Chapter 99 Responding positively to the Donggang Incident
Xihai University.
After the press conference ended, the excitement in the school did not end. Chen Qinghua organized a group of people to hold a small meeting. The meeting discussed the establishment of the Mason Mathematical Science Laboratory.
This must be approved by the School of Science, because the Mason Mathematical Sciences Laboratory is positioned as a mathematical computer laboratory.
Chen Qinghua's proposal gave Luan Haiping no reason to object. Creating a mathematical computer laboratory would be beneficial to both colleges. The new laboratory could help expand researcher positions, the number of postdoctoral fellows, expand graduate student enrollment, and improve the college.
The basic level of scientific research, etc.
The meeting discussed two aspects, one is the source of funds.
This aspect mainly relies on school, provincial and national funding.
On the other hand is the person in charge, Wang Hao.
Even if he is not a dedicated person in charge, Wang Hao must be named chief researcher. Because they are applying for the establishment of a scientific research institution based on Wang Hao's achievements, Wang Hao must be in the core position.
Wang Hao couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard the discussion and inquiry, but after thinking about it carefully, he had no reason to object.
This is beneficial.
Many top scientists will rely on their own achievements to create relevant scientific research institutions and conduct research and development in related fields.
The Mathematical Computer Laboratory can be said to cover his research field. Serving as the chief researcher of the laboratory is equivalent to being the direct person in charge of the laboratory. The first person will do related research and development in the future, and there will also be a professional laboratory.
Support, unlike this time, verifying research results requires the use of computer laboratory equipment.
Wang Hao expressed his position and said, "I have agreed in advance that I will not be responsible for the preparation of the laboratory and other work. Regarding the application, I can write the report and ignore the rest."
Chen Qinghua smiled and said, "Of course, your job will still be the same as before. In this regard, there are school arrangements. You just have to wait to be the chief researcher of the new laboratory."
The Mason Mathematical Sciences Laboratory is under the name of the School of Science and the School of Computer Science, and is directly under the management of the school. There is no need for the problem of the school's "competition for laboratory ownership".
Wang Hao attended the meeting and felt relieved. If he thought about it carefully, he found that the school had just built a new laboratory and he was appointed as the chief researcher.
Before the laboratory was actually built, there was no relevant work. I was just a researcher and did not hold any administrative positions, so it had no impact.
After returning to the office in the complex building, he began to do research and write papers on a daily basis. He also looked at the prepared lesson plans and prepared for the "Introduction to Data Mining" course in the evening.
At the same time, many media have also started reporting on it.
There are many media reports, some are TV news, some are short video reports on the Internet, some are text introductions to interviews, and some simply post the video of the entire interview.
The latter attracted the most views, but unfortunately, few people could watch the entire video, and most only lasted a few minutes.
"I'm really sorry. I couldn't watch it anymore after the fifth minute."
"From the moment he started drawing pictures on the blackboard, I was already in a daze. I persisted until the end, but it was wonderful in the end."
"You can just watch the end. Wang Hao gave a sonorous and powerful response to the interviewer, saying that the other party was on the opposite side of science. It was really interesting."
"That reporter must be uneducated. He actually asked what the significance of the study of Mersenne primes is? This is just funny."
"According to his understanding, mathematical research is meaningless, and physical research is meaningless. The large particle collider built in the world and spending so much money is just useless work."
"Anyway, he is right, and the whole world is wrong..."
Some scholars also came forward to explain the content of Wang Hao's research, "I looked carefully and found that Wang Hao created two functions and used their intersection to cover the Mersenne primes."
"He said it was really amazing that it could cover about two-thirds, but it's a pity that he had no way to prove it."
"Finding the Mersenne primes is not a proof. Mathematical proof requires very rigorous logic. This result may be called Wang's conjecture."
"In the study of Mersenne primes, there is a famous conjecture called Zhou's conjecture, which describes the distribution of Mersenne primes. Professor Wang Hao used two functions to directly find the Mersenne primes. It is also possible to call it 'Wang's conjecture', which is consistent with
An internationally accepted naming method.”
"..."
There are a lot of discussions on the Internet. Is Wang Hao interested in paying attention?
As public opinion continued to ferment, the academic community understood his results, and many people immediately came to him.
Either ordinary congratulations; or requests for manuscripts. Some are editors of academic journals, hoping that Wang Hao can publish relevant results in their journals; there are also scholars who come to ask questions covering Mersenne primes.
The last one was what Wang Hao valued most. Zhu Zhen, the manager of Penguin Technology Department, asked Wang Hao if he had any relevant computing needs.
"In this regard, Penguin Group's supercomputing center can provide support." Zhu Zhen said enthusiastically.
Wang Hao was immediately shocked by Zhu Zhen's shamelessness, "There is definitely a need for computing, but there is no rush. Just test it slowly in the school's computer laboratory."
"this……"
Zhu Zhen said sheepishly, "I just wanted to ask Professor Wang Hao, do you have any ideas for cooperation? The computing power of our group's supercomputing center cannot be said to be the top in the world, but it is no less than Aba."
The cloud computing center of the cloud.”
Wang Hao sank for a moment and said, "I have a nine-digit prime number in my hand. I want to verify whether the Mersenne number is a Mersenne prime number. Are you interested?"
"Nine digits?"
Zhu Zhen reacted immediately and asked, "What number starts with it?"
"seven!"
Wang Hao said the first number casually.
Zhu Zhen suddenly became energetic. He also had a certain understanding and knew what the beginning of the big number represented. "Professor Wang Hao, can we talk about cooperation sponsorship fees? Penguin Group has always supported scientific research and development, and has
A lot of investment…”
"Hmm~~"
Wang Hao listened patiently for a few words, and then said, "Okay, let's talk in detail when we have time."
After he put down the phone, Wang Hao started thinking about the price issue. He wanted to monetize the billion-digit numbers starting with '7' in his hand, and cooperate with corporate R&D to find the largest Mersenne prime number.
Finding the largest prime number in history, and also the first prime number up to 100 million digits, is a great scientific research honor and will definitely be recorded in the history of human mathematics.
This achievement will definitely be reported by international media.
How much is it worth?
Wang Hao felt a little unsure. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that he had thought too much. It was impossible for him to do everything by himself. He was not good at things like valuation and price negotiation.
"Looking for someone to help?"
"Valuation, discuss cooperation with Penguin..." A capable figure suddenly appeared in Wang Hao's mind. He picked up his mobile phone, found the number and sent a message.
…
The popularity of public opinion in the media gradually declined.
No matter how many Mersenne primes are found, it is just a mathematical achievement, and it is not at the top of mathematics. After the popularity has passed, not many people will care.
There are more news in academic circles or discussions in academic circles.
But at the same time, an article about Wang Hao's past gradually became popular, attracting many people's attention and discussion.
The title of this article is very popular, called "Is it enough to just fire someone if they bring losses to the country?"
There are two true stories in the article.
One is a data error in the Materials Laboratory of Donggang University, which was reported to have caused a loss of more than 10 million. In addition, the entire laboratory took three months to research, and the time cost was also very high.
Another employee named Zhang Qirun also caused huge losses to the company because of his mistakes. As a result, he was fired and held accountable. He was later ordered to pay 700,000 yuan in compensation. Later, he could no longer find a job in the same industry.
Comparing the two real stories together, it is obvious that Wang Hao is receiving "special care".
After he caused losses to the Materials Laboratory, he was simply fired from the school, and then went to Sokai University to find the 'same' job.
The article did not make a comparative evaluation of the two stories, but only raised a question, "If it brings losses to the country, is it enough to just fire someone?"
This reflects a social problem.
Leaders and workers in certain departments, who have caused huge losses to the country due to personal problems, usually just get fired, and some even just transfer their posts.
It is different if it is placed in a market economy enterprise. Dismissal is only the most basic. The person involved is likely to be ostracized by the same industry and may also be held legally responsible.
When certain issues involve social reality, they will attract a lot of discussion and the articles will gradually become popular.
Comments are clearly polarized.
Some people believe that all work should be treated equally, while others believe that scientific research is different from ordinary work, and it is normal for mistakes to occur. No research can be 100% fruitful.
Later, an online blogger published a piece called "Scientific Research Workers Deserve a More Tolerant Environment," which also attracted countless attention. He believed that scientific research work is different from other jobs. If you want to achieve results in the scientific research field, you must be in a
In a tolerant environment, if problems arise, they will be punished, and there will be no scientific researchers to challenge difficult research.
As more people expressed relevant opinions, public opinion gradually became more heated. Most people still supported Wang Hao, believing that even if he had made mistakes before, it was normal. Wang Hao immediately learned a lot when he arrived at Xihai University.
The results show that his personal level is very high.
If Donggang University is dismissed, he will not be able to find a similar job again, and he will not be able to achieve results that attract world attention.
There are also some people who believe that all workers should be treated equally.
However, some of them believe that scientific research workers are special, but that they are leaders and workers in other departments. Because their decisions or personal mistakes have caused losses to the country, they should bear certain legal responsibilities.
Only a small number of people believe that scientific researchers should be punished for their mistakes, which have caused losses to the country.
etc.
That's what public opinion is.
No matter what it is, there will always be different opinions.
Even if it's something that's just a matter of discussion, there will always be people who hold different views.
When public opinion gradually fermented, Xihai University also noticed it.
There was silence in the office in the complex building.
Zhu Ping, Yan Jing, Luo Dayong and Zhang Zhiqiang were all there. While they were reading the comments, they kept looking at Wang Hao.
Even though most of the comments on the Internet support Wang Hao, they know that this matter may be Wang Hao's weakness.
They don't dare to speak or ask.
Everyone has always kept silent about the Donggang incident, but now it has appeared again in public opinion. They just watch the news and are a little worried about Wang Hao. No matter who's "stain" is exposed, no matter how many supportive voices there are,
I definitely feel bad inside.
At this time, the head of the department suddenly walked to the door and asked, "Professor Wang Hao, a reporter from the provincial TV station called and wanted to conduct a simple telephone interview with you."
Wang Hao was sitting at his desk reading public opinion information, but he was not as uncomfortable as others thought, and felt a little funny in his heart.
Should scientific researchers receive preferential treatment? Should there be a more tolerant environment?
Does this still need to be discussed?
If research has no results and brings losses to the country, scientific researchers will be held accountable. Then who will do scientific research?
The vast majority of research is fruitless, and even if it is fruitful, it is difficult to achieve the expected goals.
Those big companies also invest a lot of money in scientific research, but are the outputs definitely higher than the money?
This is not necessarily the case.
While he was thinking about it, he heard the question at the door. After thinking about it for a moment, he nodded, "Okay."
He got up and followed him.
The reporter on the other side of the phone had been waiting for a long time and directly entered the question mode, "Professor Wang Hao, the experimental issues of Donggang are being discussed on the Internet. As a person involved, can you talk about it in detail?"
In fact, after reporters asked questions, they didn’t think Wang Hao would answer.
If it were anyone else, they would definitely avoid talking about it. After all, it is a stain from the past, and covering up the past is the best way.
The department chair also gave Wang Hao a look, which meant, "Don't say this."
Wang Hao smiled and said, "I can tell you in detail."
"After I graduated with my Ph.D. in Donggang, I was invited to work as an assistant researcher in the Alloy Materials Laboratory, responsible for the collection and calculation of experimental data."
"The experiment was progressing very smoothly during that time, and many people thought there would be great results soon. But suddenly one day, Ma Wenjun suddenly said that the data was wrong, and Zhou Xiaolong also said the same, and three months of hard work were in vain."
"I felt something was wrong at the time. When I went to the laboratory again, everyone said there was something wrong with the data I produced."
"I checked the data on my computer and carefully checked it from beginning to end, but I didn't find any errors."
"Soon, I was suspended for investigation and then dismissed from the school. It only took about three days."
"This is the whole process..."
Wang Hao finished talking to the phone in one breath, and then he felt much more relaxed.
This is the first time he has talked about this issue head-on since time travel. There is only so much information in his memory, and the process is very simple.
Exactly what happened in the middle can only be guessed.