Chapter 108 He really is the God of Wealth!
Xiaoxi Hachihuang Junji stood there with a look of embarrassment on his face. The awesome arrogance just now had disappeared without a trace.
Professor Aardman was not looking for you at all, but you licked your face and took the initiative to shake hands with him, and even mentioned your father's name.
It turns out that Professor Aardman doesn’t know you either!
One sentence of self-introduction will bring shame to two generations.
The key is that the master is standing behind!
Now that the master has been invited to have afternoon tea by Professor Aardman, leaving you here, do you still have the nerve to stay?
How arrogant Huang Junji was just now, how miserable he is now!
The Korean companion next to him even moved to the side, making it clear that he did not want to be embarrassed with him. Others also looked at Huang Junji with mocking eyes.
There are more than one or two people who don’t like guanxi households.
"He really thinks that the whole world knows his biologist father!"
A mocking voice sounded, with a strong smell of curry. Needless to say, it must be the third brother.
The third brother is a typical guy who can’t do anything and is the best talker. I have never lost an argument, and I have never won a fight. Even if you lose, talk back and say the loser is a winner.
Huang Junji's face turned purple, but for a moment he didn't know how to refute. He could only look resentfully at Zhang Wei who was walking away.
This beam is considered to be deeper.
Others also began to discuss in a low voice what Zhang Wei's background was.
“That Chinese exchange student actually knows the Turing Award winner!”
“I think it’s the Turing Award winner who knows him!”
“Maybe They haven't met each other, they just heard each other's name! Didn't you see just now that Professor Adelman recognized the wrong person at first?"
"I think I heard something. What prime numbers have something to do with this? ”
"It's a Mersenne prime number. It's a very special number. So far, humans have only discovered more than forty! This thing is related to cryptography." Someone said.
“So the discovery of the Mersenne primes is a great achievement?”
“It must be a great achievement to have the winner of Professor Aardman greet him personally! That is the Turing Award The winner is not that kind of young ordinary professor!”
The words “young ordinary professor” once again impacted Huang Junji’s heart.
Isn’t his acquaintance Jennifer Dodner just a young ordinary professor?
These words clearly have the connotation Huang Junji!
They all have acquaintances. Their acquaintance is a Turing Award winner and a giant in the industry; but my acquaintance is just a young ordinary professor!
Compare the two and make a judgment.
For a moment, Huang Junji felt that having acquaintances was not so good!
This is like going to the hospital to see a doctor and trying to go through the back door. You are awesome and say, I know the security guards of the hospital, and they come to see me when they see a doctor.
Without saying a word, a certain department director came over.
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As a Turing Award winner, Professor Aardman is quite famous. His team occupies an entire floor, not only has an independent laboratory, Multiple offices, plus dedicated lounge and recreation room.
The afternoon tea is also very rich. In addition to black tea and coffee, ice tea is also specially prepared. The food also includes sandwiches, cookies and small fruits.
Professor Aardman was the host, and the female professor Sophie was the companion.
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Leonard Adelman."
"Professor Adelman, the teacher who led the team just now has already introduced you! I am the one who can meet you." It's an honor." Zhang Wei said immediately.
"Thank you. Then let me introduce the beautiful lady next to me! Professor Sophie Goldwasser, who was once the head of the cryptography and information security group at MIT. United States Academician of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences
Professor Goldwasser has made many groundbreaking achievements in the research on the theoretical basis of cryptography, such as zero-knowledge interactive proof, probabilistic testable proof, and testable proof. Concepts such as verifying random functions were all proposed by her.”
Hearing this introduction, Zhang Wei was slightly surprised. This female professor is really not an ordinary person. These are the things she proposed. The concept, ten years later, will be the theoretical basis of modern cryptography.
However, it was 2004 at the time, and these concepts had not yet been put into practice, and the academic community did not pay much attention to them. It will take until blockchain technology begins to develop before these concepts will be applied to cryptography.
So Zhang Wei immediately complimented: "It turns out that you were the one who proposed the zero-knowledge interactive proof! I have always been very interested in the concept of zero-knowledge interactive proof, and I didn't expect to meet the person who proposed this concept!"< br>
"Mr. Zhang is interested in zero-knowledge interactive proof, so when we have time in the future, we can discuss it." Professor Goldwasser said politely.
The reason why Zhang Wei mentioned zero-knowledge interactive proof alone is mainly because he only has a little understanding of this theory, and he really knows nothing about other cryptographic theoretical foundations.
"What an honor!" Zhang Wei nodded, and began to wonder in his mind whether he should exchange a zero-knowledge interactive proof paper from the devil and blind your alloy dog eyes!
The three of them chatted while enjoying afternoon tea, and soon they talked about Mersenne prime numbers.
"Mr. Zhang, you found five Mersenne primes in less than a month. This speed is really unexpected. Have you mastered a new calculation method? ?" Professor Adelman asked.
"Professor Aardman came to me for this, indeed!" Zhang Wei thought to himself.
When the two first met, Professor Aardman asked Zhang Wei if he had discovered five Mersenne primes. Zhang Wei had already guessed that he was here for the Mersenne primes.
In less than a month, Zhang Wei discovered five Mersenne prime numbers and would definitely be suspected of mastering some kind of calculation formula. Zhang Wei smiled slightly and replied: "Actually, I participated in the search for Mersenne prime numbers at that time, mainly for the prize money from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. As a result, I had better luck!"
This time Zhang Wei did not deny it, but he did not admit it either. He just gave an ambiguous answer.
Zhang Wei knew very well that his value to Professor Aardman was the Mersenne prime number. To say that there was no special calculation method would be to lose its use value.
Who will talk to you if you are worthless?
So the best way is to still hold the pipa and half-cover your face, and let Professor Adelman figure it out on his own.
So Zhang Wei went on to say: "After I found the 45th Mersenne prime, I received an email from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. They told me that they could no longer provide me with bonuses because of financial constraints! They also begged me to stop publishing new information. The Mersenne primes.”
These words immediately aroused Professor Adelman’s endless reverie.
Zhang Wei did not clearly state whether he had mastered the new algorithm, but his description revealed that he had indeed mastered the 46th Mersenne prime!
As long as a new Mersenne prime number is born, the secret key system will have a new algorithm update, and Professor Aardman's team will be able to obtain more commercial sponsorship.
In other words, Zhang Wei is really his God of Wealth in front of him!
"Since he is the God of Wealth, he must get the relationship right!"
Professor Adelman thought for a while and realized that the transition between summer and autumn happens to be the most plump season for Boston lobsters, so why not invite the God of Wealth to dinner? A meal of Boston lobster?
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Zhang Wei returned to the dormitory after dinner, and saw Concubine Ye standing at the door of the dormitory, looking at him eagerly.
"Have you had dinner?" Zhang Wei asked.
"No, I've been waiting for you!"
"I ate, Professor Adelman's treat!"
Ye Haotian looked at Zhang Wei's empty hands, like a guard dog that found that its owner had not returned home. Packing food, looking disappointed!
"Professor Aardman treated me to Boston lobster. That thing can't be packed!"
"I'm waiting for you here hungry, you want to eat Boston lobster?" Ye Haotian thought , he was bullied by the big devil again.
"But I'm not full. Let's go and have another meal. I heard that there is a good American barbecue over there. The meat is cut by the pound!"
Zhang Wei had no choice but to pull Ye Haotian and get off. Make it up to him by eating in a restaurant.
In the restaurant, Ye Haotian was enjoying his meal and said, "What's going on with Professor Adelman? When did you know him?"
"We just met him today." Zhang Wei Then he explained: "I wrote on my admission resume that I discovered the five Mersenne primes. It was because of this that Professor Aardman came out to greet me.
Professor Aardman's team is Studying cryptography. Digital public-key cryptography systems are originally based on deterministic prime numbers, so the five Mersenne primes I discovered were of great help to them.
These five Mersenne primes took their secret key algorithm a big step forward. It is also for this reason that in the second half of this year, they received a lot of corporate sponsorships. "
"No wonder I treat you to Boston lobster! It turns out he is rich! "Ye Haotian said.
"It's not just ordinary money. Do you know who their sponsors are? ”
“Those technology companies in Silicon Valley? "
"It's really not. Those technology companies have their own programmers, all of whom graduated from prestigious schools. They should be able to write their own algorithms. ”
Zhang Wei went on to introduce: "The real sponsors of Professor Adelman's team are all from the financial industry. Such as insurance companies, banks, private equity institutions, etc. Their demand for encryption is much greater than that of technology companies.
If technology companies fail to encrypt, the best they can do is leak customer information. But if the financial industry fails to encrypt, they will lose tens of billions of dollars!”
“That’s it! Isn’t Professor Adelman’s team making a lot of money?”
Zhang Wei nodded: “As far as I know, Professor Adelman’s team has received the most commercial sponsorship in the entire University of California, Berkeley. . ”
“You’ve caught up with a rich man again! Didn’t the rich man give you a Rolex this time?” Ye Haotian asked teasingly.
"I don't have a Rolex, but they gave me a car."
"Car? Bicycle?"
"What are you thinking about? This is the United States! Can you call a car without burning gas?" Zhang Wei snorted coldly: "Professor Aardman said that he would lend me a car to facilitate my daily travel. After all, in the United States, it is difficult to move without a car, so I can only stay in the school."
< br>"By the way, do you have a driver's license?"
"No! So I plan to take a test next week. I heard that it is easier to take a driver's license test in the United States."
Zhang Wei laughed, and then said; "When I get my driver's license, I will take you to Las Vegas to find the Ocean Horse!"
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