The national physics competitions held by Huaguo itself include the National Physics Academic Competition, the National Mechanics Competition, and the National Experimental Physics Competition.

But in Chen Zhou's impression, the timing of these competitions is not now.

The competition he had in mind was called the Physics Competition for College Students in some parts of the country.

Registration for this contest began in November.

It is divided into three regions: Yanjing area, Qingshi area, and Shanghai area, and is concentrated in colleges and universities in Yanjing, Shanghai, and Qingshi, and offline exams are held.

However, according to the information that Chen Zhou has learned, this physics competition for college students in some parts of the country is often hosted by physics associations in various regions, and its influence and gold content are not high.

To say that Yan University Institute specially organized 24 people to participate in this competition, Chen Zhou felt that it was unlikely.

But he couldn't think of anything else.

Chen Zhou said: "Yiyi, are you going to participate in the physics competition for college students in Yanjing?"

Yang Yiyi just wanted to tease Chen Zhou, but she didn't expect Chen Zhou to really guess the competition, but she guessed the name of the competition wrong.

Thinking of this, Yang Yiyi praised Chen Zhou first: "Chen Zhou, it's great, you actually guessed it, it's really because of the competition." ”

Hearing this, Chen Zhou was slightly complacent, but heard Yang Yiyi say: "It's just that it's not this college student physics competition in some parts of the country, but the international college student physics competition, which is what we often call UPC." ”

Chen Zhou looked at Yang Yiyi suspiciously: "International Collegiate Physics Competition?"

He really hadn't heard of this competition, but it was the first time he had heard the name.

In fact, the names of those physics competitions in China were also checked by him casually, and he had a vague impression.

Yang Yiyi explained: "The University Physics Competition, the International Collegiate Physics Competition, abbreviated as UPC. ”

Sponsored by the United States Physical Society and the United States Astronomical Society, it is a physics academic competition for undergraduate students from all over the world. ”

"The contest is advertised in November and held on the last weekend of November. ”

Hearing Yang Yiyi's words, Chen Zhou asked again: "Yiyi, what exactly is this UPC?"

Yang Yiyi glanced at Chen Zhou and said: "UPC requires students to work in teams of up to three people, using basic physics principles to analyze actual physics scenarios, complete an academic paper according to the competition topic within 48 hours, and submit it to the official. ”

"Well, UPC is also called physical modeling, because its competition format is very similar to that of mathematical modeling, but the time requirements are tighter. ”

"In terms of gold content, the UPC will have nearly 500 teams from all over the world participate every year, and the gold content is still very high. ”

After a pause, Yang Yiyi asked, "Are you interested and want to participate?"

Chen Zhou nodded subconsciously, and then shook his head: "If you are in a group of three, aren't the 24 of you already divided?"

Yang Yiyi shook her head: "Not yet, this year, because there are more things in the Academy, the competition has not been notified until recently, and the 24 of us are only students that the Academy intends to arrange to participate." ”

"As for teaming, because the topic of UPC involves basic modeling, algorithm design, and model calculation and analysis. ”

"So Dean Yang asked us to form our own teams first, and let us go to the students of related majors by ourselves. After the team is formed, the school will assign the instructor of the participating team. ”

Hearing this, Chen Zhou was overjoyed, this is really a competition, and the competition is coming.

He said to Yang Yiyi: "Yiyi, what do you think of me?"

Yang Yiyi looked at him with a smile and nodded: "I originally planned to look for you, but with you, we are still one person away." ”

Chen Zhou thought for a while and said, "Leave this to me, I'll go pull people." ”

Yang Yiyi nodded, and suddenly said, "Chen Zhou, we are the first couple to participate in the UPC~"

After eating, the two went straight back to Yanda.

After Chen Zhou sent Yang Yiyi back to the dormitory, he went to find Shen Jing himself.

When it comes to finding people, you still have to rely on seniors.

Quiet dormitory.

When Chen Zhou finished talking about asking for help.

"What kind of international undergraduate physics competition are you going to participate in?" Shen Jing looked at Chen Zhou with some surprise.

"Yes. Zhou nodded and asked, "Is there any problem?"

Shen Jing said: "I heard Professor Wu and Professor Zhang say that you have joined both of their research groups. If you go to this contest again, will you be able to allocate the time? and... It's still a physics race..."

Chen Zhou replied: "Senior, it's not right for you to say that, physics and mathematics are not separated." ”

Moreover, this UPC is similar to the competition mode of mathematical modeling, and the basic modeling and calculation and analysis of the model involved also belong to the category of mathematics, which cannot be regarded as a competition in physics. ”

After a pause, Chen Zhou added: "Regarding the topics of Professor Wu and Professor Zhang, they are still in the early stage for the time being, and there are not many things, and I believe that I can take care of them." ”

"Hmm... Wait a while, I'll explain it to the two professors, and I'm sure they will understand. ”

"And, senior, I haven't participated in the competition yet, and if I don't participate, I'll regret it..."

Shen Jing: "Okay, it just so happens that I have a classmate in the School of Information Science and Technology, so I will contact him for help when I turn around." ”

Chen Zhou hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, senior, then I will leave this matter to you." When the competition is over, I'll treat you to a big meal!"

"Okay, I'll give you an answer in the evening. After Shen Jing finished speaking, he said casually, "Actually, you can wait until next year to participate in the mathematics competition, the number and model competition, and the Qiu competition, why do you have to rush to participate in this international college physics competition? Time is still so tight..."

Chen Zhou replied: "Time is tight, so it is challenging." This UPC will also allow me to participate in competitions and gain some experience in the future. ”

"The most important thing is that Yiyi invited me to participate in this competition as a team with her. This is a very meaningful thing for us in our student life. ”

"Yiyi..."Shen Jing just subconsciously repeated the name.

Chen Zhou helped Shen Jing recall: "Well, senior, you've seen it." When we checked in, we came to the dormitory together, and after the first topic discussion, we came back from the library together..."

Shen Jing glanced at Chen Zhou, and quickly interrupted Chen Zhou's words: "I'm going to the professor's place, let's not talk about it yet..."

Shen Jing said, packed up his things, squeezed Chen Zhou, and left the dormitory.

After saying hello to the other seniors in Shen Jing's dormitory, Chen Zhou also left.

Back in his dormitory, Chen Zhou began to look up more information about UPC online.

Tomorrow is November, and registration is coming soon, followed by the competition, and the time is really tight.

And Chen Zhou needs more information and information to know himself and his opponent in order to improve his hope of winning.