Chapter 208 You can apply directly
"One hundred thousand years...what kind of concept is this?"
Perhaps in the history of the universe, one hundred thousand years is just not Just a moment of attention.
But for a person, one hundred thousand years is a long time that is completely impossible to accurately imagine.
The emergence of human civilization is less than 10,000 years ago.
According to this calculation speed, even if Ning Chen added a few more servers, it would be meaningless.
“The current solution accuracy has not been set too high, otherwise, the solution time will increase many times.”
Because in the solution of this equation, the solution Every time the accuracy increases, the complexity of the solution increases exponentially. Ning Chen does not dare to set the accuracy of the solution too high.
Just when Ning Chen felt a little desperate, a new thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
“Wait a minute... If I can use supercomputing, this amount of calculation does not seem to be completely impossible to solve within a limited time.”
The speed of supercomputing can reach millions or even tens of millions of times that of ordinary computers. In this way, the amount of calculations that would take one hundred thousand years for your own computer to complete is not that difficult for supercomputers to achieve.
“But... I don’t know if the current supercomputer can meet this calculation speed requirement. And how can I use supercomputer to help me calculate this problem?”
< br>If it is a foreign supercomputer, it is still difficult for Ning Chen to easily obtain the right to use the supercomputer.
Thinking of this, Ning Chen first checked the current world supercomputing rankings.
What makes Ning Chen happy is that China is currently in the absolute leading position in the world in the field of supercomputing.
The most powerful supercomputer in the world today is the Tianhe-2 supercomputer from China.
Tianhe-2’s peak calculation speed reaches 5.49×10^16 times per second in double-precision floating-point operations, and the continuous calculation speed also reaches a speed of 3.39×10^16 times per second.
This kind of calculation speed has met Ning Chen’s calculation speed standard.
Since Tianhe-2 was developed by the National University of Defense Technology, Ning Chen thought about asking Liu Xu first to see if he could find a way to contact the National University of Defense Technology to study whether supercomputing could be used.
After confirming that Liu Xu was in the office, Ning Chen went to find Liu Xu and explained his request directly.
"Tianhe-2 supercomputer... This matter is really not particularly easy to handle."
Liu Xu was also a little stumped by Ning Chen's request. After all, the cost of using this equipment is very high. , and will be responsible for the calculation work of many national-level projects.
Ning Chen also knew that this matter could not be accomplished with just a few words, so he did not put much hope in it.
"It doesn't matter. If it doesn't work, I'll think of other ways." Ning Chen said.
Ning Chen still has quite a few friends in academia, and many of them are boss-level figures.
If you ask more, you should still be able to find some solutions. Ning Chen is also willing to pay some money and bear the cost himself.
"I will help you ask the people at the National University of Defense Technology later to see if there is a chance to use it. By the way, Ning Chen, there is one more thing I want to tell you."
"Well, Dean Liu, what's going on?"
"According to the latest standards, you are already qualified to apply for outstanding youth fund projects. Ning Chen, you go back and take the time to find outstanding youths. Write your application, and then the school will help you submit the application.”
Ning Chen was also very surprised to hear that he had met the application criteria for outstanding students.
"Dean Liu, can I skip Qingqian and apply directly for outstanding students?"
Ning Chen is also prepared to apply for these scientific research funds, but Ning Chen feels that normally he should start with Qingqian. At the beginning of the program, wait at least a few years before applying for more advanced scientific research funding projects such as Outstanding Youth or Yangtze River.
"Normally speaking, few people would skip Qingqian and directly apply for Jingqing, but you have done a lot of things that normal people can't do. You can apply with confidence, and the possibility of passing is It’s still very big.”
Skipping Qingqian and applying directly for Outstanding Youth may seem like missing out on an opportunity to apply for a scientific research fund, but in fact it is good for Ning Chen’s advancement in scientific research. .
These various awards and funds ultimately lead to the academic title of National Academician.
This is the same as skipping a grade when studying. If you are already capable of studying higher-grade courses, there is definitely no need to waste time on lower grades. "Okay, Dean Liu, I'll write an application for outstanding youth when I get back."
Ning Chen didn't expect that today, he just came to Liu Xu for help, but there were some An unexpected bonus.
After returning home, Ning Chen wrote an application for the Outstanding Youth Science Fund according to the application format of the Outstanding Youth Application.
Ning Chen did not dare to be careless about this matter, and carried out this work with a serious attitude towards scientific research.
The first thing that determines whether an outstanding youth application can be approved is the applicant’s scientific research experience.
Although Ning Chen has not been doing scientific research for a long time, the quality of the scientific research results produced by Ning Chen in the past few years is beyond doubt.
Ning Chen carefully sorted out his various scientific research results over the years and described them in appropriate expressions.
When Ning Chen listed all his achievements, he was a little surprised to find that he had produced so many research results in the past few years.
Ning Chen had more than ten achievements published in the world's top journals, far exceeding the standards required for normal outstanding students.
Moreover, Ning Chen's various achievements involve many different research fields such as materials, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, etc., making him a very rare compound talent.
After writing about his personal experience and scientific research results, Ning Chen still needs to continue writing about the research work he needs to carry out after receiving the scientific research fund, including the innovative ideas, research direction, research content, Research plan and other details.
Ning Chen thought for a while and decided to use the scientific research fund for research on superconductivity.
Because the research of mathematics itself does not have high requirements for scientific research funds, at most it only requires some equipment such as computers.
In fact, even if Ning Chen does not have any scientific research funding support for his mathematics research, it will not affect the progress of the research.
As for super-large equipment such as supercomputing, it is not something that can be easily obtained with millions of scientific research funds.
A few days later, Ning Chen found Liu Xu with the application form for outstanding students he had written.
"Dean Liu, my application form for outstanding youth has been written, please take a look at it."
"Well, put it on my desk first, I will take a closer look later Take a look.”
Ning Chen was thinking about asking Liu Xu about the Tianhe-2 supercomputer.
Just when Ning Chen was hesitating about this matter, Liu Xu took the initiative and said:
"Ning Chen, I have been in contact with the National University of Defense Technology in the past few days. Because the current computing tasks of Tianhe-2 are relatively "Really, there is no free time at the moment, so this matter is not something that can be solved with a little money."
Hearing Liu Xu's words, Ning Chen couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
In fact, even if there is a chance to use Tianhe-2, the cost of use will definitely be a lot of money.
Because Tianhe-2’s annual electricity consumption alone has reached 100 million soft sister coins. This level of power consumption is obviously not something ordinary research projects can afford.
Just when Ning Chen gave up the idea, Liu Xu continued:
"But when they knew that you wanted to use Tianhe-2 for calculations and learned about your research topic, the University of National Defense Science and Technology Bian also said that he would try his best to help you. However, this calculation can only use the free time of Tianhe-2, and you need to provide relevant algorithms, which must match the operating system of Tianhe-2. "
< br>Liu Xu's words undoubtedly made Ning Chen find new hope again from despair, and he quickly said excitedly:
"Well, it would be great to use the free time of Tianhe-2 for calculations. In that case … Do you need me to pay for the use of Tianhe-2 anymore?”
“Of course not. They say this is a help, and they won’t pay you tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars.” . No matter how much money you can afford, you won’t invest so much in it, right?”
Liu Xu's words were indeed very reasonable. If Ning Chen was asked to spend millions on this, Ning Chen would be reluctant to part with it, even if it was to use Ning Chen's scientific research funds.
After all, this is just a calculation. Even if the calculation results in something, it does not mean that Ning Chen can completely solve the problems of the Navier-Stokes equation immediately.
(End of this chapter)