In China's academic circle, it can be said that every top university is an academic power.
And this large school is subdivided into various small schools, such as the Department of Mathematics, the Department of Medicine, etc.
This situation was slowly created over decades by an extraordinary scholar and his students.
Controlles the right to speak academically and allocates some important resources.
For example, it is the right to vote in the selection of academicians, or the control of some awards.
Previously, when Wang Donglai became famous, Wudaokou and Yanda thought of poaching Wang Donglai.
They are confident that Wang Donglai will not refuse. After all, the two top universities are the top universities in the country, and the resources they control are unmatched by other universities.
Whether it is funding, academician resources, or national key projects, etc., it is difficult for Tangdu Jiaotong University to match it.
Under such circumstances, students or professors at Yanda and Wudaokou are full of arrogance and a condescending mentality when facing students and professors from other universities.
This is the case in Tian Gang!
Although it was Wang Donglai who achieved great results, Tian Gang became famous earlier and had a higher domestic status.
Dean of the School of Mathematics and Science at Yanda!
Academician of China!
This is naturally much more glamorous than Wang Donglai, a mere professor.
So, in Tian Gang's office at this moment, when he heard Wang Donglai say that he wanted to independently decide the field of communication during the exchange and study period, Tian Gang still frowned.
After thinking about it, Tian Gang said out loud: "Professor Wang, I have no problem with the idea you proposed!"
Sometimes, Hua Guo's words have to be listened to in reverse.
Such as this moment.
I agree in principle, but in fact I disagree!
In principle, it is not possible, but in fact, it is possible!
In this way, Tian Gang's meaning is obvious.
“Professor Wang, Yanda University is extremely welcoming to your arrival. We are all looking forward to hearing your lectures and receiving your guidance. After all, your achievements in the field of mathematics have long been achieved. I am impressed by the students of Yan University, they all regard you as their idol.”
“In addition, I am not boasting about the mathematics major of Yan University. It is the first-class level in this field in China. I believe that after Professor Wang has a thorough understanding, he will never be disappointed!”
“Of course, if Professor Wang is really busy, this matter can also be discussed! "
As Tian Gang spoke, he paid attention to Wang Donglai's expression and wanted to see something from Wang Donglai's face.
However, Wang Donglai behaved calmly.
"Dean Tian, of course there is no problem with the lectures. I am also happy to communicate and learn with the students and professors of Yan University."
"But, this year, I am not asking for three Regarding the number of graduate students, I have to take good care of the students so as not to affect their development. In addition, There are also some other projects to be busy with, and the time and energy may not be enough, so it is difficult to carry out course teaching in your school.”
“I hope Dean Tian can understand this!”
< br>Wang Donglai’s words were neither soft nor hard, gentle and powerful, and his momentum was not inferior to Tian Gang’s.
Tian Gang relaxed his brows, smiled again, and said aloud: "Professor Wang, I am also an academic, of course I understand."
"By the way, has Professor Wang approved the names of these three graduate students? ?”
Wang Donglai also replied with a smile: “It has not been decided yet. It will be decided after the interview is over. And regarding this matter, I would also like to discuss with your school. If it is convenient, can the interview be held at your school?"
Tian Gang nodded without any hesitation and said, "Of course there is no problem. ! ”
“To be honest, I am also curious about what kind of graduate students can be chosen by Professor Wang.”
When Wang Donglai heard this, he just smiled and said nothing more.
Tian Gang poured two cups of tea and continued: "Professor Wang, you are the only winner in our country to win the Fields and other international awards. You can be said to be the international benchmark for our domestic mathematics community. It’s really regrettable that we didn’t publish any papers this year!”
“Professor Wang, you don’t know. I don’t know about other schools, but Yanda. The Department of Mathematics has been looking forward to your paper. When I was in a meeting two days ago, someone talked about you and speculated when Professor Wang would publish a paper again."
"How are you doing today? It’s easy to meet, so I’ll take the liberty of asking, does Professor Wang have any recent research results?”
Wang Dong glanced at Tian Gang, and a thought flashed in his mind.
With a smile on his face, he said aloud: "I can't say much about academic research. Sometimes I can figure it out when I get inspiration, but sometimes I just get stuck and can't make any progress."
" Therefore, I don’t know when I will publish the paper. This problem is really difficult for me!”
Wang Donglai did not directly tell Tian Gang his thoughts. There are not many things going on.
After the news that Perelman proved the Poincaré conjecture came out, Qiu Chengtong publicly stated that Zhu Ping and Cao Dong had made important contributions to the Poincaré conjecture, at least 30%.
In academia, many people are not satisfied with Qiu Chengtong’s approach.
When academic scholars began to criticize Qiu Chengtong, Zhu Ping and Cao Dong stood up under pressure and admitted that they had made no contribution.
Afterwards, Qiu Chengtong also changed his tune, commenting that the work of Zhu Ping and Cao Dong was not original, and tactfully denied his previous conclusion.
Such things are not isolated in academic circles.
Even, there was a dispute between Tian Gang and Qiu Chengtong in front of them.
When Tian Gang first went abroad, Qiu Chengtong saw that Tian Gang was born in China and had a diligent attitude towards learning, so he admired Tian Gang very much and gave him a lot of advice. He also wrote a letter of recommendation and won two awards. And became my professor at MIT. It can be said that most of Tian Gang's achievements abroad were promoted by Qiu Chengtong.
However, later on, it was revealed that Tian Gang had plagiarized the concepts of other professors, took advantage of cooperation, etc., and accused Tian Gang of having moral flaws in his academic and personal life.
You know, Qiu Chengtong was Tian Gang’s doctoral supervisor, but he personally jumped out to criticize Tian Gang. How much impact it had on Tian Gang’s reputation.
Qiu Chengtong stood up and criticized Tian Gang not only for these reasons, but also for "Tian Gang's academic level in mathematics is not that good, he can only be regarded as second-rate, and he is dishonest." ’, ‘The time spent in the country is limited, but the money earned exceeds the total salary abroad. This sets a bad example for young people in China and has a negative impact on academics. ’ and so on.
It can be said that such strong criticism occurred nine years ago, when the Internet was not yet developed.
If it were done now, it would probably dominate the online rankings for a month and attract the attention of people across the country.
But even this caused a lot of commotion at the time.
Yanda explained the situations raised by Qiu Chengtong one by one, and also reported to the superior units.
Moreover, the professor at Yanda directly named Qiu Chengtong in order to seize the position of mathematical supremacy, and criticized Qiu Chengtong very fiercely for how arrogant and unreasonable his teacher was.
Qiu Chengtong was not someone to be trifled with. He immediately responded that Yan Da’s criticism was completely slander and his article was blocked.
At the end of the incident, it became a dispute between foreign imported talents and local talents, and its impact became increasingly large.
At the critical moment, the superiors personally came to the conclusion, and after giving a conclusion, they banned further discussion of the matter on the Internet, and the matter died down.
From Wang Dong’s point of view, there are actually rights and wrongs in this matter.
In other words, no one is wrong, it’s just that everyone has different butts, so naturally they have different opinions. As the vice-president of Yanda said at the time: "It is difficult to retain outstanding teachers with an annual salary of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan. For attracting outstanding overseas talents, an annual salary of one million yuan is not much." ’
Different positions naturally have different views.
A peek inside the tube shows that academia has never been a clean place. Like the entertainment industry, it is also full of intrigues and conspiracies.
It’s just that the academic circle is not like the entertainment circle. It is naturally exposed to the camera, and if something happens, it will be picked out.
So, Wang Donglai has always kept a distance from people in the academic circle.
"With Professor Wang's ability, he can be stuck. It's a bit surprising to say it. I wonder what problem Professor Wang is studying?"
Tian Gang smiled and joked asked in a tone of voice.
"I am currently interested in fluid dynamics, which happens to involve partial differential equations, so the research progress is not ideal!"
Wang Donglai said modestly.
"Well, I believe Professor Wang can definitely solve it. I look forward to Professor Wang's paper!"
Tian Gang nodded without thinking too much, expressing his expectation.
Then, after the two chatted for a while and discussed some matters that Wang Donglai would communicate with at Yanda, Wang Donglai stood up and left.
After Wang Donglai left, Tian Gang returned to the office, sat on the office chair, and recalled the research problem Wang Donglai had just mentioned.
"Fluid dynamics? Partial differential equations?"
"Hiss..."
"It shouldn't be...well...it shouldn't be!"
Tian Gang subconsciously thought of a world mathematics problem that met this condition, but after the problem emerged in his mind, he subconsciously denied his guess.
Because he didn't really believe that Wang Donglai would choose this problem.
Shaking his head, Tian Gang shook the speculations out of his mind, but there was still a trace of concern deep in his heart.
……
September 4th.
The 8th ICIAM Conference was officially held at the National Convention Center in Beijing.
The scale and specifications of this meeting were large and high, and many leaders attended.
The opening ceremony of each conference is different, but the awards activities after the opening ceremony are similar.
ICIAM, like other top conferences, also has its own awards.
The Kratz Prize!
The Lagrange Prize!
Maxwell Award!
Pioneer Award and Su Buqing Award!
The winners of these five awards are the Italian Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technology, the Bald Eagle University of New York, the University of Paris VI, and the Bald Eagle Dirk Sasse University. Austin campus and Fudan University in China.
Wang Donglai, who was sitting in the audience, actually did not want to attend such a boring awards ceremony.
On the one hand, it is really boring, and on the other hand, it is also because I did not win the award.
However, the awards ceremony was quick.
After the end, the conference officially began.
After all, in just four days, we have to make 27 invitation reports, 1 public report, more than 2,900 group reports, and more than 300 exhibition board reports.
It can be said that the schedule of this conference is very tight.
Each participating scholar and professor can also choose the corresponding report based on his or her personal interests and majors.
And just when Wang Donglai was about to get up and attend the report.
A group of foreigners suddenly came around him.
“Hey, Wang Donglai, I am Gunnar Carlsson from Stanford. I will give a topology report on data analysis in Hall 5. If you are interested, you may wish to come and listen. I am happy to communicate with you. Fan!”
“I am JeanMichelCoro from the University of Paris VI. n, if you are interested in cybernetics and fluid mechanics, you may wish to come to my lecture hall No. 8, believe me, you will not be disappointed!"
"Oh, you all go away, Wang is. Mathematicians, he should be interested in my topic of numerical linear algebra and differential algebraic equations. I will wait for you in Lecture Hall 12! ”
"I heard that you have developed an artificial intelligence medical auxiliary diagnosis system, so I think you should come and listen to my report. I have a little knowledge in biomedical images and inverse problems, and I hope to communicate with you. ! ”
“…”
A group of foreigners, including scholars from Bald Eagle, Kimchi Country, Fa Country, Brazil, Canada and other countries.
These people were all invited speakers. At this time, they gathered around Wang Donglai, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Those who were closer could even hear the warm invitations given to Wang Donglai by the speakers.
For a moment, the look in Wang Donglai's eyes was a little different.
After all, these scholars who can be invited to give reports are all outstanding scholars in various majors and countries.
However, these scholars actually gathered in front of Wang Donglai and invited Wang Donglai together.
This shocked other scholars greatly.
Have domestic scholars ever seen such a scene?
Wang Donglai, who was surrounded in the middle, heard invitations from scholars from all over the world and responded in the languages of their respective countries.
Several foreign languages, switch easily.
Such a performance adds a different kind of temperament to Wang Donglai.
At this moment, in the main hall of the National Convention Center, the corner where Wang Donglai is located has become the center.
Faced with everyone's warm invitation, Wang Donglai did not refuse, but he also did not fully agree. Instead, he gave a positive reply based on his own needs, while others could only apologize.
However, Wang Donglai also said that communication can be carried out later. After the conference, when returning to their respective countries, they can also communicate through contact methods.
In this way, Wang Donglai calmed everyone down.
“Hoo!”
After everyone left, Wang Donglai let out a long breath.
The short few minutes of communication made him feel more tired than running thousands of kilometers. (End of chapter)