Chapter 119 This is the world of scholars
Zhang Wei was invited to the Computer Science Department of Berkeley again.
This time, both Professor Aardman and Goldwasser were more enthusiastic than the last time they ate Boston lobster.
"Zhang, how do you feel about life in the United States? Can you adapt to the pace of life in the United States?" Professor Adelman also made the same opening remarks.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Professor Adelman got to the point: "I have read your paper and it is very well written.
In particular, the concept of hypothetical knowledge has revolutionary significance for zero-knowledge proofs and even cryptography as a whole!
Looking at it as a whole, this paper does not require much modification. I also put forward revision suggestions for some detailed issues. "
Professor Adelman said, returned the paper to Zhang Wei, and asked at the same time: "In which journal do you plan to publish this paper? "
"I haven't decided yet. Professor, do you have any suggestions? "Zhang Wei asked.
"I suggest publishing "ACMCOMPUTINGSURVEYS". If you submit it immediately, it can be published in this quarter! "Professor Aardman said.
"ACMCOMPUTINGSURVEYS", the Chinese translation of "ACM Computing Surveys", is an academic journal published by the Association for Computing Machinery. It is the most important journal in the field of computer theory and methods and the highest quality journal in the field of computer science.
It is not easy to publish an article in this journal. After all, computer science in the United States is quite developed and there are countless excellent programmers.
Especially between 1980 and 2010, the United States was several levels ahead of other countries in computer science, and various new technologies emerged in an endless stream. If you want to publish a paper in the "ACM Computing Survey", it may be three times more difficult than before. Large academic journals are even more difficult.
So Zhang Wei said: "Professor, as far as I know, the submission of "ACM Computing Survey" is very strict, and many well-known university computer departments may not be able to submit successfully.
I am just a newbie in the computer field, so I would be overestimating my capabilities if I submitted a paper to "ACM Computing Surveys"! ”
"Aren't we still there?" Aardman said immediately: "Professor Goldwasser and I can serve as your recommenders and recommend your paper to "ACM Computing Surveys"."
" Really? Thank you both so much!" Zhang Wei pretended to be flattered.
“However, considering that I am indeed a newcomer in the computer field and have not published scientific research results before, in order for the "ACM Computing Survey" to pay more attention to this paper, my suggestion is that Godwa and I Professor Searle, all signed the paper. When the editor of the journal sees our signature, he will definitely take it seriously," Adelman continued.
“Sign it!” Zhang Wei pretended to hesitate.
Professor Adelman quickly said: "You are still the first author of the paper, we can just name it as the second author!"
"Professor, what do you mean, you and Professor Goldwasser, sign me as the second author?" Zhang Wei looked happy and continued: "Then I am really flattered!"
Zhang Wei Wei came to Goldwasser with this paper, originally intending to get a signature.
According to Zhang Wei's bottom line, he can give up the signature of the corresponding author.
If the two professors can propose modifications to the core of the paper, then adding a first author would also be acceptable.
I didn’t expect that the two professors’ stance would be so low. They didn’t even want the signature of the corresponding author, only the second author.
Goldwasser's words are okay, but Professor Aardman is a Turing Award winner. It is really a huge sacrifice to sign someone else's name as the second author.
There is definitely nothing wrong with being a Turing Award winner and signing as the corresponding author.
The corresponding author's position in the paper is very important. Generally, the corresponding author is the mentor to the author of the paper, the superior leader, the person in charge of the academic institution, and even the funder behind the scenes. In short Just give it to whoever you want to lick.
So in order to curry favor with the leader, some people will often list the leader as the corresponding author when publishing a paper. If the paper wins an award and the leader gets a scientific research result for nothing and gains both fame and fortune, he will not be allowed to promote you!
Sometimes, in order to make it easier to apply for funding, scientific research institutions will give up the corresponding author to the leader of the funding department.
Fortunately, Zhang Wei is not a student in the Department of Computer Science at Berkeley. If he were, Professor Aardman would definitely have to be signed as the corresponding author, and the name would be justified.
But Zhang Wei is an exchange student and is not under the supervision of the computer department. He is a Turing Award winner and he still wants to be proud. He will not be so shameless as to ask for the signature of the corresponding author from an exchange student.
After discussing the thesis, Zhang Wei was ready to talk about the eleven photos.
"Professor Aardman, there is one more thing I need your help with." Zhang Wei said, taking out a USB flash drive and handing it to Aardman.
Aardman came to the computer and plugged in the USB flash drive. There was only one folder inside, and in the folder were eleven dark photos.
"This is a photo taken under a microscope! What is it?" Aardman asked.
“It’s stem cells.” Zhang Wei replied.
"Cells? Is this what it looks like? It's not the same as what I learned in biology class! If you didn't tell me, I really wouldn't have guessed it!" Professor Adelman nodded as if he had no idea. .
The real stem cells under the microscope are completely different from those appearing in textbooks or the pictures in popular science essays.
If you don’t specialize in biology, looking at photos of stem cells just looks like a mess. It was also because the photos of stem cells were mushy, which gave Hwang Woo-suk room to make false claims.
The same ball of paste, change the angle, change the proportion, and take another photo. Who can tell whether it is the same ball of paste or two balls of paste?
It is definitely impossible to judge with the naked eye, so we need to rely on computers to distinguish.
Just listen to Zhang Wei continue to say: "Professor, I want to know whether these eleven photos are derived from eleven different stem cells, or whether they were taken from the same stem cell.
I know This belongs to the field of biology and has nothing to do with the computer field, but as you can see, it is impossible to judge with the naked eye, so I want to use computer technology to compare and only compare the similarity of the photos.”
"Like comparing fingerprints? That's not difficult!" Professor Adelman nodded.
Although this mess is more complicated than fingerprints, with the computing power of computers, it is not difficult to match the common points between two photos. This is almost the same principle as fingerprint comparison.
Zhang Wei continued; "Professor, there is one thing I want to explain in advance. These eleven photos are from a published paper, which was published in the journal Science. "
Adelman was slightly startled. Although he is an expert in the computer field, he also knows the value of the "Science" journal.
"Zhang Wei wants to check whether these eleven photos are of the same cell? What is he going to do? Is it related to someone falsifying the paper?"
Even if you post a news item online, different photos will be posted. It is impossible to post eleven photos of the same thing.
Not to mention publishing a paper in Science magazine! How is it possible to take eleven pictures of one cell and attach them to the paper?
But Zhang Wei wants to check whether these eleven photos are from the same cell. It is obvious that he wants to check for fraud in the paper.
Professor Aardman realized this after thinking for a moment.
At the same time, Adelman also realized that Zhang Wei came to him for endorsement. He needed the authority of the Berkeley Computer Department!
Combined with the paper "Concise Non-Interactive Knowledge Argument of Zero Knowledge" sent by Zhang Wei yesterday, Adelman instantly understood the ins and outs of the matter.
"First send me a paper to lure me into taking the bait, and then ask me to help check these eleven photos. I seem to have been tricked by Zhang Wei! If I had known earlier, I would have at least asked for a newsletter The author’s signature!”
Professor Adelman suddenly felt that he had suffered a huge loss!
But after all, he is a Turing Award master. If you say something, you can’t take it back! This loss is worth eating.
After pondering for a while, Professor Adelman said: "Zhang, in that case, I won't ask any more questions. But there is one thing I want to explain in advance. We are only responsible for these eleven photos. Check, we will not interfere with other matters.”
"Of course!" Zhang Wei nodded. He also knew that Professor Adelman was not willing to get involved in other majors' paper fraud.
Adelman continued: "In addition, what we can do is use computer comparison, and what we give you will also be the result of computer comparison. This result may be in line with your psychological expectations, or it may be in line with your psychological expectations. What you think is completely different, but no matter what, I hope you can respect it.”
The implication of Aardman is that if the computer comparison results in photos of eleven different stem cells, you can. Have to accept it.
Zhang Wei smiled and nodded: "I understand that people often make mistakes, but computers can't make mistakes!"
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For Zhang Wei, of course he can directly exchange the 46th Mersenne prime number for Professor Aardman's help.
But he did not do this. Instead, he went in a big circle and first produced a top-notch paper to make Aardman and Goldwasser realize that he had academic value.
With this foundation of academic value, if we talk about the eleven photos, it is not an exchange, but a human connection between scholars.
This is the method that scholars should use.
Just like going to the hospital to see a doctor, it is completely different if you register normally and if you go to see an acquaintance. And if you are a doctor in this hospital, it is another situation to go to another doctor to see a doctor.
When you register to see a doctor normally, in the eyes of the doctor, you are a patient. It is simply a doctor-patient relationship. You pay and I will treat you. This is a simple exchange of interests;
Seeing a doctor with an acquaintance, in the eyes of the doctor, you are not just a Patients, there is also a layer of acquaintance, but you still pay and I will treat you. This is a complicated exchange of interests.
When doctors from our hospital come to see patients, in the eyes of the doctors who treat them, this is not a doctor-patient relationship, but a human relationship.
We are all colleagues. The colleagues handle business for you, which happens to be the scope of business you are responsible for. You cannot look at it from the perspective of exchange of interests. Anyone who has been in the workplace understands that in this situation, you can only use human nature and sophistication. to look at.
If you still talk about following the rules and doing official business at this time, then you will definitely not be able to survive in this workplace.
The same is true among scholars. Low-end scholars value the exchange of interests, while high-end scholars play with human relations!
As the old saying goes, Jianghu is really not about fighting and killing...
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