Chapter 841 Ask me to be the editor-in-chief?
I have to say that Clay knows how to publicize.
His statement, coupled with the recent back-and-forth campaign, and the million-dollar stunt, directly elevated the award he established for the Seven Millennium Problems to a household name.
Now, no matter what, the mathematical community must pay attention to it.
After all, there is no Nobel Prize in mathematics.
Although almost half of the Nobel Prizes in Economics are awarded to scholars in the field of mathematics, people once thought that the Economics Prize was compensation for mathematicians.
Although it includes but is not limited to the Wolf Prize and the Fields Medal, it claims to be the "Nobel Prize in Mathematics."
However, after all, the Nobel Prize does not include a mathematics prize.
Maybe mathematicians don’t care about this.
But not in mathematics——
In fact, most mathematicians just pay lip service to it.
Correspondingly, the reputation of the Clay Institute has been raised to the level of the world's top academic institutions.
Of course, it’s just fame.
In terms of strength, it is obviously not that interesting at the moment.
But to do research, to put it bluntly, it’s just people plus money.
Theoretical mathematics may not have immediate results compared to other fields.
But at least it is positively related.
With enough fame and an investor willing to spend money, the take-off of the Clay Research Institute is basically a certainty.
It’s just a question of how high you can fly.
"Professor Chang, I would like to congratulate you in advance for being the first scholar to receive this reward."
During the few minutes of watching TV, Chang Haonan did not hang up the phone.
So, after Clay answered this question, Tang Lintian immediately congratulated him.
"Hey...things outside the body, things outside the body"
Chang Haonan put the phone to his ear again:
"Besides, you also know my situation, it shouldn't be I will go to receive the award..."
At this point, he muttered in his heart:
"Perelman probably doesn't know how to..."
But Tang Lintian gave a different answer:
"Hey, Professor Chang, according to my guess, unless you explicitly refuse to accept the award, this Langton Clay will probably send the award to you even if he hears that you are not going to accept the award. ”
“……”
Chang Haonan thought it was a bit outrageous at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it really made sense.
From the perspective of making big news, the normal award ceremony is obviously a bit too bland.
Even a year later, people who eat melon may not still remember such a thing.
But the plot of "the mathematician is indifferent to fame and fortune and is unwilling to attend the award ceremony, but the sponsor keeps his promise and presents the award in person", no matter what the final result is, the story is definitely full of interest.
If this were left to the BBC, they would probably make a documentary series...
After chatting about other things for a while, Tang Lintian ended the call on his own initiative.
In his words:
"Today your time belongs to many people, I cannot monopolize it..."
Sure enough, it was just as Tang Lintian expected.
Chang Haonan just put down his cell phone.
He didn't even have time to pour himself a glass of water.
The second call came in.
"Congratulations, Professor Chang!"
The voice on the phone was a little distorted, so that Chang Haonan didn't recognize who it was for a while.
Fortunately, the other party did not just say this sentence:
"When I was defending my thesis last year, I was still a little strange. Why did Principal Tang insist on finding me as a mathematician in the past? Now it seems that Old Tang is still far-sighted..."
"You are now a blockbuster. , It is no exaggeration to say that it has pushed the entire Chinese mathematics community forward by 20 years.”
I heard it now.
It’s Yuan Xiangya.
The Chinese mathematics community once had a brief period of glory, but after the Zhejiang University School of Chen Jiangong and Su Buqing, and the Chinese Analytical Number Theory School of Hua Luogeng, it has indeed not made any decent noise for decades.
Until a week ago.
In the past seven days, China’s name has appeared more often in relevant discussions in the international mathematics community than in the previous 20 years combined.
"Dean Yuan, this... is really an award..."
Chang Haonan is not modest. The result of proving the Poincaré conjecture is of course very important, but for now it is still an isolated case.
In terms of influence, unless he really cultivates a group of students in the future, it is still impossible to compete with those prestigious schools based on individual achievements alone.
Of course Yuan Xiangya made this call not just to congratulate Chang Haonan, so after a round of greetings, he quickly got to the point:
"Professor Chang, this is it, our mathematics and Academician Yang Jue of the Institute of Systems Science has always had the idea to establish a mathematical journal that belongs to China and has a certain influence. However, he has been unable to find a scholar with enough influence to serve as the editor-in-chief, so he commissioned Let me ask you, are you interested in this matter? "
Although Yuan Xiangya is not yet an academician, he is already the vice president of the Institute of Mathematics and Systems Science——
This is actually Very normal.
As mentioned earlier, academicians have a fixed quota and are promoted on a first-come-first-served basis. They can only be removed if they die or have major problems.
Not only China, but also the academies of sciences of all countries basically follow this logic.
You cannot be squeezed out just because your contribution is greater than others.
Then everyone is in danger.
In this way, if all the academicians of a certain academic department are in good health, there will be no attrition for many years...
Just wait in line.
……
Faced with Yuan Xiangya’s question, Chang Haonan did not give an answer immediately.
In fact, establishing China's own top academic journals, and even establishing China's academic system, is something Chang Haonan has been thinking about a few years ago.
But his idea still started from engineering, or natural science in the narrow sense (physical science + life science).
Compared with theoretical mathematics, these two directions are also what Chang Haonan is more interested in and better at.
"Dean Yuan."
After about a few minutes, Chang Haonan spoke again:
"Do you think that in the field of theoretical mathematics, even if I As editor-in-chief, even if we can publish bimonthly or even quarterly journals at first, can we really produce a sufficient number of high-level mathematics papers? "
Without waiting for Yuan Xiangya's answer, he continued:
"Maybe in a short period of time, one or two issues is okay, but it is difficult to continue... In this way, if the quality of subsequent articles drops significantly, it will only have the opposite effect, right?"
" Well..."
Yuan Xiangya was silent.
Obviously, Chang Haonan’s concerns are right.
However, with such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it would be a pity not to strike while the iron is hot.
A few years or more later, even if Chang Haonan is still appointed as editor-in-chief, the appeal will be completely different.
It’s impossible for another genius to solve another millennium problem, right?
"Professor Yuan."
Just when Yuan Xiangya was in a dilemma, Chang Haonan suddenly changed the subject:
"Actually, I also feel that this opportunity is very good now. OK.”
"Huh?"
When the former heard this, he was a little confused, but he could tell that there was something to be done.
“We don’t necessarily have to limit our sights to theoretical mathematics.”
Chang Haonan directly turned against the guest:
“Why not refer to "Nature" or "Science" , what about multi-scientific fields? ”
Yuan Xiangya was shocked:
"Isn't it more difficult?"
"If we want to replace "Nature" or "Science", then it is indeed more difficult, but after all, we It has just started, and the goal should be conservative.”
Chang Haonan explained:
“The first step is to keep our journal in the middle or upper reaches of SCI. In addition to the impact factor, at least it cannot be a water journal.”
"The second step is to consider joining the ranks of top international journals..."
"The third step is..."
"..."
"Finally, If all of the above are achieved, then we can consider challenging the entire SCI evaluation standard and establishing our own academic system.”
"This... is a bit..."
Although Chang Haonan said "be more conservative", it was obvious that only the first step was barely conservative.
What follows is wild.
What is "Challenging SCI Evaluation Standards" like?
Let alone planning, he has not even thought about it.
But I never thought about it in the past, that was a thing of the past.
Now being mentioned by Chang Haonan...
Hiss...
This cake is so delicious!
(End of this chapter)