Chapter 103 What does ‘it’s normal not to understand data?’
Xihai City.
A sturdy middle-aged man with a heavy back and a heavy back was walking along the street. Looking from the front, he looked quite majestic with stern eyebrows. He was Peng Hui, the chief researcher of the Metal Laboratory of Xijing Jiaotong University.
Peng Hui answered the phone with a high-pitched voice, "I remember this is here."
"You Xiazhuangzhou, are you still worried that I can't find the way?"
"Don't worry about it. I know your family and will be there soon. Just prepare the food."
After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone neatly, took another careful look at the street, and then asked a little doubtfully, "Xiaofang, look carefully, is this Huasheng Street? I was here more than ten years ago.
, the changes have been too great.”
Xiaofang, whose name is Shi Guifang, is in her early thirties, has braids, and looks smart.
Shi Guifang came with Peng Hui. She looked around helplessly, looking for street signs carefully, and couldn't help complaining, "Professor Peng, how nice would you ask Professor Xia to post the location? You can also post the name of the community."
.What era is it now? More than ten years have passed, and everything has changed a lot."
"Okay, okay, I get it." Peng Hui was a little embarrassed and interrupted impatiently, "You can just look at it if you want, and you can talk so much."
Shi Guifang suddenly stopped talking.
The two continued walking about a hundred meters and finally found a sign at an intersection, which showed Huasheng Road, so they hurriedly walked in the direction indicated.
Peng Hui continued to walk forward, and finally felt familiar. He took the lead and walked forward with great momentum, "Follow me, I know you this time."
Because they had a clear destination, they felt much more relaxed while walking.
Shi Guifang talked about the purpose of the meeting, "Professor Peng, can this person recommended by Professor Xia really do it? With so much data, he is doing pure mathematics research, and you have seen the news, right? He has done this project,
He was dismissed from Donggang University because of data problems. Although Donggang University has restarted the investigation, the specific results have not yet come out."
"He must have been pushed out as a scapegoat!"
Peng Hui concluded, "When I first read the news, I knew it had nothing to do with him. I don't know what specific work he is responsible for, but I know Chen Jianlin very well."
"Chen Jianlin, how does he do projects? He is the kind of person who does everything by himself. If he works on a project seriously, how could he make such a low-level mistake?"
"This person only believes in himself, and it's the same when doing projects. Even if he leads a team to do it, he has to check every data one by one."
Shi Guifang opened her mouth in surprise, "Can you do it?"
"You have to do it even if you can't do it! Think about it, if he wasn't serious, would he be able to do it now?"
Peng Hui shook his head and said, "So, there is a data problem with this project, which means that Chen Jianlin must not have done it seriously, and there may not be anything going on in it!"
As he was talking, he saw a corner and looked inside. It was the main entrance of an old community. He immediately said happily, "This is it. It has been more than ten years and it is still the same. There is no change at all."
Peng Hui walked over immediately.
Shi Guifang quickly followed. They found a unit in the second building, walked in and climbed to the fifth floor in one breath.
Peng Hui is really physically strong.
After walking for such a long time, I was only slightly out of breath after climbing the fifth floor.
Shi Guifang was younger, but obviously not in good physical condition. She persisted in climbing to the fifth floor without wanting to talk. She stood aside holding her belly, regretting following Peng Hui.
Fortunately, the door to the next door opened.
Xia Guobin welcomed the two of them in with joy, and said to Peng Hui, "Okay, you can find it even if you haven't been here for more than ten years. I didn't even send you my address."
Peng Hui said with some pride, "Of course, what about my memory? I got off the bus and walked over for ten minutes."
Shi Guifang rolled her eyes when she heard this.
Wang Hao was sitting in the living room. When he saw the two people entering, he came over to say hello.
Xia Guobin immediately introduced him, "Let me introduce to you, this is Professor Wang Hao."
"This is my old classmate, Professor Peng Hui. It's different after being a soldier." He patted Peng Hui on the arm, "Look, he still has such momentum at his age."
Peng Hui quickly shook hands with Wang Hao.
After a few polite exchanges, they sat on the sofa.
Peng Hui praised Wang Hao's youth several times and compared it with Shi Guifang, who came with him. "Xiaofang is also a doctor and an associate professor, but compared with Wang Hao, she is far behind."
I don’t know whether this difference refers to academics or age. Shi Guifang felt the urge to beat someone up. Especially when she looked at Wang Hao’s young face, she took a closer look at herself...
She felt that Peng Hui brought her here just to be a foil and to show off Wang Hao's excellence.
Wang Hao quickly changed the topic.
Next, Peng Hui talked about the research on Artyn's constant and Mersenne prime numbers. After a lot of praise, he said, "I really didn't expect that the most popular genius in the Chinese mathematics community in recent times is actually a mathematician."
Experts in data mining.”
"You are ridiculous."
Faced with the constant compliments from an old professor, Wang Hao felt a little lighthearted. Everyone likes to hear good things, and it feels really good to be complimented continuously.
But Wang Hao still knew the purpose of the meeting, and quickly brought the topic to the metal laboratory's 'super compressive alloy material' project.
Peng Hui suddenly became more serious, "Our project is making good progress, and we have been able to produce a new type of high-strength titanium alloy that has reached international standards."
"Our manufacturing process is brand new, and the titanium alloy we produce is also brand new. Normally, the strength of the alloy produced by this new process can be further improved. But we have conducted three consecutive experiments, and finally ended up with
It ended in failure, and the strength of the alloy produced not only did not increase, but actually decreased."
"Now we just can't find the problem. We don't know which specific process, or which step has the problem, or is there a problem with the alloy ratio? Or what other methods should be used? In short, the purpose is to continue to improve the strength."
"If the intensity could be increased, the project would have achieved results, but now it is stuck..."
Peng Hui introduced with a sigh, and then said, "To be honest, it's not that there is really nothing we can do, and it's impossible for us to ask others for help."
Wang Hao nodded in understanding and asked, "Can you tell me your specific ideas? What kind of method does your new manufacturing process use? What kind of idea?"
This issue is somewhat sensitive and involves confidentiality.
Shi Guifang immediately looked at Peng Hui, as if she wanted to remind him not to talk too much, but Peng Hui said indifferently, "Xiaofang, it doesn't matter if you talk here. Wang Hao is not specialized in material research, so it doesn't conflict with us.
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Shi Guifang felt a little embarrassed. She was so angry that she simply sat further away.
Peng Hui continued, "There are two main directions. One is the removal of impurities. The other is the improvement of the preparation process and the temperature adjustment in various processes."
"At the beginning, we wanted to alloy, that is, to study a new type of alloy, but then we gave up." Peng Hui shook his head as he said, "Actually, this idea is the best."
"Why?" Wang Hao was a little confused.
Xia Guobin smiled and said, "What else could it be? There must be insufficient funds, right, Lao Peng."
"That's not because the funding is too little." Peng Hui said, "Without a funding base of more than 50 million yuan for this new type of material research, it's unthinkable."
Wang Hao continued to ask, "How do you remove impurities?"
"Ultra-high temperature, repeated melting, and calcination..."
Peng Hui explained it carefully. He just talked about a process and didn't care about confidentiality.
To put it simply, their research uses new methods to create high-strength titanium alloys that reach international standards.
After that, I wanted to continue to increase the intensity, but I did several experiments in a row without making any progress.
Each experiment requires a large amount of money. If you continue without a clue, you can only achieve results by luck, and the chances can be very slim.
In addition, due to limited scientific research funding issues, it is impossible to continue experiments.
Peng Hui finally said, "That's why we want to find a data mining expert to help with experimental data analysis. It would be best if he can help."
Wang Hao nodded thinking.
"As for the remuneration, to be honest, our funds are limited, but I can make the decision to share the honor of the results, and give a special data analyst the title, and the contribution can be at the same level as a researcher." Peng Hui briefly talked about the remuneration, which basically means,
As long as the research can be completed, Wang Hao can enjoy the same 'result honors' as other researchers.
For example, if a paper is published, an award is awarded, or a commendation is received, Wang Hao will serve as an important member of the research team, receive relevant awards, and be named in the successful contribution.
etc.
These are all reputational improvements.
Participating in projects, winning awards, being named in papers, etc. will enrich your personal resume and will definitely be beneficial to your personal development.
However, Wang Hao obviously doesn't care about these, even if he joins the team, completes heavyweight material research and development results with others, or wins awards with others...
But, what's the use?
No matter how outstanding the research and development results are, he is just a member of the team, and the honor he shares in the results is far less than the completion of a mathematical research article with international influence.
"How about this."
Wang Hao thought for a while and said, "For 100,000 yuan, I will help you do the analysis, but I can't guarantee whether it will be done well or not."
Shi Guifang raised his head in surprise. He didn't expect Wang Hao to say this. He didn't want any achievements or honors, but only money?
This is too greedy for money!
And the asking price was only 100,000 yuan, which felt like a scam.
Xia Guobin's expression was very calm, and he licked his lips at Peng Hui. Peng Hui thought for a moment and nodded generously, then easily finalized the cooperation, "Then it's settled."
“A pleasure to work with!”
Wang Hao smiled and shook hands with Peng Hui.
After quickly finalizing the data analysis problem, the next step was a gathering of old friends Peng Hui and Xia Guobin.
After lunch, Wang Hao took the hard drive containing the data and left.
Peng Hui stayed until the evening, and went to the airport with Shi Guifang after six o'clock, and caught the flight around eight o'clock.
When she was sitting on the plane, Shi Guifang was still a little aggrieved as she thought about today's events, and complained, "Professor Peng, why did you just agree? He asked for 100,000 as soon as he asked for it. He was really not polite at all.
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Peng Hui shook his head and said, "Xiaofang, you don't understand, this is an opportunity that we spend 100,000 yuan on."
"That's one hundred thousand..." Shi Guifang still felt very distressed when she thought about it.
Peng Hui said seriously, "To you, one hundred thousand is a lot, but to him, it's different. Do you think Wang Hao is a person who is short of money?"
"What do you mean?" Shi Guifang was a little confused.
Peng Hui said, "I heard someone said that he sold the code he wrote to Abayun, Penguin and Huawei, and one company paid two million." He gestured with two fingers as he said, "The three companies have a total of
It’s six million, it’s just a piece of code.”
"He easily earned six million by relying on his research. Not only that, he went to Penguin and Abayun to give a lecture, and the lecture fee was only hundreds of thousands. Do you understand?"
"Xiao Fang, we have taken advantage. Wang Hao asked for 100,000 yuan just to find a reason to participate in the project. If he is not willing to participate in the project, let alone 100,000 yuan, he will not be able to hire him for 1 million yuan."
Shi Guifang was immediately stunned.
She didn't say a word during the whole trip, waiting for the plane to land at Xijing Airport, still muttering, "Six million for a piece of code, hundreds of thousands for a lecture... How much money will I make in this year?"
ah?"
"It turns out that you can make so much money doing research, then I..."
Shi Guifang suddenly lowered her head as she thought about it. It is indeed very profitable for some people to do research, but a 'mediocre' brain like hers will most likely stay like this for the rest of her life.
"Alas~~"
Shi Guifang let out a long sigh and realized that just as Peng Hui said, there was no comparison between her and Wang Hao, so she could only turn on her phone resignedly.
Suddenly, she shouted, "Professor Peng, look!"
"What's wrong?"
The two of them looked at the news on their mobile phones together, and what they saw was the latest news, which was an announcement on the investigation of the incident in the materials laboratory of Donggang University.
…
Donggang University issued an investigation announcement stating the materials laboratory time. The person who made the error was Zhou Xiaolong, who was responsible for reporting the data.
The announcement detailed the specific situation and announced that those responsible would be held accountable.
The 'responsible person' mentioned here is not just Zhou Xiaolong, but also includes several directors and leaders who decided to fire Wang Hao without detailed investigation, and the most important one is the academic director Huang Yichun.
Zhou Xiaolong, dismissed.
Huang Yichun, suspended from duty for self-examination and recorded major demerits.
Three other people were implicated and were given demerits. Even Chen Jianlin was held accountable and given a demerit.
As soon as this announcement came out, it immediately aroused heated discussion in the public opinion, and many media followed up and forwarded the report.
Many people participated in the discussion, "Sure enough, I said Professor Wang Hao cannot make mistakes!"
"Is it possible that a genius who can complete the world's top mathematical research could have such a big problem in calculation?"
"This thing sounds very strange. It turns out that the person who made the mistake was the former boss of the laboratory!"
"Wang Hao is the scapegoat. Fortunately, the truth was discovered during the investigation. Otherwise, he would have been wronged for the rest of his life..."
"Did you read the announcement carefully? There are even specific procedures. Zhou Xiaolong reported an error in the data. Wang Hao was only responsible for the calculation. He didn't know much about material research, so he didn't find the error."
"This is normal. Wang Hao has a PhD in mathematics, not materials!"
It is clear.
Most people believed the survey results of Donggang University.
At this point, public opinion is satisfied, the person who made the mistake has received the punishment he deserves, the story has a seemingly perfect ending, and the relevant discussions have gradually subsided.
…
The announcement from Donggang University was made in the evening, and Wang Hao only found out about it the next morning. He read the announcement carefully and felt that everything seemed to make sense.
He really doesn’t know much about the material, so it’s normal that he can’t see some small details of data issues.
First, Zhou Xiaolong reported an error in the data, and then his calculations would definitely be wrong.
"So, the problem was caused by Zhou Xiaolong, and I took the blame for Zhou Xiaolong?"
"I wronged Ma Wenjun, and this matter has nothing to do with him?" Wang Hao thought about it carefully, and still felt something was wrong, but it was difficult to know what was wrong because there was too little information.
He simply didn't think about it anymore.
No matter what, the investigation results of Donggang University are good news for him. The 'stain' on him has been cleared, and the materials laboratory incident has nothing to do with him anymore.
Wang Hao suddenly felt relieved. He went to the office in the complex building and received a lot of congratulations.
"Okay now, things are finally clear!"
"I've known for a long time that it's not Wang Hao. It's definitely not the case. Wang Hao is such a genius..."
"That's great……"
"Wang Hao, you are not a material major, so it is normal that you do not understand materials science. You have just joined the project, how can you tell what the ratio is?"
"The experts from the investigation team also studied the data for several days before they saw the problem!"
Amidst the many congratulations, Wang Hao suddenly felt a little awkward. What does "not knowing materials science" mean?
What does ‘it’s normal not to see the problem’ mean?
Although his knowledge of research on alloy materials is indeed not as good as that of professionals, he still felt uncomfortable hearing these words. Looking at the announcement from Donggang University, he felt as if he was being humiliated.
"Yeah!"
"I don't understand material science? If I don't understand, I don't understand. Why do I have to put up a notice to say it? Is this intentional?"
Wang Hao gritted his teeth in frustration and immediately focused on the newly established research and development tasks——
【Task 1】
[Research project name: Super Compressive Alloy Material Data Analysis (Difficulty: A).]
[Inspiration value: 1.]
Although the inspiration value is only a little, it is still one percent completed. A good start is half the success.
Start, look at the data!
He connected the hard drive to the computer, slowly copied the data inside, and browsed it carefully.
The last experience has proven that a better understanding of the data can quickly increase the inspiration value, not even slower than the teaching feedback speed.
Wang Hao watched for a while, then simply used the teaching coins to enter the focus mode, and then devoted himself entirely to understanding the data.