From small town academic to chief scientist

Cai Licheng is a professor at Rutgers University of New Jersey. He is not a member of the Beijing University family. His research direction in mathematics is different from that of the Book of Changes.

His research areas mainly focus on probability theory, especially the asymptotic behavior of large interacting particle systems, and the interaction between partial differential equations (PDEs), stochastic PDEs and integrable probabilities.

Zhou Yi also learned a little bit about it when he came. The only person who was somewhat close to his direction was Huang Jingying, a little fat man.

Jingying Huang is currently an assistant professor at The Ohio State University.

Everyone was chatting while eating. Zhou Yi also tentatively asked Huang Jingying and said:

"Professor Huang, are you interested in coming to our Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies?"

Huang Jingying said:

"Zhou Shen, please allow me to call you this. When I was a student, people used to call me Huang Shen. But since you were born, the golden generation of Peking University and the proud men of mathematics from all walks of life feel that they are not worthy of being called gods. Only you are That’s it.”

Everyone present, except Zhou Yi, took a deep breath.

So licking!

The people from Peking University looked a little ugly, but what the little fat man said was true, and there was no reason to refute it.

How to refute?

He created two branches of mathematics and solved so many big conjectures in mathematics. It’s not too much to call him Zhou Shen.

When Zhou Yi heard this, it seemed that this little fat man was going to follow him.

Otherwise, it would be unscientific to boast like this.

Huang Jingying said:

"How dare I refuse Zhou Shen's invitation? Three years later, I hope Zhou Shen will send me an offer."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed and said:

"A gentleman's words are hard to catch up with, so let's make a deal. When the time comes, I will declare for you the treatment you should receive. In the future, the minimum will be outstanding, and the higher will depend on your achievements."

Zhou Yi complained that he finally found a potential talent.

If there is no potential, the Sloan Foundation will not issue this award. The main purpose of this award is to give it to young people with relatively high potential.

Huang Jingying is obviously a person with more potential.

Moreover, this fat man's research direction is very similar to that of myself and Teacher Qiu. If we communicate more when the time comes, he may not become an outstanding young man.

Huang Jingying was the first to join Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi would also promise huge profits, setting an example to Chinese people and mathematicians all over the world. I, Zhou Yi, would never treat anyone harshly.

And Huang Jingying herself thinks the same way. I will be the first to hang out with you, so you Zhou Yi must show something.

The outstanding young people in the country are already pretty good, so don’t think too much about academicians being controlled by some old guys.

Zhou Yi may not be able to be selected steadily.

Wasn't that what Ms. Yan was like back then?

Except for the three people from Beijing University, the other three people present had different thoughts.

Perhaps a super mathematics center can really be formed at the Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, which at least may be the only one in Asia.

Not long after, after eating, Zhou Yi and Tan Mingming began to return to their rooms.

"Junior brother, you have a lot of skills. You are young and your skills are superb."

Tan Mingming said.

Zhou Yi smiled and said:

"It's just a little trick. I learned it from the dean of a certain liberal arts college."

After Zhou Yi returned to the room, he lay down to sleep after washing.

The other six people had different ideas, at least the pie drawn by Zhou Yi was very big.

Comparable to scientific research institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, Zhou Yi really dares to say so.

There are good things abroad, and there are good things domestically. And as Zhou Yi said, the domestic environment is slowly getting better.

The next day, the award ceremony in the auditorium was held as scheduled.

Originally, the Sloan Research Award was not so grand, but this year, it was surprisingly grand and unexpected.

When Zhou Yi's name was read, countless people looked at Zhou Yi.

The youngest rising star in the world of mathematics, his brilliance makes the younger generation dare not look directly at him.

The host of the foundation said very solemnly:

“One of the reasons why this award ceremony is so solemn is because of Professor Zhou’s complete solution to Bill’s Zhouyi theorem, 3n+1 Zhouyi theorem, Kepler’s Zhouyi theorem, Newton’s Zhouyi theorem and Hilbert’s Eighteen Questions.

All of them show his talent. The key is that he is only 19 years old, he is still young, and he has unlimited possibilities.

The birth of Zhou's geometry and Zhou's analytic method both indicate that this mathematical genius is using his actions to tell the mathematical world that a young mathematical king is growing up.

I think it is our honor to be awarded this award by Professor Zhou Yi, and I am grateful to Professor Zhou Yi for traveling thousands of miles to come to the Federation to receive the award.

This is a special medal we specially prepared for professors. "

The people present were very concerned about the specially made medal.

This award has been awarded for decades. The first time a special medal was issued, it was as if the sun was rising from the west.

Cai Licheng, Gao Miao and Chen Yuxin had different ideas, and Zhou Yi said that he was about to prove Goldbach's conjecture, which made them think about changing jobs.

Some people want to follow Zhou Yi as soon as possible. When the time comes, they will take advantage of this favor and receive preferential treatment;

I also thought that after three years, Zhou Yi won the Philippine Prize and his mathematical authority reached its peak, and he was following Zhou Yi.

Three years, very soon, they can afford to wait.

Zhou Yi took a gold medal and said very politely:

"Thank you for your recognition. I will use Zhou's analytical method to solve more number theory problems. I also hope that like-minded friends in geometry and number theory will contact me. Maybe we can inspire more ideas."

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, many people present applauded, especially those from Shuimu University. They all went to Shuimu University and were considered alumni.

After a while, the award ceremony continued, and there were many awards. These people belong to the generation of young potential in their respective fields. They may be able to win the Turing Award, the Philippines Award, and the Nobel Prize in the future.

Tan Mingming said:

"I didn't expect that the foundation would be given a special gold medal by you. Those geniuses didn't exist at the time. I still underestimated the influence of Bill's conjecture and 3n+1 conjecture. Although they did not promote mathematics much, they still Not as influential as Kepler’s conjecture in the mathematical world,

But after all, these two number theory conjectures were popular throughout Europe and other countries. "

Zhou Yi looked at the award ceremony and said:

"Someone's coming to see us."

The person in charge of the Sloan Foundation walked up to Zhou Yi very enthusiastically and said:

"Hello, Professor Zhou Yi. We are having a dinner party tonight, and you are sincerely invited to attend."

Zhou Yi nodded and said:

"Okay, I'll be there, just tell me the address."

"OK."

After talking for a while, Zhou Yi returned to his hotel room.

All expenses for this conference were funded by the Sloan Foundation.

Zhou Yi didn't have to pay a penny.

Not long after, Zhou Yi took out his mobile phone, took a photo of his special gold medal, and then posted it on all social platforms at home and abroad:

[A gold medal specially awarded by the Sloan Research Award. I don’t know if I am the first person in history. It’s embarrassing. It seems to be very valuable.

Do you know what this all owes to? That’s right, it’s a scientific research assistant, and it’s worth downloading. 】

After the Zhouyi update, I browsed the comment area and found a lot of comments in just a few seconds.

[It’s not Professor Zhou, don’t brag. When will there be a special gold medal for the Sloan Research Award? Aren't you afraid of affecting your reputation by making false claims like this? 】

[We know that we won the Sloan Research Award and it was awarded today, but this special gold medal is probably fake news, right? 】

[Professor Zhou explained, what kind of award is this gold medal? I am already immune to Professor Zhou winning various awards. After all, I have been a fan of Zhou Shenguo until now. 】

Zhou Yi looked confused and selectively replied to a comment:

"? Look at the letters above. This is really a special gold medal for the Sloan Research Award. It is awarded for the first time today."

[Yao Shou, Professor Zhou replied to me personally. Regardless of whether it is true or false, I believe it. I am now your crazy fan. 】

Zhou Yi cursed MMP, why didn't these people believe it?

Just when Zhou Yi was about to give up, senior officials from Yuzhou University, Shuimu University, and the Yuzhou court reported:

"Warm congratulations to Zhou Yi, a 20th-year undergraduate alumnus of our school, for winning the special gold medal of the Sloan Research Award, the first person in history! 》

"Warm congratulations to our school's mathematics professor Zhou Yi for winning the special gold medal of the Sloan Research Award! 》

"Warm congratulations to Zhou Yi, a young talent from Yuzhou, for winning the Sloan Research Award. I would like to express my congratulations. 》

The three articles instantly went viral on the Internet, shocking everyone who thought Zhou Yi was teasing everyone.

[Yes, Professor Zhou, it’s because I am short-sighted and have no knowledge. I touch Professor Zhou and take a breath of European air. I didn’t fail the high-level exam. 】

[I guess the Sloan Research Award was afraid that Professor Zhou would not win the award, so it awarded a special gold medal. I said, hello, the history of every mathematics award is being broken by Professor Zhou. 】

[Professor Zhou is refreshing the minimum age for each award. Moreover, Yuzhou's top management has not spoken out yet, which is simply a sign of failure. 】

[Not only that, the Twitter Sloan Foundation also made a special speech. You can go to Kangkang. 】

Zhou Yi read the comments for a while and knew that this was to build momentum for himself. After all, the Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies had to have enough gimmicks.

For example, the Southern University of Science and Technology in Guangdong Province has developed very quickly because of the momentum and support of the local court and the leadership of many academicians.

It is unimaginable that such a young public university ranks so high.

The senior leaders of Yuzhou obviously want to replicate this miracle, and the senior leaders of Yuzhou feel that they have a unique advantage, that is Zhouyi.

At the banquet in the evening, as Zhou Yi expected, a group of people came to drink Zhou Yi's wine. However, except for the people from the foundation, Zhou Yi basically just had a casual encounter and then took a sip.

Everyone was asked to take a sip. Zhou Yi felt that he would not be able to return home until the day after tomorrow.

At this time, Chen Danqi, who was born in the Yao Class of Shuimu University, said to Zhou Yi:

"Professor Zhou, we meet again. Last time we were at Princeton, you were still studying for a Ph.D."

Zhou Yi looked at Chen Danqi with some surprise. Unexpectedly, she also won the award, and said:

"Are you interested in following me back to China to engage in artificial intelligence? My research direction is similar to yours, and it may be much faster than yours."

Chen Danqi holds a bachelor’s degree from Shuimu University and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

He is a student of natural language processing guru Christopher Manning. In 2019, Chen Danqi joined the Princeton NLP group. The most famous algorithm, SyntaxNet, was developed by Chen Danqi and his mentor.

It is known as the world's most accurate natural language parser.

However, with the advent of Zhou Yi's scientific research assistant, the advancement of their work fell far behind that of Daxia.

So Chen Danqi felt quite embarrassed when he looked at Zhou Yi.

I originally thought that I was the world's top artificial intelligence expert, but I didn't expect that Zhou Yi would be better than him even if he played casually.

Chen Danqi smiled bitterly and said:

"Zhou Shen, I don't have a partner in China, and you want to specialize in mathematics. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it by then."

Facing Zhou Yi's invitation, Chen Danqi could only decline.

Zhouyi said:

"Don't worry, I will be your best partner. In addition, you will receive scientific research funding and other necessary things. It will definitely not be worse than your current salary."

Zhou Yi is good at teaching. Chen Danqi was a gold medal winner in the Informatics Olympiad. Zhou Yi is very aware of the value of this young lady.

"Zhou Shen, me."

As a professor at Princeton University, she certainly knew Zhou Yi's mathematical status at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

If Zhou Yi stayed to teach there, he would definitely be the department head of the Institute for Advanced Study in the future, but now that he is back to Shuimu University, this made Chen Danqi a little hard to accept for a while.

Zhouyi said:

"I am planning to establish an institute for advanced studies in Yuzhou. Initially, I plan to establish two institutes, namely the Institute of Mathematics and the Institute of Artificial Intelligence.

By the time you are the director of artificial intelligence and have the support of the Yuzhou court, I believe you can develop better.

In addition, the technology in my hands may completely surpass yours, and your results will be of little use in the end. "

At the end of the day, Zhou Yi not only gave out the conditions, but also directly told Chen Danqi to give up. He had no future at Princeton and had to follow me, Zhou Yi, to engage in artificial intelligence.

"Shen Zhou, let me think about it, it's not easy for me to go back to China now. You also know my direction, so I have to find a valid reason."

Chen Danqi smiled bitterly.

Zhouyi said:

"There is no rush. I hope we can become partners within two or three years."

"good."

Chen Danqi said.

At this time Zhou Yi said again:

"Introduce me to two other alumni. After all, I am also a master's degree from Shuimu University. It's not too much to introduce them."

Chen Danqi said:

"Good God Zhou."

Zhou Yi is also planning to get in touch with the other two talented people who are engaged in computers. They will try to dig out the foundations. If they can dig, they will dig. If they can't dig, they will study their direction, leaving them with no way to go.

After a lot of hard work, Fang Fei and Gu Quanquan agreed temporarily due to Zhou Yi's enthusiasm.

As for whether he can go back later, let’s look at Zhou Yi’s achievements in computers.

Anyway, don’t offend Zhou Yi. The power of switching from mathematics to artificial intelligence is simply terrifying.

No one wants to have their direction blocked by a genius, let alone a mathematical genius like Zhou Yi.

After their verbal agreement, Zhou Yi felt that this trip was worthwhile.

In terms of mathematics, Huang Jingying, a young chubby with potential, was discovered, and several other people were also very excited. In the field of computers, it would be better if Chen Danqi was discovered. Even if Chen Danqi was not discovered, one of the other two would be identified.

The prototype of the Artificial Intelligence Institute of the Institute for Advanced Study can also be established.

The next day, Zhou Yi, who had gained a lot, returned home with a special medal and a large bonus.

The experiment of the team led by Academician Zhang of Dongda University is already in full swing, but it has also encountered a bottleneck.

The combination of nanosilica and SBS still requires experiments and adjustments. Regarding some theoretical understanding, they feel that it is not yet in place, and they need to ask Zhou Yi.

However, Zhou Yi's idea allowed them to see the emergence of a very profitable patent.

By then Zhou Yi is likely to directly become a billionaire and achieve financial freedom.