Chapter 58 Is this harsh treatment of scientific researchers?
After discussing the lecture, no one came to disturb him, and Wang Hao truly entered the "holiday mode".
I still get up early every day to go for a run and exercise. After breakfast, I walk around the surroundings and reminisce about the familiar scenery. When I see old men playing chess on the roadside, I go over and stand behind to take a closer look and give my brain cells a boost.
sports.
I go to the vegetable market before noon and make a simple lunch when I go home. Sometimes, I am interested in watching videos and cooking a big dish. His cooking skills are always good. The food he cooks is not too delicious, but it is above average.
Level.
Liu Min and Wang Haiqing were very moved by Wang Hao's mere cooking of simple meals, because when Wang Hao grew up, it could be said that he kept his hands clean and only read the books of sages.
After lunch break, I continued to go shopping and visited several scenic spots in Jiangzhou City.
This kind of life is so comfortable and enjoyable.
at the same time.
Lou Nianli, director of the Teacher Affairs Office of the Northern Xinjiang Provincial Department of Education, is worrying about the materials for a "Special Application for Promotion of Teacher Title" submitted by Xihai University.
As early as a few years ago, the country introduced a policy to delegate the evaluation of professors and associate professors to universities, the Teacher Affairs Office of the Department of Education and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. All they can intervene is to control the number of teachers, and generally do not receive submissions from universities.
Application documents for teacher titles.
The current situation is an exception.
"Special Application for Teacher Title Promotion", special, naturally is not an ordinary situation.
Universities do have the right to independently review professors and associate professors, but some directly employed associate professors, professors and specially promoted teachers often do not meet the requirements in some aspects, and will increase the number of teachers with higher professional titles, and will submit materials to the Education Bureau for teacher work.
The office does the approval.
To a certain extent, the person in charge of approval in the Teacher Affairs Office will also bear certain responsibilities for ‘special promotions’.
If he were an ordinary associate professor who was just a 'special promotion', when he received the application from Xihai University, Lou Nianli didn't even think about it, and just signed and sealed it to approve it.
This application is a little different.
The application for Xihai University is for cross-level promotion. It is not an application for promotion to associate professor to level 7, but to level 6.
"Go directly to Level 6? What do you think? Why not go straight to full professor?"
"There are also the signatures of the dean and professor...Wang Hao..."
Lou Nianli looked at the information carefully and knew that Wang Hao was indeed very good. He had completed several core SCI papers, and there was also a paper marked on the application that would be published in the Journal of Mathematics.
"Hasn't it been published yet? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Lou Nianli couldn't help but curl his lips. He took out Wang Hao's resume and looked through it carefully. He could find a lot of information through official channels. He immediately noticed a very special piece of information - he was dismissed from Donggang University.
Dismissal? Why?
Lou Nianli looked at Wang Hao's information again and found that he was dismissed after only staying at the school for three months in Donggang. After searching carefully, he found out the reason - the Donggang Materials Laboratory incident.
This kind of problem cannot be said to be a personal stain. After all, it does not involve illegal crimes or social morality. It can only be said to be a work mistake, but it is definitely negative for the resume.
Lou Nianli immediately hesitated even more. He put the materials aside and thought, "Let's wait a little longer and communicate with Xihai University again."
Two days later.
The STACS Conference Jury, in conjunction with the Springer search website, released the report of the just past STACS conference, announcing that the conference included 27 excellent papers, one of which, a large number multiplication algorithm paper, became the best paper of the STACS conference. The author of the paper,
Dr. Wang Hao from Xihai University won the best paper award at this year's STACS conference.
The official announcement also included a photo of Wang Hao holding a certificate of honor, posing with former Turing Award winner Joseph Sfarakis, and the famous German informatics expert Wolfgang Kilian.
After the official news of the STACS conference was released, it was immediately reprinted by domestic academic media.
At first, not many people paid attention to the news.
The STACS conference is not well-known in China. The number of scholars participating every year is very small, and no domestic scholar has won the "Best Paper Award" at the conference. Even the academic media has no interest in reporting on it.
It's different now.
Many people noticed that the winner of the best paper award was a domestic scholar, and then carefully studied the STACS conference, and were surprised to find that what they saw was a piece of big news that "very few people pay attention to".
At the top international computer academic conference, a domestic scholar wins the only best paper award, which will definitely become big news in the domestic academic circle.
A lot of comments suddenly appeared on the Internet.
Some non-academic media also began to reprint the news, and naturally more people saw it.
Because it involved Xihai University, "Beijiang News Network" also reprinted the news. They did not copy and paste it completely, but re-wrote a satisfactory press release--
"According to the latest news, STACS, the top academic conference on computer theory and algorithms, released the latest conference report. Wang Hao, a lecturer at Xihai University, won the only award at the conference - the Best Paper Award.
This is the first time a domestic scholar has won an award at a STACS conference.
Wang Hao, a lecturer at Xihai University, has a doctorate in mathematics. Several excellent research papers have been reported by the media before. This time's award-winning paper is based on the very important foundation of algorithm research, multiplication of large numbers..."
The report of "Beijiang News Network" was written in great detail. It briefly introduced Wang Hao, and then explained the content of the award-winning paper and the importance of the large number multiplication algorithm.
etc.
This article was so formal that many people were not interested in it after just one glance, but it suddenly attracted a lot of attention.
Many people commented below the online news, "Why do I feel awkward reading this news?"
"I don't know why, but I feel the same way."
"What's wrong?"
"Anyway, it's just how to pronounce it, how awkward it is...I thought of, 'Wang Hao, lecturer of Xihai University'? Don't other news say professor, associate professor, etc.? Why is he just a lecturer?"
"So that's it! Is this harsh treatment of scientific researchers? They have won international awards, but they are just a small lecturer..."
When involved in a certain news, the relevant people will often know the news very quickly.
In fact, compared to popular news, there are not many comments on the Internet, and only a small number of people pay attention to it. However, some netizens still left messages on the official WeChat account of Xihai University, which also attracted the attention of Xihai University.
Public opinion is as fierce as a tiger.
Any university will attach great importance to online public opinion, because a mistake may cause problems.
After the person in charge of Xihai University's official WeChat account noticed the public opinion, he immediately reported it to the academic affairs agency, and then the school quickly wrote a clarifying announcement--
“Our school has noticed the news of the ‘STACS meeting’ and has also paid attention to the public opinion on the Internet about Dr. Wang Hao, and hereby makes the following statement.
Xihai University attaches great importance to talent training. Dr. Wang Hao is a rare talent. The university has submitted a "Special Application for Promotion of Teacher Title" to the superior department to apply for a higher-level associate professor title for Dr. Wang Hao. It was only affected by the holiday.
It has not been approved by the superior department yet.”
At the bottom of the announcement, the rules for university professional title promotion are also explained. Applications and reviews are usually only done in July, and the university has already submitted the information to the superiors on the first day of July.
so……
Xihai University issued a statement, passing the problem to the higher-level department? What is the higher-level department?
Provincial Department of Education?
Some people who saw the announcement immediately came up with a story: Xihai University attaches great importance to talents, but the relevant person in charge of the Provincial Department of Education is always asking for help, or the work efficiency is extremely low, dragging materials and refusing to give approval.
The Department of Education received several calls asking why Wang Hao’s application was delayed and not approved.
Lou Nianli knew the news because the director of another department came to ask about it.
"What, someone called to report me?"
"Report what?"
"Procrastinating at work? Do you have to pay for food or get a credit card? What the hell!" Lou Nianli felt very wronged. After asking about it carefully, he found out that the application submitted by Xihai University had not been approved.
The reasons for his hesitation were firstly the cross-level promotion, and secondly because there were experimental problems on Wang Hao's resume.
When he heard that Wang Hao had won the best paper award at an international academic conference, and that the news was reported by various media back home, he immediately realized that the situation was not good, and he felt as if he had been cheated by Xihai University.
"I gave a report at an international conference and won the best paper award. Why didn't you tell me earlier!"
"Knowing this, how can I still hesitate?"
With a depressed mood, Lou Nianli's work efficiency improved rapidly. It only took less than half an hour to complete the review of all the materials, approval and signature. He even drove to Xihai University at his own expense and personally delivered the approved materials to the university.
Government Affairs Department.
After waiting until he left the university, Lou Nianli took a long breath and said, "Now, it's impossible for me to have anything to do with you, right?"
"Wang Hao, Wang Hao..."
"This name needs to be written down... However, he was fired from Donggang University because of major mistakes in his experiment. How come he won an international academic award just a few months later?"
"Or is there something wrong inside?"
"..."
Lou Nianli couldn't help but think about it. At the same time, many people who knew Wang Hao's experience also started thinking about it.