It took Xu Chuan two days to complete interviews with twelve resumes, and finally selected three people from among them.
Gu Bing, a doctoral student from Jiaotong University in China, Roger Dean, a doctoral student from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and Shashi Perez, a doctoral student from Université Paris VI in France.
Three students, from three different countries, all doctoral students.
The youngest is Gu Bing, twenty-five years old, and the eldest is Roger Dean, thirty-one.
In fact, if you look at the application materials, the resumes of these three people are not actually the best and most beautiful among them all.
But after interviews, Xu Chuan finally settled on these three students.
Because these three people showed the strongest academic pursuit during the interview process.
This is a very intuitive thing. It is very important whether you have an academic pursuit or not.
In his view, the first factor in educating a good student is to find someone who is truly willing to delve deeper into this field.
You can learn and master things you don't understand slowly. But if your heart is not in scientific research, there is really nothing you can do.
If your heart is not in scientific research, no matter how much you teach, it will be useless.
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After locking in the student quota, Xu Chuan sent the list to Princeton staff.
The admission information will be updated on the school's official website.
Of course, he will also talk to these three students. After all, he needs students who enroll early, so there will not be much time left for them to prepare.
Fortunately, there is still a month left, and he can help with the school's information reporting, admission applications and other matters. It is enough for these three students to prepare their visas.
After taking care of the matter of recruiting students, Xu Chuan got up and went to have dinner.
Although he has now moved to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and has lived in a villa, the kitchen utensils, tableware, food, etc. are not prepared at home, otherwise he can cook by himself.
After walking along Stockton Street to Nassau Street, Xu Chuan randomly found a restaurant and walked in.
This is a rice-style restaurant, and there are a lot of people eating dinner there.
Compared with the situation in China where dinner is not very important, here in the United States dinner is generally more sumptuous.
If you want to have a better dinner, you can choose a rice restaurant.
After ordering dinner and waiting for it to be delivered, a crisp and sweet voice came over.
"Hi Xu, long time no see."
At the same time, a figure walked up to him and sat across the table.
Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment, looked at the girl opposite with some doubts, and asked: "Who are you?"
"Xu, have you forgotten me? This is so sad." The girl opposite suddenly said with a sad look on her face.
Hearing this, the corners of Xu Chuan's eyes twitched, but since the other party said that, he must have seen it somewhere.
The memories flickered, his eyes lit up, and he quickly said: "Amelia!"
Seeing that Xu Chuan thought of her, Amelia's face suddenly showed a bright smile. "It seems that you still remember me. I'm really happy."
Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Forgive me for not recognizing you for a moment, you have changed so much."
The girl opposite, Amelia, he met when he participated in the ipho physics competition a few years ago. She was a talented girl from Germany. As the captain, she led the German physics team to participate in the competition.
Although the results of the German sports team were very poor at that time, Amelia won the individual gold medal at that ipho and was one of the only two girls among the individual gold medal winners.
But to be honest, it’s not surprising that he didn’t recognize her for a while. It’s true that Amelia has changed so much in the past few years.
A few years ago, she was very thin, short, and looked a little malnourished, but now she has completely gone away from her previous problems, and has grown a lot taller and wider.
"Has she become more beautiful?" Amelia raised her eyes and asked slyly like a little fox like a crescent moon.
Xu Chuan recalled: "Of course, I still remember that you were very thin and small at that time, like a water monkey."
Hearing him describe it like this, Amelia rolled her eyes unhappily.
Xu Chuan smiled, avoided the topic and asked, "By the way, why are you here?"
"My father was hired to come to Princeton last month, and now he is an associate professor in the Department of Physics."
Amelia explained: "In addition, I also applied to study here for a Ph.D., so I came here in advance to familiarize myself with the environment."
"Who is your father's professor?" Xu Chuan asked curiously. He should know most of the physics professors at Princeton.
"Stanford Elwin." Amelia said a name, Xu Chuan suddenly nodded, it turned out to be him.
Stanford Aylwin, a professor in the Department of Physics at Princeton, is an expert in optoelectronics and electromagnetics. He has won the Patton Award, the world's highest award in radio wave science, and can be said to be a top figure in the fields of optoelectronics and electromagnetism.
However, he didn't have much dealings with him in his previous life. After all, photoelectric physics was not in his research field.
Nodding, Xu Chuan smiled and congratulated: "So that's it. Congratulations. I hope you can spend a happy few years at Princeton and reap fruitful results."
Amelia waved her hand and said: "Compared to you, I am far behind. You have even solved the Hodge conjecture and have become a professor at Princeton, and I am qualified to enter doctoral studies."
Xu Chuan smiled and said, "I just get some inspiration occasionally."
Amelia glanced at him sideways and said, "I really want such an inspiration."
Xu Chuan laughed. It was quite nice to unexpectedly meet and chat with an acquaintance from the past in Princeton.
The two chatted for a while, and Amelia seemed to have thought of something. She looked at Xu Chuan and asked: "Xu, I heard that you have become a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton, right?"
Xu Chuan nodded, looked at Amelia with some confusion, and said, "Yes, I just officially signed a contract with Princeton not long ago."
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Amelia's words were so shocking that Xu Chuan almost fell off the chair. He coughed several times before he recovered and said: "How is this possible!"
Amelia looked at Xu Chuan strangely, her blue eyes full of confusion. She asked, "Why not? Do you dislike my poor grades?"
"My grades are not bad. Although I can't compare with you, my gpa is also 3.9. I have also published two SCI papers in the second area, one in mathematical physics and the other in theoretical physics.
In addition, I also have a mathematics paper from District 2."
Xu Chuan was silent for a moment. An undergraduate student can publish three SCI papers in Area 2, in two different fields: mathematics and physics. This achievement is quite outstanding even in the world.
However, his sudden refusal was probably because he felt that something was a bit inconsistent?
Maybe you feel a little embarrassed to recruit an acquaintance as a student?
After thinking about it for a while, Xu Chuan, who was already a little out of his mind, figured out where this sense of inconsistency lay, and quickly asked: "Wait a minute, our majors are not the same. You majored in physics, and I am a professor of mathematics."
Amelia said nonchalantly: "That doesn't matter. I was a double major at Columbia. Physics and mathematics are both the directions of my study. Moreover, the major I chose when applying to Princeton was mathematical physics."
"Although you are a professor of mathematics, your ability in the field of physics can definitely make you a professor at Princeton."
"You have solved the mystery of the proton radius, and calculated the optimal search decay channel for the Yukawa coupling of the Higgs and the third-generation heavy quark. These are world-wide problems."
"Especially the latter. I have seen your original paper and calculation data. It can be said that it is the most perfect combination of mathematics and physics. What's more, your tutor is Professor Edward Witten. I believe that your physics ability will definitely not
Worse than math.”
"I believe I can learn more if you serve as my mentor."
Xu Chuan paused, not knowing what to say.
Amelia's vision is really accurate. His physics ability is indeed no worse than mathematics. At this stage, it is even stronger, even if he has proved Hodge's conjecture.
After thinking for a while, Xu Chuan asked: "Have you not already applied to Princeton? The tutor should have been determined, right?"
Amelia bent her crescent-like eyes and smiled like a cunning little fox: "But there is no rule in Princeton that you must come if you accept the invitation. We haven't officially enrolled yet. If I reject the invitation, then you
Just send me another copy."
"In comparison, I think it's more promising to follow you."
After being quiet for a while, Xu Chuan, who didn't know what to say, said, "I have already admitted three students."
Amelia was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "So fast? Didn't you just become a professor at Princeton a few days ago?"
After a pause, she continued: "But what does it matter? Princeton does not stipulate that a professor can only accept three students."
"If you are worried, you can conduct an interview with me. I think I should be able to meet your standards and requirements."
Xu Chuan coughed lightly and said, "I suggest you go back and ask your father first. Maybe he may have a different opinion."