussions before, but this is the first time that experts have been invited to Beijing for an offline meeting.

“Dear experts and our review team, thank you for your hard work. First of all, on behalf of the Ministry of Science and Technology, I would like to thank you all for coming to Beijing to participate in this discussion on electronic computer simulation of quantum computing.

I believe everyone is already familiar with it now. After all, we have organized two online meetings. This time, we specially invite you to have in-depth discussions offline.

The core goal of Qiao Yu's project is to use classical computers to simulate quantum computing capabilities, especially to implement Shor's algorithm. I am a layman in the technical field, so I will not say much.

But before everyone speaks, I would like to talk about the main points of this meeting. As for the significance and background of this project, we have already understood them and there is no need to repeat them.

Therefore, please focus on practical issues such as estimating project feasibility and resource requirements. In addition, this meeting is confidential and the content of the meeting is prohibited from being disclosed. "

After the leader sitting in the main seat finished speaking, he naturally looked at the first old man sitting on his left and said, "Academician Li Zhen, you are an expert in quantum computing, so why don't you start first?"

Li Zhen nodded, then pushed up his glasses and said, "Then I'll express my opinion first."

"After reading Qiao Yu's proposal, I looked up some relevant information these days. At present, there is indeed relevant research on classical computer simulation of quantum computing in the world.

Generally speaking, there are two technical methods. The first is the full-scale simulation of matrix operations. The advantage of this method is that it can accurately simulate quantum states, but the computing resource requirements increase exponentially.

The other is an approximate simulation based on tensor networks, which has the advantage of reducing computational requirements but will affect the accuracy of the simulation. After reading relevant literature, both technical solutions are immature.

Currently, the world's most advanced quantum computing simulations, such as IBM's Qiskit, Google's Cirq, and QuEST, can already simulate 40-50 quantum bits.

But the goal of Qiao Yu's project is to achieve efficient simulation of Shor's algorithm, which requires hundreds or even thousands of quantum bits. It can be said that if successful, it will be a technological miracle.

But how should I put it... I personally think this miracle is not as great as the miracle of the Riemann hypothesis being suddenly solved. So if you ask me to make a judgment on the feasibility of this project, I think it is feasible. "

After saying this, Academician Li Zhen turned off the microphone, leaned back and stopped talking.

The leader sitting in the main seat nodded and subconsciously glanced at Academician Zhuo who was sitting on the right and was obviously about to speak.

However, his eyes quickly passed over him, then stayed on the stenographer who was responsible for taking notes for half a second. After seeing the stenographer stop writing, he looked at the two engineers sitting on the left next to Academician Li Zhen.

"Engineer Chen, Engineer Yan, you are both experts in high-performance computers. What do you think? Can the supercomputing resources and performance we can currently use meet Dr. Qiao's needs?"

The two people who were called looked at each other, and then Chen Ming, who was sitting closer to the front, answered the question tacitly.

"In fact, Dr. Qiao Yu's proposal does not require a high level of supercomputers. Not to mention the performance of our latest supercomputers, even the older generation of Shenwei is more than enough.

Of course, to fully realize Dr. Qiao Yu's requirements, some hardware upgrades may be needed, such as adopting a new generation of high-speed Internet technology, optimizing communication protocols, and adding some high-bandwidth storage.

And the cooling system may need to be upgraded. In general, the investment is not that large. Of course, if a newer generation of supercomputers can be directly used, the cost will be less. And there are also domestic alternatives.

To sum up, if we only discuss the feasibility from the perspective of resource requirements, we also think that this project is feasible. "

Academician Zhuo, who was sitting opposite Academician Li, glanced at the two engineers with his sharp eyes, but still did not speak.

The leader at the main seat nodded, then looked to the person behind him on the left: "Professor Zhu, you do computational mathematics, what do you think?"

"In fact, my opinion is similar to that of Academician Li. At present, the core of the international mainstream implementation of Shor's algorithm is quantum Fourier transform. This technology only requires O(n) complexity on a quantum computer.

But when simulating on a classical computer, the complexity may rise to O(2^n). So to put it bluntly, how to reduce the computational complexity is the key issue.

So whether the project goal can be achieved actually depends on whether this global problem can be solved. So in the final analysis, this project has nothing to do with hardware, it is just a pure mathematical problem.

Since it is a math problem... Well, as everyone knows, I am not qualified to evaluate Dr. Qiao Yu's math level. But I have 100% confidence in Dr. Qiao Yu's ability in math. So I think Dr. Qiao Yu's project is highly feasible."

……

After more than ten experts had finished speaking, the leader finally turned his attention to Academician Zhuo, who had always wanted to speak.

"Academician Zhuo, you have been doing research on quantum chips and are an expert in this field. What is your opinion?"

"I have no objection." Zhuo Gang simply shook his head and said.

They are not fools, and the attitude of the supervisor is obvious.

After asking around, everyone thought it was feasible. How could he express his opinion?

Of course his opinion is not feasible! If this project is launched, what quantum chip is needed?
The problem is that he really didn't expect that a group of people actually thought that Qiao Yu's project was feasible. He really couldn't see why it was feasible!

But the most infuriating thing is that these people analyzed the difficulties of this technology in depth and then gave feasible suggestions.

What else could he say? Just repeat the difficulties these people mentioned and then say it was not feasible?

So angry!

(End of this chapter)