1991 Starting from the core

A week later, Nature officially published two blockbuster papers on double-layer graphene back-to-back.

If a boulder were dropped on a calm lake, the entire condensed matter physics community would immediately boil. Especially in the field, the collective reached a climax.

For a long time, the results achieved in the field of superconductivity have been steadily produced in the field of low temperature + different materials. It is not that scientists have tried other approaches, but to this day, they still have not found a breakthrough point.

So much so that some physicists joked that they were still following the same path as Edison.

Nowadays, the superconducting properties displayed by double-layer graphene at specific angles and temperatures have undoubtedly found a new direction for superconducting materials.

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In the electronics department conference room, several big guys gathered together.

These big guys are the real big guys - the Department of Electrical Engineering currently has 12 full-time academicians, of which the majority are academicians of the Academy of Engineering, with a total of seven, and only five academicians of the Academy of Sciences.

"Although I am not a physics major, I can understand the importance of graphene and the subsequent series of discoveries, not to mention yesterday's two papers. Its significance has jumped beyond the field of graphene and then affected the entire condensed matter. physics."

Xi Xiaoding is the youngest among the group, but his momentum is no weaker than that of the big guys present.

Just kidding, he entered the Chinese Academy of Sciences as a mathematician.

"Therefore, for this year's academician recommendation, I suggest you stop thinking about seniority and just recommend Professor Su Yuanshan."

Xi Xiaoding specially added a professional title to Su Yuanshan to remind everyone that Su Yuanshan is a distinguished professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering.

All the big guys here were looking at their noses and not saying anything, and some of them even smiled implicitly - most of them were academicians of the Academy of Engineering, who had previously thought of recommending Su Yuanshan. After all, Su Yuanshan's father is the principal and an academician of the Academy of Engineering.

But it is said... Su Yuanshan's opinion is that his achievements are not enough to enter the Academy of Engineering.

——Although everyone knows, especially the old people in the Electrical Engineering Department, that Su Yuanshan is the soul of the entire Yuanxin, the results presented to convince the public are indeed born in the name of other people.

So the matter was postponed.

But becoming an academician of the Academy of Sciences... is not something you can just do.

First of all, when recommending this level, you have to consider too much - as a full-time academician of the Department of Electrical Engineering, in addition to achievements, everyone will consider more about the benefits that one more academician will bring to the school.

Obviously, the actual "benefits" of giving Su Yuanshan an academician are not as good as those of a professor serving in the school.

Xi Xiaoding is also very clear about this. He also knows that Su Yuanshan’s ambition is not to become an academician. In Su Yuanshan’s words, he will become an academician sooner or later. In his life, he has the title of genius, various "youngest", and various records. There are already enough, there is no need to get another record of "youngest academician".

Therefore, Xi Xiaoding has not been in a hurry before. After all, this academician gives Su Yuanshan a reputation, but gives others resources. Otherwise, according to his temper, he would push Su Yuanshan hard in his second year after entering the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

But now, Xi Xiaoding couldn't bear it anymore.

He is very aware of the high status of a scholar who carries nine nature articles, each of which has high citations - if we take international influence, excluding those respected older generation scientists...or, in other words, sixty Among scientists under the age of 10, no one in China can compare with Su Yuanshan.

You know, Su Yuanshan has won the MacMillan Award!

Apart from anything else, since 1999, every year the discussion of how long Su Yuanshan will "run" for the Nobel Prize has become a hot topic in October.

"We can't let him win next year's Wolf Prize, or simply recommend him after the Nobel Prize is announced next year?" Xi Xiaoding picked up the tea cup and took a sip and looked around: "That way, I'm afraid it won't make people think that domestic science Are the people in this world sick?"

Although Xi Xiaoding is an academician, he rarely works in the college, and he has always taught Ph.D. students. He only attends three regular classes every week. Every time he has a class, even the podium is full of people. Therefore, Xi Xiaoding is different from those present here. You guys...are really not that familiar.

He doesn't have to consider other people's feelings, let alone worry about being targeted and excluded - compared to others who work hard and rely on various "networking" to obtain funds, Xi Xiaoding, the chief scientist of Yuanxin, has nearly unlimited resources.

Therefore, Xi Xiaoding's words are a bit "unpalatable" to say.

Principal Su Xinghe had been reading the documents with his eyes lowered. When he heard Xi Xiaoding say vulgar words, he finally couldn't help but cough slightly.

Xi Xiaoding spread his hands knowingly and picked up the tea cup again.

"What's your opinion? Also, don't look at me. You know, my attitude is neutral." Professor Su Xinghe smiled slightly and looked at everyone: "I won't say the reason."

Everyone present smiled knowingly again.

I hope that my children will be successful and that they will be ordinary children of ordinary parents. But when Su Xinghe and his son reached the position of Su Xinghe and his son, they were probably thinking about more than just a matter of honor.

Sometimes, too much premature honor is not a good thing.

"I actually think that Professor Xiaoshan..." Academician Chen, who said this, shook his head and sighed: "The kid who grew up watching his naked buttocks will soon become an academician."

Su Xinghe: "Ahem..."

"Well, Professor Xi, if you think Professor Xiaoshan can win the Wolf Prize or even the Nobel Prize next year, then we will definitely recommend him this year. If he can't win it... I'm actually still leaning towards it, he can wait. Wait." As he spoke, Academician Chen smiled slightly: "Some colleagues are indeed approaching their age and cannot wait any longer. And Xiaoshan is still young, so for him, the honor of academician is not rare and practical."

Xi Xiaoding was startled for a moment, and then frowned slightly. He subconsciously wanted to say that Wolff and the Nobel Prize were not awarded to me, but the words still turned into "Let's put it this way, we are completely from a scientific perspective." , Su Yuanshan, is he qualified to be an academician and win a Nobel Prize?"

Academician Chen nodded without hesitation: "Yes."

"Isn't that enough?" Xi Xiaoding spread his hands: "The World Condensed Matter Physics Symposium will be held in the Department of Electronic Science and Technology next month - let alone the Department of Electrical Engineering, let's talk about our country. There has been such a thing that has made a certain field all over the world. The history of top scientists coming together?”

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Here, Xi Xiaoding was speaking up for Su Yuanshan, while Su Yuanshan was being interviewed by the media with his students, posing for many photos, and even wanted to dig up the story of his discovery of graphene ten years ago...

After finally dealing with reporters, Su Yuanshan still had to deal with Xi Xiaoding's visit.

"Senior brother, do you want me to treat you to dinner?" Su Yuanshan joked happily after listening to Xi Xiaoding's explanation.

"It's up to you." Xi Xiaoding shrugged, looking relaxed and comfortable, lazily leaning on the sofa: "As long as it is promoted this year, you will definitely be fine when it comes to evaluation next year. As for the Academy of Sciences, the higher-ups are still very supportive. We’re saving face. And I’ll tell you, you have a high probability of winning the Wolf Prize next year.”

Xi Xiaoding sat up and said excitedly: "Look, the MacMillan Prize, the Wolf Prize, the Nobel Prize - you will become the first physicist in history to win these three prizes at the same time. !”

"..." Seeing Xi Xiaoding's excitement, Su Yuanshan couldn't help but be speechless: "I won the prize, why are you so excited?"

Xi Xiaoding laughed: "How can I be proud of you?"

Su Yuanshan looked at Xi Xiaoding steadily, smiled and shook his head.

He could understand why Mr. Xi was so proud - deep down in his heart, Mr. Xi was looking forward to the birth of a sufficiently influential and even world-class scientist in the country.

"By the way, senior brother, don't just talk about me, talk about you. When will Fields find you?"

Hearing Fields, Xi Xiaoding was slightly startled, then waved his hands and said with a smile: "Don't say these layman's words. Although I have never been bad at mathematics, and I have been doing algebra-related work since I returned to China, I have passed the stage of producing pure mathematics achievements. He's in his golden age... Fields only gave it to me after he was drunk."

Su Yuanshan smiled slightly: "What about the Turing Award?"

Xi Xiaoding was startled again.

If the Fields Medal is the "Nobel Prize" in mathematics, then the Turing Award is the Nobel Prize in the field of computing - it is designed and selected by the Lighthouse Computer Association. The standards are extremely strict, and generally speaking, there is only one winner. Winners - Unless they have extraordinary contributions, they may be awarded to several people at the same time.

Xi Xiaoding is now over thirty-five years old, and will be forty in a few years, which will exceed Fields’s age. And indeed, as he said, Fields has always been for mathematicians in the field of pure numbers. Therefore, Xi Xiaoding has never considered Fields.

But there is always hope for the Turing Award.

As the director of Pandora Labs and the chief scientist of Yuanxin, Mr. Xi still maintains the energy and desire to fight on the front line, not only providing several high-quality journals, but also providing a large amount of open source code to the AI ​​field. It can be said that Mr. Xi has no problem taking the top spot in the AI ​​field.

Although he did not pioneer the field of AI, his contribution to promoting artificial intelligence and promoting its application is worthy of the Turing Award.

"Alas, there are too many monks and too little food. Even if the United States does not engage in discrimination, there are still a group of seniors who are still waiting." Xi Xiaoding sighed slightly: "Look at the winners of the Turing Award in recent years, which one is younger than fifty years old? ?”

Su Yuanshan thought about it and found that it was really like this - as the first Chinese to win the Turing Award, Yao Qizhi was already in his fifties when he won the Turing Award in 2000, and he was also elected to the American Academy of Sciences in 1998 Academician, and has been working at Princeton University as a tenured professor.

In contrast, regardless of Mr. Xi's age or "other factors", it's enough to wait.

"In the final analysis, it is still the subject of computer science. It seems young, but it is developing too fast... We, as a group, still stand on the shoulders of giants. If we want to win the prize, we really have to let the giants finish it." "

"Hmm..." Xi Xiaoding nodded and took out his cell phone from his pocket. After taking a look, he felt happy. He held up his mobile phone and said to Su Yuanshan: "Ma Mengqi's phone number."

"Huh? What does Brother Chao want to do with you?"

"He has been asking us for help this year, talking about how to develop a group control algorithm."

While answering, Xi Xiaoding answered the phone.

Su Yuanshan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and immediately he became a little bit embarrassed to laugh.

——He urged Ma Mengqi to engage in group control so that he could launch a commercial performance and then make his debut at the Olympics. He had been urging Ma Mengqi for several years, even from the moment the drone was born.

Well, from what Mr. Xi said, it seems that this guy only started to get serious about it this year?

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"Mr. Shan, Mr. Xi."

On the roof of the UAV laboratory building, Ma Mengqi and No. 35 people hurriedly greeted Su Yuanshan and Xi Xiaoding.

Behind them, thirty-six drones were placed at intervals of one meter.

Su Yuanshan looked past Ma Mengqi and raised his eyebrows slightly: "You actually called Mr. Xi? Didn't you call me?"

"Hehe... The main reason is that we don't have much music yet, so I don't dare to bother you..." Ma Mengqi rubbed his hands with a charming smile on his face.

Su Yuanshan's heart skipped a beat when he heard this guy's tone. It looked like he might not be so reliable this time.

He looked back at Xi Xiaoding, then looked at Ma Mengqi, and said angrily: "Do you mean that Mr. Xi is easier to fool than me?"

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

Seeing Su Yuanshan's unscrupulous "stoking dissension", Ma Mengqi immediately moved his hands randomly.

Just kidding, he is the one who came out of Pandora, and he admires Mr. Xi very much.

The main reason why he informed Mr. Xi instead of Su Yuanshan, the "Party A" who provided the demand, was that as Su Yuanshan guessed, he didn't have much confidence.

Youxi is always there, and if something goes wrong, you can help analyze it.

As for Mr. Shan... As everyone knows, Mr. Shan is becoming more and more "like" a physicist. Papers were being posted, and various conferences were being held here and there... I asked him to help me with detailed algorithms and stuff, I'm afraid it was a little bit weird.

"Okay, let's give it a try." Su Yuanshan rolled his eyes at Ma Mengqi, then sat down on the chair, pulled the other one to his side, and invited Xi Xiaoding to sit down.

Ma Mengqi coughed and opened his notebook.

"Are you going to get up?"

"Get up! And I've always been curious, is it so difficult for you to set up group control when you have mature flight control?" Su Yuanshan looked like he hated iron.

Ma Mengqi: "..."

He really wanted to say, "Would you like to try it?"

But reason told him that it was best not to choke Mr. Shan so much - because no one knew whether Mr. Shan would be able to do it.

Past history really proves that Mr. Shan is almost omnipotent.

Ma Mengqi licked his lips, took a deep breath, and shouted: "Get up!"

As he finished speaking, thirty-six drones took off simultaneously amid a buzzing sound.

"Hover."

The drone once again hovered in the air with uniform movements.

"Thirty meters further up."

The drone continued upward.

"Stop! Ten meters to the left."

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Following Ma Mengqi's instructions, thirty-six drones flew through the air quickly, leaving no one behind.