After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 285 Candidates and Judges

The date has been set.

After the Spring Festival, Zhou Haoran will go to the United States with Professor Tan Mingliang to have some academic exchanges with Stanford University.

He has already published two papers.

There are still many unpublished articles.

Many new concepts and ideas are the first of their kind in the industry, and therefore receive considerable attention.

However, he has one flaw.

Too young, lacking sufficient academic credentials.

The school has been working hard to add more prestige to his identity so that he will have enough confidence to intimidate foreigners when they meet them.

For example, what is a child prodigy?

In one year, I completed four years of university coursework. After graduating with my bachelor's degree, I skipped the master's stage and went directly to pursue a doctorate, accumulating academic qualifications in the shortest possible time.

For example, he could be recruited into the school's textbook editorial board.

Generally speaking, only senior experts and educators in the industry are included in such a list.

Zhou Haoran now has an identity.

Thus, obligations arise.

He's going to be the examiner.

The compilation of textbooks differs from that of other books, requiring a higher level of accuracy. University textbooks are often specialized books, involving three rounds of review and proofreading, which ordinary editors cannot handle; professionals are essential.

Therefore, a textbook often has a very large editorial board.

It is mainly divided into three parts.

First, the school's editorial board.

They are like the "architects" of textbooks, responsible for coordinating the relationships between different subjects.

Don't introduce such mathematical knowledge into a first-year programming course before you've even learned discrete mathematics and probability theory. That's beyond the curriculum.

Zhou Haoran will be participating in this segment.

Second, the author.

Some textbooks are written by one person; others are the result of collaboration among multiple people, with each person contributing a chapter.

Zhou Haoran will collaborate with Professor Tan to write this textbook, "Java Programming Guide".

Third, the college's editorial board.

What these people need to do is proofread.

After the book is written, they will check for omissions and find faults, considering aspects such as typos, professionalism, and exceeding the scope of the curriculum, to make a comprehensive judgment on the textbook.

Dr. Ning Yuanjia came to compete for the last spot on the editorial board.

What I was actually involved in was the "proofreading" work.

This textbook is related to Java, so we recruited a group of young PhDs and associate professors who understand Java. The next book will be on embedded systems, so we'll recruit a group of young PhDs and associate professors who understand embedded systems.

They were hired temporarily to do odd jobs.

Although it was just odd jobs.

However, there will be no difference in the list of editorial board members for the textbooks; they will all be editorial board members, which is a very high honor.

Ning Yuanjia was determined to succeed!
He is widely recognized as the youngest PhD in Java at Fudan University's School of Computer Science, and it is only natural for him to participate in this project, as it will be of great help to his future promotion to associate professor.

"Zhou Haoran! Huh? Why are you dressed like that?"

Ning Yuanjia silently memorized the questions in the corridor, making final preparations for today's interview.

Then Zhou Haoran walked over wearing a black down jacket and blue jeans, not even dressed formally.

Zhou Haoran said, "I haven't received any clothing requirements."

Ning Yuanjia chuckled and said, "Even if we haven't received any requirements, we still have to set high standards for ourselves. We don't want to make a bad impression and get eliminated by the judges during the assessment."

"Schools don't care about those things, they only care about talent."

Zhou Haoran is now a judge, and he is talking about his own evaluation criteria.

"Social skills are just as important as talent!"

Ning Yuanjia spoke earnestly.

"Right!"

Zhou Haoran smiled.

I felt very strange.

What's up with Ning Yuanjia? Why is he always "giving me pointers"?
Judging others by oneself...

It seems like I've figured it out.

Since his rebirth, Zhou Haoran has enjoyed giving pointers to others, even his superiors at work, offering them subtle advice on decision-making.

the reason is simple.

They must be used by me!
Try to recruit them all as your underlings.

Right now, this Ning Yuanjia...

Zhou Haoran's heart skipped a beat!
What does this mean?
Could he be trying to recruit me as his underling?

That's quite ambitious!

Ning Yuanjia beckoned to him and whispered, "Come quickly, the assessment is about to start. I've prepared a few notes, come and memorize them. You might need them later!"

"Really, no need." Zhou Haoran chuckled. "By the way, how's that library management system you led the team to develop coming along?"

Ning Yuanjia said, "It's done."

Has it been applied?

Zhou Haoran felt that it wasn't good to always refuse other people's offers.

Ning Yuanjia said, "It will be officially applied next semester. Let's test it for a while first... It will be used in the school library. Don't make a mistake and cause losses to the school."

Zhou Haoran asked, "Are library records for borrowing and returning books still done manually?"

Ning Yuanjia nodded. "Yes, handwritten notes are too inefficient. So I applied for 2 yuan in funding from the school to develop a management system."

Does it have a payment function?

"Payment? What do we need to pay for? This is a school, borrowing and returning books is free."

"What if it's overdue?"

Zhou Haoran felt that the library system needed to have a payment system. Borrowing books was free, but overdue or lost books would incur a fee.

Furthermore, the library also has a computer room.

Using a computer requires payment, and some computers can even connect to the international internet!
Ning Yuanjia laughed and said, "If it's overdue, just pay up... I know what you mean, you just want to get an electronic library card, so you can clock in and out. You can also store money in the library card and pay with a swipe. But the development costs are huge, the school only approved 2 yuan for me, which is far from enough."

"That's it..."

Zhou Haoran seemed to be deep in thought.

It feels like there are still many management systems waiting to be developed amidst the wave of digitalization.

Putting aside other considerations, for businesses, developing a check-in/attendance system would be a great option!
Clock in for work, clock out for get off work.

This should have a significant impact on many private business owners.

Ning Yuanjia seemed to have noticed something. "What? You also want to apply for funding from the school?"

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "That's an idea."

“Then go find Dean Cheng,” Ning Yuanjia suggested. “However, you’re not a professor or an expert, so you can only apply for school funding, not national funding. School funding is very limited, at most tens of thousands of yuan per project. I originally wanted to develop a cafeteria payment system, but the school only approved 4 yuan, which is far from enough.”

Zhou Haoran nodded, feeling that it was about time. "Okay, I'll go in first."

"Hey!" Ning Yuanjia quickly grabbed him. "Where are you going? The assessment hasn't started yet. When it's your turn, someone will come out and call your name."

"I'll go talk to Dean Cheng."

Zhou Haoran pushed open the door and walked into the office where the final interview for the editorial board position was about to take place.

Ning Yuanjia watched his retreating figure and shook his head secretly.

I thought to myself, this guy is such a hothead.

They want to apply for funding regardless of the occasion!
Can't we talk privately in the office after the assessment is passed?
We just waited and waited.

They didn't even wait for Zhou Haoran to come out.

This puzzled Ning Yuanjia greatly.

Where is that kid?
Could they actually be chatting?
A teacher came to inform us shortly afterward.

Let Ning Yuanjia go in for the assessment.

Ning Yuanjia straightened his collar, took a deep breath, knocked on the door with a smile, and went in. He bowed first and said, "Hello, teachers. I am Ning Yuanjia, a second-year doctoral student under the guidance of Professor Liu Yuehua..."

Halfway through, it stopped abruptly.

He stared blankly at the young face on the judges' panel.

Depend on!
What's the situation?
How did he end up on the judging panel?
The seating arrangement, in particular, was outrageous!
There were more than a dozen judges present, and their seating arrangement was quite particular.

In the very center is Academician and Dean Cheng Dechang, with the others lined up on either side... To his right is his mentor, Vice Dean Professor Liu Yuehua, and further to the right is the plaque with the three characters "Zhou Haoran" written on it.

According to word order, this is ranked fifth!

His ranking is higher than that of several doctoral supervisors!
What's going on here?

Ning Yuanjia stared blankly at Zhou Haoran, his expression one of astonishment, unable to comprehend it at all.

Aren't they competitors who came together to take the assessment?

Why is one standing below and the other sitting above?
"Dr. Ning, the assessment is now beginning. Are you ready?"

A female judge, with a serious expression, interrupted his train of thought.

"Oh, okay... all done!"

Ning Yuanjia took a deep breath.

Reorganize your thoughts.

Next comes the question and answer session.

Each judge must ask a question.

Zhou Haoran said, "Java is currently the most popular programming language in the world, and many developers are using Java's cross-platform advantages to work on projects. Dr. Ning, could you tell me what shortcomings Java has in the financial payment process?"

Ning Yuanjia was having a bit of a headache.

This is not a simple problem at all.

"I read a report that said a European bank's test showed that Java, due to the lack of security primitives, has difficulty handling high-concurrency payment requests, with an error rate as high as 7% when processing 100 TPS."

"Hmm... the execution efficiency is too low, only 5% of C++, which cannot support the millisecond-level response requirements of the payment system. There are third-party solutions, but they require additional payment."

"The encryption library isn't strong enough either..."

Ning Yuanjia simply stated three points.

Zhou Haoran nodded slightly.

Said nothing.

Voting on the spot.

Of the 15 judges, 11 approved, 3 abstained, and 1 opposed.

Zhou Haoran voted in favor.

There are three people here for the assessment today, all of whom are doctoral students in the college.

Whoever gets the most votes will get the last spot.

So although a vote has been cast, the specific results are still unknown.

The assessment will end in half an hour.

Zhou Haoran was the first to walk out of the office.

Ning Yuanjia rushed over quickly and asked anxiously, "Zhou Haoran, how is he?"

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "The spot is yours."

"really?"

Ning Yuanjia's eyes lit up.

Zhou Haoran said, "You got the highest number of votes. The other two didn't get more than 10 votes each."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Ning Yuanjia seemed to have realized what was happening by now. "I'll treat you to dinner later! I really didn't expect that. Did you join the editorial board's expert group at the university?"

"Ah."

"Those two papers in JOOP, did you really write them? I knew the name was weird, 'HaoranZhou,' I didn't even believe it!"

"it is me."

(End of this chapter)