Old Joseph gave the champagne to Wang Hao in advance, which was against the rules of the meeting, but no one in the venue said anything, because Wang Hao's report was the most outstanding after the meeting started, and the "promising research" has already passed
, there were some small results in the afternoon of the second day.
Whether those small results are correct or not will not affect Wang Hao's paper to win the best.
While the remaining reports continued, many people were still discussing new large number multiplication algorithms, discussing the establishment of screening mechanisms, discussing the fast Fourier transform, and its role in structuring the 'result' set.
Of course, it is also indispensable to expand the content into application fields.
etc.
Wang Hao returned to his seat and continued to listen carefully to the next report, and then he felt a look with "deep resentment" coming from the side.
Sha Mianzhi.
Sha Mianzhi came here with the mentality of winning the best paper. His research papers have been submitted to many relevant conferences, and he can basically lock in the 'Best Paper Award', just because the STACS conference is closer to theory and has more relevant majors.
Contributed by Xingcai.
Their results were very good, their papers were very good, and their presentations on stage were also very good.
Until Wang Hao's report began, they were extremely sure that they would get the best paper. The result...
Ranked second?
If it were a large academic conference, it would be ranked second. Some conferences will select two or three best papers, and some conferences will set up other awards. However, the STACS conference is relatively small and only has one award.
It's the 'Best Paper Award'.
The second and tenth are no different from the bottom, and the remaining papers can at most be said to be 'excellent papers', without any awards or rankings.
Sha Mianzhi was no longer in the mood to continue listening to the report. He could only look at Wang Hao resentfully, feeling as if something he had just obtained had been snatched away.
Wang Mingkun also felt very depressed.
When they returned to the hotel to rest at noon, they also "celebrated in advance for winning the best" together. Everyone drank a very luxurious cup of coffee and made reservations to visit attractions tomorrow morning.
Looking back now, it seems a little funny, but they couldn't laugh at all.
"Alas~~"
In the end, the complex emotions could only be transformed into a lament. During the penultimate lecture meeting, they really had no energy to continue listening and simply left the lecture hall early.
Wang Hao stayed until the end of the report meeting, and then went to the restaurant to eat with Ruan Hailong.
Because he was sure to win the best paper award, he also spent a lot of money and took Ruan Hailong with him to find a high-end restaurant. The meal cost nearly 300 euros, which converted to more than 3,000 yuan.
Ruan Hailong stuffed something into his mouth and said sheepishly, "There doesn't seem to be much prize money for the best paper in STACS, right?"
"And there's a bonus?"
Ruan Hailong paused in astonishment, feeling a little moved in his heart, "Do you plan to pay for the treat out of your own pocket?"
"Of course not." Wang Hao said matter-of-factly, "I won the best paper award. Why should the school report it when I go back?"
"...makes sense!"
Ruan Hailong nodded in agreement and gave a thumbs up. Then he ate even more enthusiastically. He even reached out to the waiter and asked for a drink in French with his feet curled to the extreme.
Full of wine and food.
Seeing that the time was about the same, Wang Hao went to attend the award ceremony. It was said to be an award ceremony, but in fact, he just went back to the conference hall to find the person in charge to receive his own certificate of honor.
There was no sense of ceremony in the whole process. The organizer and several responsible persons were there to announce the results of the Best Paper Award and then handed the certificate of honor to Wang Hao.
This year was even more miserable than the previous one, mainly because Wang Hao had locked in the ‘Best Paper’ award in advance, so there were only a few scholars who came to see the awards, and probably not many scholars would be interested in watching others win awards.
The person in charge also mentioned the bonus, "Dr. Wang, the best bonus will be paid directly to your account after Springer completes the collection of conference papers."
"Thanks."
Wang Hao already knew that the bonus was only two thousand euros. It was just like Ruan Hailong said, "It's not much bonus," it was just a symbolic payment.
After the awards were given, the scholars communicated with each other.
Old Joseph, and another scholar with a beard, took Wang Hao with them to take a photo, and while chatting, they learned that the bearded scholar was called Wolfgang Kilian, a famous German information science expert.
Old Joseph is even more powerful. He is the winner of the Turing Award, the research director of the National Scientific Research Center of the United States, the winner of the Silver Medal, and the founder of the Grenoble Research Center Laboratory, which is world-famous for embedded systems.
I'm just getting older and thinking about retirement.
Old Joseph talked about Wang Hao's two studies and believed that the 'Fourier transform-assisted shaping of mathematical models' was more meaningful than the 'large number multiplication algorithm', "Actually, I think the latter is just an application, while the former provides
We have developed a method and idea. Without the previous method, there would be no new 'large number multiplication algorithm'."
This is the truth.
The process of applying the fast Fourier transform algorithm to the 'large number multiplication algorithm' also constructs a 'set model' and uses the method of 'assisted shaping of mathematical models', which is just another transformation application.
In fact, the main inspiration for the ‘Large Number Multiplication Algorithm’ came from the research on ‘Fourier Transform Assisted Shaping of Mathematical Models’ at the Abayun Research Center. Naturally, it can be said to be ‘in the same vein’.
Wolfgang Kilian asked with interest, "After this research is completed, what is your next research direction?"
Old Joseph also looked at it with interest.
"The next step..."
Wang Hao hesitated and said, "There are two directions. In the direction of algorithms, I plan to study the number of God. I have been interested in this before."
"The Number of God? Rubik's Cube? Isn't it already there?" Wolfgang Killian asked doubtfully.
"I hope to use a simpler method to prove it instead of using exhaustive methods to cover the results. Then, the same method can also solve many other similar problems."
Old Joseph and Killian couldn't help but nod along, and couldn't help but glance at Wang Haogao.
Killian commented, "This is a very difficult problem. No one has been able to solve it for decades. I think we should probably find a new algorithm to solve it."
Old Joseph said, "When I was young, I also thought about similar problems, but I had no clue at all. It was too complicated."
After he finished speaking, he asked, "What about the other direction?"
"Mathematics, number theory to be precise."
Wang Hao explained, "I have a PhD in mathematics. I have been researching mathematics and have made some achievements in the work of partial differential equations, but I still hope to expand my field."
Old Joseph and Killian looked at each other.
Killian nodded and made an evaluation, "If I were to comment on your idea, I would say, don't do that."
"Wolfgang is right." Old Joseph also said, "I don't know how many outstanding geniuses have set foot in this field, but the number of them who have achieved results can be counted on one hand."
"So, don't do that, don't even start. When you like this kind of research, it may mean that your life is going downhill."
Killian added, "Old Joseph, don't look at the problem from your perspective. You are old after all. Wang Hao is still very young. If he wastes another ten years, he will still be very young."
Wang Hao couldn't help but purse his lips.
This doesn’t seem to support it, does it?
…
The next morning, Wang Hao and Ruan Wenye visited the surrounding attractions, including Notre Dame de la Garde and the Marseille Museum of Fine Arts. They took a few photos at the entrance and inside, punched in and left memories.
I took a flight back to my country in the afternoon.
Long-distance travel is really a test of energy, and Ruan Wenye also became very lethargic, lying in his seat for several hours.
Wang Hao is very energetic. He gained a lot from his 'trip to Marseille'. He participated in an academic seminar and won a 'Best Paper Award'. He is thinking that he can use this paper to apply for a fund project after he returns.
Bar?
He is not interested in how much money the project will cost, because the cost of doing research is really small, and it is impossible to work on the same research for several years, and the funds applied for are not put in his account and do not belong to him personally.
All it takes is to reimburse some scientific research expenses.
For example, order academic journals.
For example, get yourself a better computer.
etc.
The extra thing is to go out to attend an academic conference and reimburse the round-trip air tickets and hotel.
He has no graduate students or doctoral students under his command, and does not need to provide students with labor and living allowances. The general research is estimated to be completed in a few months. There is no big difference between applying for a hundred thousand funds or a million funds.
There’s so much money to spend anyway.
In addition, as for the gains from research and development tasks, the inspiration value gains from ‘Task 2’ are somewhat unexpected.
Not too much, but too little.
【Task 2】
[Inspiration value: 29.]
"Only 29 points? Is it because the A-level tasks are too difficult to get inspiration?" Wang Hao thought carefully and thought for sure, "There is a reason for this, but not entirely!"
In fact, to get the approximate value of the inspiration value, you don’t need to go to the task system at all. You only need to sort out the relevant knowledge and ideas in your mind. After giving the report and speech at the conference, I have a lot more knowledge in my mind, but I can bring it with me.
There are very few ideas for 'research and development'.
In R&D, the most important thing is ideas, inspiration, and direction. Knowledge is just the foundation.
Many old top mathematicians are no longer able to complete major mathematical results. Is it because they do not have enough knowledge?
of course not.
It’s because there is no inspiration, no ideas, and no correct direction. The older you get, the fewer novel ideas you have in your mind. Without inspiration, you will naturally be unable to complete research and development.
"Probably because..."
"During the report process, most scholars just concentrate on keeping up with the ideas and understanding. Few people can understand and think divergently at the same time, or they simply can't understand and just divergently think about other content."
“So, if there is little inspiration direction, the inspiration value obtained is very little.”
Wang Hao thought about it and came to this conclusion.
In an ordinary undergraduate class, students would just listen to the lecture normally. Many students could easily follow the explanation, while others would think divergently about other content.
From a lot of chaotic ideas, sifting out the correct feedback may bring more 'research directions', 'inspiration' and the like.
"So the right thing to do is to explain simple and basic knowledge to a lot of top young scholars?" Wang Hao laughed when he thought about it.