The news of ‘Outstanding Youth Funding Announcement’ did not receive much attention.
Every year there are announcements of funding from various funds. I can’t understand the names of many projects. I just think they are awesome at a glance, and there is nothing else to pay attention to.
Those who pay attention to Youqing’s funding are those in the academic circle. They can all be said to be professionals. As long as you look carefully at the news, you will notice Wang Hao’s name and projects.
Wang Hao's name is quite mediocre. Even if you see this name, it's hard to think of Wang Hao from Xihai University.
However, the project content is too special.
‘Research on the probability of distribution of prime numbers’ is the most difficult mathematical research at first glance, and it belongs to the field of ‘analytical number theory’.
In the National Science Foundation funding list, similar research has not been seen for several years. Generally, the only ones who can apply are top mathematics professors, and they apply for general projects.
Most of the funds funded by the Outstanding Youth Fund are applied research in mathematics and basic research fields in mathematics, and most of them are oriented to areas such as partial differential equations, functionals, and topology research.
It is extremely rare for young scholars to receive funding to study number theory.
The reason is also very simple. The review experts will not believe that young scholars can achieve results in the field of number theory.
This has nothing to do with age. The main reason is that the fields involved are too difficult. International achievements in the field of number theory are very rare, and can even be described as rare.
Every influential result in analytic number theory will be top-notch research.
Many scholars were very surprised when they saw that Wang Hao's application for research on the probability of prime number distribution was included in the public list of outstanding youth funding.
Knowing that Wang Hao had completed the demonstration of the existence and boundedness of Atting's constant, I felt that it was normal for him to pass the outstanding youth review.
The outstanding youth review largely depends on the applicant’s past achievements.
If there are top achievements in related fields, it will naturally become easy to apply for projects. Otherwise, no matter how well-written the application report is, it will be difficult to pass. Unknown scholars can only apply for funding from provincial youth funds.
Climb up.
Even so, it is commendable that the project Wang Hao applied for passed the review of the outstanding youth.
There are 340 projects in the funding list announced by the Youqing Fund, of which 285 applicants are from major domestic universities, involving a total of 93 universities. Most of the applications are monopolized by the top domestic universities.
For example, Shuimu University has 20 people, Capital University has 16 people, Donggang University has 13 people, University of Science and Technology has 17 people, etc. There are also four other universities with more than 10 people selected.
The number of candidates in Northern Xinjiang Province is relatively miserable. There are only 8 people selected in total, 5 of whom are from universities.
Two people from Xihai University were selected.
In addition to Wang Hao, the other one is Yang Boliang, a young professor at the State Key Laboratory of Geological Dynamics, Xihai University’s flagship department.
Only two people in the entire university were selected, but the school still issued an announcement to congratulate Wang Hao and Yang Boliang for receiving funding from the Outstanding Youth Fund.
This is not only an application for funds, but also a personal honor.
Recipients of the Outstanding Youth Fund can naturally also bear the title of "Outstanding Youth".
Many people came to congratulate Wang Hao.
Zhou Qingyuan was one of them. He made a phone call to congratulate him, and later came directly to talk to Wang Hao about the benefits of the Outstanding Youth Fund.
"You don't have to worry about funding when you take care of students next year."
Zhou Qingyuan said, "Last year, there were adjustments for outstanding youth and outstanding youth. Funds subsidized are directly allocated to the school's finances. If necessary, there is no need to apply, it can be allocated directly."
"When the project is settled, we will submit a report on fund consumption. Moreover, the requirements are not that high, and the proportion of indirect expenses has also been increased. It seems that it can reach 30%, and math can even reach 50%."
Wang Hao suddenly discovered the benefits of the Outstanding Youth Fund.
In the past, funding projects could only be applied for if they had expenditures. When making a budget application, special reports were required. It was very troublesome to go to the finance department and submit information again.
Now you can allocate funds directly and make a report together when the project is settled, and the requirements are not that high. For example, indirect expenses are additional expenses during the project process, such as electricity bills, water bills, short-distance transportation fares, etc.
They are indirect expenses. Many similar expenses have no evidence such as invoices.
Half of the math project can be attributed to indirect expenses. In other words, this money goes directly into your own pocket and no one cares about it.
Of course.
Wang Hao would definitely not do that, but the feeling of freedom in financial consumption is also very relaxed. There is no need to record every expenditure, and he definitely feels better in his heart.
Wang Hao and Zhou Qingyuan talked together, and when they returned to the office, they received a lot of congratulations.
For any young scholar in a university, being able to apply for the National Outstanding Youth Project is definitely something worth celebrating.
So Zhu Ping kept asking Wang Hao to treat him to a big dinner.
Facing the expectant looks of a group of people, Wang Hao thought for a while and found nothing to do, so he agreed to have dinner together in the evening.
The office suddenly became very lively.
Zhu Ping was so excited that she wanted to go have a big meal right away.
Zhang Zhiqiang was also looking forward to it very much. He quickly expressed that he would finish his work early.
Yan Jing also expressed her position, "I will go to the laboratory to talk about it later and leave early."
Luo Dayong's expression was a little dull.
He was the only one in the office who did not participate in the conversation. It seemed that it took him a long time to react and said, "Would you like to go out for dinner together tonight? You go first and wait for me. I have to go and be busy for a while."
"Luo Dayong, it's already Friday, why don't you take a break?" Zhang Zhiqiang couldn't help but complain.
Luo Dayong shook his head and said, "I encountered a problem and I have to solve it."
"I was defeated by you!" Zhang Zhiqiang held his forehead helplessly, then walked over to take a look and asked, "Are you still doing that research? It is... very difficult to solve such a complex logical problem.
"
Luo Dayong remained silent.
Zhang Zhiqiang suddenly said, "How about this? Dean Chen and I will apply to let you come to the laboratory? I have a project in hand, and with your ability, we can definitely solve it together."
"No, I don't have time." Luo Dayong immediately refused.
"……All right."
Zhang Zhiqiang walked away a little helplessly.
Zhu Ping glanced at Luo Dayong, her face seemed a little worried.
Wang Hao didn't pay so much attention. He only knew that Zhang Zhiqiang invited Luo Dayong to work on a project together, and then Luo Dayong rejected it. Then he stopped caring and continued to read the paper in his hand.
In the afternoon, Wang Hao got into Zhu Ping's car and went to the restaurant he had booked. He was thinking that he should also buy a car.
My driving skills in my previous life were also pretty good.
I do have my driver's license in my hand now, but after taking the test, it has been kept in my ID folder and has never been used.
Zhu Ping started to keep talking. She brought up the topic of Luo Dayong, "Today I want to persuade Luo Dayong to work on a project with Zhang Zhiqiang. How great it would be."
"Zhang Zhiqiang is a bit showy and annoying, but he is very capable of doing research and has published many papers."
"But Luo Dayong just doesn't listen to his advice and will try to force him to his death. Even if he decides to win ten cows, he won't be able to bring him back."
Wang Hao listened to Zhu Ping's constant talk and asked curiously, "Why do you have to work on a project with Zhang Zhiqiang?"
"What a result!"
Zhu Ping explained, "You came late, Yan Jing came late, Zhang Zhiqiang came later, and Luo Dayong came earlier than you. At that time, the school had just established an appointment system."
"Now it's either promotion or departure!"
"Luo Dayong has been in school for four years, almost five years. He has published a total of two or three papers, and they were published in the first year. If he fails next year, it will be really difficult for him to stay in school."
After listening to Zhu Ping's explanation, Wang Hao suddenly understood that Luo Dayong was really in the worst situation in the office.
Zhang Zhiqiang and he are already associate professors. Zhu Ping stayed at the school early and joined the system after staying at the school. Yan Jing came to the school not long ago and her contract has just started. She also entered the laboratory of the physics department and followed a
Experienced professors work on projects, and the results are predictable depending on the situation.
"But I think Luo Dayong is very smart, I feel... quite a genius!" Wang Hao thought about it and gave a simple evaluation.
Zhu Ping burst out laughing immediately, "It's really funny to hear a great genius like you talk about other people's geniuses."
The two chatted and laughed for a while, then got out of the car and entered the restaurant.
After entering the reserved private room, Yan Jing and Zhang Zhiqiang soon arrived. They ordered food and ate and drank in a lively atmosphere.
It was not until half past seven that Luo Dayong came belatedly, his expression still seemed to be in a trance.
After eating a few mouthfuls of food, Luo Dayong continued to fall into deep thought, which did not match the lively atmosphere at all.
After almost finishing eating, Wang Hao finally couldn't help but ask, "What are you thinking about? Is there any problem that can't be solved?"
Zhang Zhiqiang said, "Isn't it just the problem of complex networks?"
"complex network?"
Wang Hao asked, "Tell me about it and we'll help you think about it."
Luo Dayong glanced at Zhu Ping, immediately looked away at Yan Jing, continued to look away at Zhang Zhiqiang, shook his head slightly, and finally looked at Wang Hao, nodded and said, "Then I'll tell you."
Luo Dayong's actions have shown everything.
Zhu Ping and Yan Jing are relatively better off. Zhu Ping seems to have gotten used to it. Yan Jing studies applied physics, which is not in the same direction as mathematics and computers.
Zhang Zhiqiang was almost furious. He gritted his teeth and looked at Luo Dayong, feeling a little bit like how Zhu Ping felt on weekdays.
This shit... is so irritating!
Luo Dayong took out a paper and pen from his backpack and talked about his problem in a professional manner, "My research is to solve complex network problems. Do you know NP and polynomials?"
"My research is one of them. The problem of graph isomorphism can be understood in this way, proving whether two graphs with different connections are the same or different..."
Luo Dayong spoke carefully.
This part of the content can be regarded as common sense in the study of complexity problems. The graph isomorphism problem is one of the directions of complexity problem research.
Luo Dayong just gave a brief introduction and then began to talk about his research, "I started from the underlying logical argument, and the overall direction was based on the relationship between lines and the upward transition to prove it."
"From the most basic single line, single position, to overall analysis..."
"Wow wow wow~~"
He started talking.
Because the research is indeed very complicated, he only gave the introduction for half an hour.
From the very beginning, Zhu Ping and Yan Jing were not listening, but continued the female-sexual topics at the dinner party, talking about gossip, clothes, shoes, hats, cosmetics, etc.
Zhang Zhiqiang listened carefully on the side. He just wanted to prove that he could understand and give opinions.
He understood part of it, but when it came to the argument later, he found that he couldn't keep up at all, so he slowly moved back to his seat and listened to the discussion between Zhu Ping and Yan Jing, pretending that he had never heard of it.
Listen to it again.
As a result, Zhang Zhiqiang found that he still couldn't get a word in.
Wang Hao felt pretty good. He could understand most of it, but some of the research involving the last part was not easy to understand. He could only analyze it according to the ideas and understand it indirectly.
So later it became a conversation between Wang Hao and Luo Dayong, "Yes, that's what I think."
"There is actually another way to do this. There is one thing I haven't thought through."
"Your statement is very novel. Let me think about it again..."
"..."
The two of them started a highly logical discussion regardless of the occasion. When the waiter brought the fruit plate, listening to what the two said, his face was confused and his eyes became a little weird.
Later, the other three people's eyes became weird.
This conversation lasted for more than an hour, until Zhu Ping couldn't bear it anymore and shouted to urge them, and they had to stop.
Luo Dayong felt a little regretful.
Wang Hao also felt a little regretful.
He found that Luo Dayong's research was very interesting and could even bring him inspiration. He had already gained two inspiration points before digesting all the contents.
There is something wrong with the current situation, so I can only stop with regret and wait until I have time to continue.
at the same time.
Alloy Laboratory of Donggang University.
Chen Jianlin was sitting in his office talking on the phone, and the person he was talking to was Ding Zongquan, the technical consultant of Wujun Iron and Steel Group Company.
They are talking about research and development projects.
The Alloy Laboratory has a 50 million horizontal project, which was sponsored and developed by Wuhan Iron and Steel Group.
Ding Zongquan is a technical consultant of Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. and is also responsible for some cooperative research and development projects. The alloy laboratory project is the most important one. He asked about the progress of the project, "I saw the data you reported last time. The research and development is going very smoothly.
!”
Chen Jianlin smiled and said, "We attach great importance to Wuhan Iron and Steel's project. In another year at most, the research and development will meet expectations."
"That's good, that's good."
Ding Zongquan said happily, "This project is very important. If it can be completed as soon as possible, there will be a high-end steel project at Wuhan Iron and Steel next year. You can also prepare for it. I can't disclose it in advance, but it will be a large-scale project worth at least 50 million yuan."
project."
"However, you should also pay attention to it."
Ding Zongquan changed his voice and reminded, "I am definitely leaning towards you, but I am not completely sure. You have your biggest competitor, the metal laboratory of Xijing Jiaotong University."
"Peng Hui?" Chen Jianlin tugged at the corner of his mouth, his tone obviously disdainful.
Ding Zongquan said, "Don't underestimate Peng Hui. His laboratory has just completed research on super-stress alloy materials..."
"I know this, the tensile strength is 1490, it's nothing."
"Nothing?" Ding Zongquan smiled and said, "Your news is behind. That's not 1490. The specific data has been raised to the level of major secrets. I know it, but I can't say it. Do you understand?"
"Major secret?" Chen Jianlin frowned suddenly.
"right."
Ding Zongquan seemed to sense that Chen Jianlin's mood was not right, and immediately tried to persuade him, "I know that you and Peng Hui are old rivals, so you don't need to get too excited. I can't tell you more about the specifics. Anyway, you just work hard on the project. This
If the project is completed beautifully, the next project will have a chance.”
After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
When he heard the beep on the phone, Chen Jianlin's expression completely froze. He put the phone on the table, sat down with straight eyes, and kept muttering, "Major secret, major secret..."
"In other words, the lowest is more than 1,600? It may be even higher! How is that possible? Peng Hui? That guy?"
"impossible……"
"No, we have to confirm!" Chen Jianlin suddenly sat up and started calling contacts to get more accurate information.