Chapter 1160 The optimization algorithm is also pure mathematics!
Although Chang Haonan did not explain more, Ding Zhongli, who has always advocated toughening the West on climate issues, is also experienced in fighting and immediately understood the former's meaning.
The so-called giving up on self-evidence does not mean that we do not explain the rumors at all and focus on throwing dirty water on each other.
In that case, you will only be brought down to the same level as your opponent, and then be defeated by others with rich experience.
But a state of mind.
A mentality of jumping out of logical traps and not following other people's routines——
When Americans accuse you of destroying the environment, they don't really care about whether you are environmentally friendly.
But I want you to die.
So, you must show the ability and determination to "no matter what you are going to do, I will make the same move".
The only problem is time.
Ding Zhongli frowned slightly and thought for a while:
“The other party’s offensive is still focused on the level of public opinion, so I am not particularly eager to respond...but there are only a few minutes left before the IPCC’s fourth round of evaluation starts. It will take three months. If we delay it until then, we may be a little passive."
"Three months..."
Chang Haonan estimated the timetable in his mind. Then his tone became firmer:
“Three months is enough!”
In the other party's slightly shocked eyes, he further explained:
"I have contacted Professor Abella Liesser from the Lagrange Center for Mathematics and Computing, a multi-objective optimization and A very authoritative scholar in the field of neural networks should soon be able to publish a paper we jointly completed..."
"At that time, we only need to follow the steps we have previously determined to conduct a reflection on the infrared satellite spectra of North America. If you perform, a lot of truth will come to light..."
Ding Zhongli is actually not too worried about the inversion process itself that Chang Haonan focused on.
There is something wrong with Americans’ emissions data, that’s almost certain.
It's just that I can't find direct evidence.
What he paid more attention to was the first half of the sentence.
"Is such a short time... really enough to be published?"
Ding Zhongli's tone was somewhat worried.
Although the popularity of online submission has effectively shortened the paper review cycle, for the same reason, almost every editorial department has seen an exponential increase in the number of submissions.
This has led to increasingly outrageous queue times for publishing papers.
Even if the original bimonthly or quarterly magazine is changed to a single monthly publication, it will only slightly alleviate the situation of too much food and too little food.
Some popular journals even have to wait half a year after the acceptance is confirmed.
However, Chang Haonan’s expression was quite relaxed:
“Under normal circumstances, it is indeed not enough.”
He answered very frankly:
"But the two of us... we should be able to let the editor jump in, so it's not a big problem."
"..."
Ding Zhongli, who had been fighting internal and external enemies for more than ten years without breaking his defense, suddenly felt a little unstable.
"I don't need to ask about what I just said..."
...
Chang Haonan’s confidence is not unreasonable.
Professor Lieser's research results greatly expanded the richness of the content of his paper.
As an expert in the field of neural networks, he successfully applied the improved Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm to non-convex problems.
Although limited by the iteration method, its accuracy performance is not particularly ideal.
But considering that neural networks have just started and are still in a promising future, any breakthrough is likely to be landmark.
The only problem is that since this is the first time that Chang Haonan and Lieser have collaborated, and the time is quite tight, the structural arrangement of this paper has not been particularly carefully considered... …
Therefore, when the editorial department of Advances in Mathematics in Germany received the manuscript, I almost thought that some reckless person had filled in the wrong email link before sending it.
“This paper is like a first draft written by a graduate student... It combines two parts of research that are barely related to each other...”
Marcel· Schmidt was holding a cup of freshly brewed coffee, dragging the mouse with his other hand to quickly flip down the page, and at the same time complained to his colleagues:
"If my supervisor when I was studying at the University of Munich saw a paper with this format, he would definitely ask him to submit it to the magazine "Current Affairs"..."
The editor sitting opposite him is a Spanish, obviously I didn’t fully understand what the other party just said:
“Current events?”
After thinking for a while, I still couldn’t find any mathematical journals with the same or similar names from my memory.
For an editor of a professional mathematics journal, this is a very unusual situation.
However, just when he felt ashamed because of his professionalism, he heard Schmidt explain:
“It’s a tabloid here, which usually publishes celebrity scandals and the like, and the sales are quite good. ..."
Obviously, as a German, the latter has humor that is far beyond the reach of most of his compatriots.
“Pfft——”
Several colleagues at the surrounding stations laughed.
"Perhaps, as you said, a graduate student accidentally sent us the thesis that was supposed to be sent to his supervisor..." The Spanish colleague shrugged, and his tense expression relaxed.
At this time, Schmidt had finished the coffee in the cup, and was going to send a standard rejection email as usual, and then start the next stage of work:
"The content is not in line with the requirements of our journal. About half of the space is about artificial neural networks..."
As one of the "four major journals" in the field of mathematics, " Advances in Mathematics has long been known for its focus on pure mathematics.
Although this principle has been loosened as the boundaries between theory and application have gradually blurred in recent years, it is still impossible for something from the symbolism school of neural networks to pass the editing test.
While Schmidt was thinking this, he habitually pulled the editing page directly to the bottom.
Then he saw the signatures of the two authors of the paper.
For a moment, Schmidt wished he could travel back to two minutes ago with his sewing box and sew up his big mouth——
First author, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chang Haonan
Co-first author, Lagrange Center for Mathematics and Computation, Abella Liesel...
"Hiss——"
The joke in his mouth suddenly stopped Stopping, the whole person has also adjusted to a state of sitting upright.
Then, press Ctrl+home on the keyboard at the speed of light.
Back to the top of the page!
Others just thought he finished his coffee and started the next stage of work, and didn't pay too much attention.
Until the Spanish colleague just walked around and took a look behind Schmidt during a break in work.
“Why are you still reading the article just now?”
A moment of embarrassment flashed across the face of the latter who was exposed.
But submissions from such big guys are generally distributed directly to the editor-in-chief.
Perhaps it is because the number of recorded papers by Professor Chang in the past was so small that it accidentally fell into the hands of an ordinary editor like him.
Absolutely amazing performance.
Awkward?
Embarrassment counts as a hammer!
“Ahem——”
Schmidt cleared his throat and said with a very serious expression:
"I think the optimization algorithm for nonlinear functions should also be considered pure mathematics..."
This is like a mountain. The slippery slope of the speech immediately put the other party in trouble:
"What about... the neural network?"
Schmidt blushed, with veins on his forehead. Bloomed and argued:
"Why is the application of pure mathematics not pure mathematics?"
"..."
Looking at the troubled expressions of his colleagues around him, he also knew that his statement was a bit unreasonable. .
So I simply stopped talking and clicked submit on the web page at the speed of light, then picked up a paper manuscript that I had just printed and rushed out of the office...
In short, this article The article was sent to the journal's editor-in-chief, Jean Bosta Benaud.
When Professor Benoy saw the title of the paper, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes when he looked at Schmidt.
But after all, the editor-in-chief has experienced many battles and is not as hasty as the latter.
But turn to the end first and take a look at the author's detailed information.
Then, I couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
“You are right.”
He turned around and sat back in front of the computer and opened the editor's backend page:
"Although our journal is mainly for submissions in the field of pure mathematics, times are constantly changing after all, and the industry's definition of pure mathematics is also constantly changing. ..."
How can I call him a leader?
This level of language art is much more elegant than Schmidt’s stiff defense just now.
"As for the review of this paper, you see..."
The main reason why Schmidt came to see the editor-in-chief was because the reviewers who were familiar with him were indeed not qualified enough to evaluate such a paper.
And if you follow the normal editorial department submission process, it may waste a lot of time.
“Don’t worry, I will contact Professor Jeffrey Hinton and Professor Stephen Boyd... One of them is the founder of modern neural networks, and the other is the most authoritative person in the field of convex optimization. Expert..."
Benoy naturally knew what the other party was worried about:
"I will also add your name..."
Schmidt suddenly beamed.
For an editor, being able to handle a high-impact article from a big boss is definitely an important highlight in his career.
However, before he could express his gratitude, Beno continued:
"In addition, check the number of manuscripts received in the last two issues of our journal. If it is not particularly large, then Add a queue to this article and publish it as soon as possible after it is reviewed..."
(End of this chapter)