From top student in college to scientific research powerhouse

Chapter 29 Jiangzhou University's Announcement

Capital University Mathematics Center.

Academician Du Bin is currently researching a mathematical paper titled "Approximate Transformations of Seven Higher-Order Formulas".

This is a paper that will be published soon in the Journal of Applied Mathematics. The topic corresponds to the title, and it discusses several approximate transformation methods for higher-order formulas.

Du Bin was the paper's reviewer and gave it extremely high praise during the review process.

Even though the manuscript had passed the review, he couldn't help but continue his research, trying to calculate the 'approximation degree' of each transformation form in the paper and its impact on the solution of the equation.

After repeated calculations, he found that the degree of approximation of the different transformations was different, but they could all be evaluated as 'extremely close'.

Most importantly, substituting any type of higher-order partial differential equation has a negligible impact on the solution results.

After completing a calculation involving the substitution of linear partial differential equations and finding that the result was almost identical to that obtained using Fourier transform, Du Bin couldn't help but exclaim, "Great! Excellent!"

"By substituting the transformation, the equation becomes simpler and the solution speed is much faster."

"These transformations can all be used as formulas."

Unable to contain his desire to share, he looked at the young man opposite him and said, "Wei Jie, here's a paper for you. Take a close look at it and memorize the variations in it."

"It's very useful for calculations!"

Wei Jie serves as an associate researcher at the Center for Mathematical Sciences and an assistant professor at Capital University. He is highly regarded by Academician Du Bin and is a key young talent cultivated by the Center for Mathematical Sciences.

Upon hearing Du Bin's words, he immediately became curious about what kind of paper could receive such high praise.

"Approximate transformations of seven higher-order formulas..."

"The author is Zhang Minghao?"

Wei Jie emphasized the name 'Zhang Minghao', his tone clearly showing surprise.

"Is something wrong?" Du Bin asked, frowning in confusion.

Wei Jie immediately explained, "I just checked Weibo, and there's a trending topic about Zhang Minghao, a doctoral student at Jiangzhou University... It shouldn't be the same person."

He made the judgment instinctively.

A paper that would be valued by Academician Du Bin could not possibly be written by a doctoral student.

"Jiangzhou University? Doctoral student?"

Du Bin was taken aback, then immediately asked, "What trending topic? Tell me more..."

"Never mind, let me see!"

Based on the information online and a few words from his old friend Meng Guoqing, Du Bin immediately made a judgment: "It's him!"

"what happened?"

"Such an outstanding doctoral student was expelled for academic fraud? He was enrolled at Jiangzhou University, and even his admission was questioned?"

Absolutely ridiculous!
As Du Bin looked at the information online, he became increasingly angry, so he simply took out his phone and made a call.

"Shi Chengqian, I am Du Bin!"

"What's going on at your school? Such an outstanding doctoral student, and they're making a scene just to get admitted?"

"Look at what's being said online, deal with it quickly. You're supposed to be a school principal? If this doesn't work, resign immediately!"

Opposite him was Shi Chengqian.

President of Jiangzhou University, Director of the Southwest Institute of Mathematics, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

Shi Chengqian has many titles, and because of these titles, he is also very busy with work.

Having just attended an international mathematics conference, I had to head to the capital for a budget meeting after landing. I was so busy that I didn't have time to pay attention to university affairs at all.

You don't need to worry about university affairs either.

There are dedicated personnel to handle all kinds of school affairs, so the principal basically doesn't have to do anything.

Now that an old friend had called and was criticizing him, Shi Chengqian felt somewhat wronged. He quickly asked what was going on and learned two things—

First, a doctoral student made the news because of issues related to his admission.

Second, this doctoral student is extremely outstanding. He published a mathematical paper that Du Bin greatly admired, and it seems to be involved in some kind of university-enterprise cooperation project.
He was busy attending a meeting, but he still managed to squeeze in a call to Yang Liping, the director of the publicity department. "Director Yang, please handle the news matter as soon as possible!"

"I'll just say one thing: you must protect this doctoral student, understand?"

Don't worry!

Yang Liping quickly responded, "We've discussed this in a meeting, and we will definitely do everything we can to protect our students..."

This was the first time she had received a call from Shi Chengqian.

Even Principal Shi took notice of this matter and gave the same guiding principle. "Hurry up, quickly!"

Yang Liping hung up the phone and anxiously urged, "Is the announcement finished?"

"You need to be careful with your wording. Revise it again; I need to show it to Secretary Guo!"

"Even Principal Shi is urging us!"

The public opinion was spreading too fast.

An hour ago, Weibo only had posts with many comments and reposts.

Now it has become a trending topic, with the keyword #FebruaryExpulsionMarchEnrollment#, and the number of reposts and comments on related posts has quickly reached a new level.

A large number of netizens left messages on Jiangzhou University's account.

That can't be called a comment; it's questioning, angry outbursts, or even slander...

In less than an hour, the number of comments on the account's pinned post reached over a thousand.

In this situation, the usual approach is to first disable comments or hide featured comments.

Jiangzhou University's account did not do this; instead, they quickly issued an announcement.

Instead of setting up an investigation team to investigate public opinion, they directly stated their conclusions.

The announcement clearly states in the very first sentence—

"Zhang Minghao's academic performance is outstanding, and he possesses exceptional research talent, fully meeting the admission standards for doctoral students at Jiangzhou University!"

The following three supplementary points address the issue of online public opinion.

The first point mentioned the doctoral student admissions situation in March, and Zhang Minghao was admitted through the regular process.

The second point is quite sharp, referring to 'papers with fabricated experimental data'.

"Upon investigation, the 'paper suspected of falsifying experimental data' was merely an experimental data record and did not involve the doctoral student's graduation requirements."

There is no reason for the paper to fabricate data, nor does it involve any issues of academic ethics.

The last point clarifies rumors: "The online rumor of 'having a powerful background' is false. We urge netizens not to believe or spread rumors..."

The announcement immediately emphasized Zhang Minghao's excellence, clearly demonstrating a strong stance of protecting him.

After Jiangzhou University issued its announcement, related public opinion immediately became heated, and #JiangzhouUniversityAnnouncement# quickly became a keyword for online searches, with its popularity far exceeding that of #FebruaryExpulsionAndMarchEnrollment#.

The reason for this is that netizens have never seen such a university display such a 'tough' stance.

The fact that the protagonist of the controversy was expelled from Donggang University and then quickly transferred to Jiangzhou University to pursue a doctorate seems suspicious from a conventional perspective.

The announcement issued by Jiangzhou University emphasized Zhang Minghao's outstanding abilities from the outset, denying the rumors circulating online and even contradicting the investigation results from Donggang University.

"So tough?"

"They keep emphasizing how outstanding Zhang Minghao is, but is he really that outstanding?"

"Jiangzhou University is something else! They didn't even conduct any investigation before jumping to the conclusion that there's no problem!"

"This stance seems to put them in the right!"

Public opinion has subtly shifted.

Some independent media figures stepped forward and provided a very professional analysis of the announcement.

"The most crucial issue in Jiangzhou University's announcement is the falsification of experimental data."

They say 'there is no reason for the paper to fabricate data, let alone involve academic ethics issues,' what does that mean?

One issue is that the paper's content consists of experimental data records, and the journal in which it was published is of very poor quality, failing to even meet the minimum academic evaluation standards.

Furthermore, since it is merely a data record and does not constitute research findings, it will not affect the doctoral student's graduation, and therefore there is no reason to falsify the data.

Without a reason to commit fraud, there is naturally no issue of academic ethics.

"To put it bluntly, what's there to fabricate in a rubbish paper? What's the point of making up data?"

With this explanation, many netizens understood.

There is no reason to fabricate data in an experimental record that does not involve doctoral graduation.

Here comes the problem-

"If what Jiangzhou University said is true, why did Donggang University investigate and confirm academic fraud, and then expel Zhang Minghao?"

"The same incident has yielded conflicting conclusions; who is right and who is wrong?"

(End of this chapter)