Chapter 207: Weekly Lab Meeting

"Xiao Yuan, you can use this machine first, if there is anything, go inside and find me." Zhao Ming, the administrator of the artificial intelligence laboratory of Jiangzhou University, took Xiao Yuan to a computer and said with a kind attitude.

Although there was no start to the school, there were already some graduate and undergraduate students in the laboratory who came in advance, and they saw that Mr. Zhao had such a kind attitude towards a new student, and even arranged the best computer in the laboratory to this student, and their faces showed curious looks.

"Thank you, teacher, you can get busy, I will look for you if I have something." Xiao Yuan thanked Zhao Ming and sat down in front of the computer.

Today is the tenth day of the first lunar month, after Xiao Yuan came to Jiangzhou on the sixth day of the first month, except for going out to get together with Gu Wolf and Tang Xinyu, he spent most of his time at home reading, and when he was tired, he tinkered with the computer that Tang Sa gave him.

For her son's rare request, Yang Jingchen naturally agreed, so she took him to the school, she was going to send Xiao Yuan to the laboratory in person, but after arriving at the school, because of temporary affairs, she couldn't leave for the time being, so she called Zhao Ming, the administrator of the laboratory, over, explained it, and asked him to take Xiao Yuan to the laboratory.

In the artificial intelligence laboratory, Yang Jingchen is the first leader and has absolute authority, and Zhao Ming naturally did not dare to slack off after learning Xiao Yuan's identity, so he had such a kind attitude.

Zhao Ming heard Xiao Yuan say this, nodded to Xiao Yuan again, and then turned around and left.

Xiao Yuan turned on the computer, but found that the computer that Zhao Ming arranged for him was actually a workstation-level high-performance computer equipped with four Pentium II Xeon CPUs, and the system running was not the usual windows98, but the workstation version of WindowsNT, and the speed of connecting to the network was 100mbps (mbps, network bandwidth measurement unit, 1mbps refers to the number of bits transmitted by the network per second is one megabyte), such a network speed made him feel a little surprised, But then relieved, Jiangzhou University, as an important node of the education network, has network bandwidth resources far from being comparable to civil networks, and the artificial intelligence laboratory of Jiangzhou University is a national key laboratory, naturally has the qualification to give priority to the use of Jiangzhou University's network bandwidth resources, and his computer is a workstation, and must have the qualification to give priority to the use of laboratory bandwidth resources, so it will be so fast.

The Internet speed was fast, Xiao Yuan quickly downloaded the materials he needed, and it was still early at this time, so he didn't leave in a hurry, but opened a few paper databases that could only be seen through the education network, and found some papers he was interested in from them and downloaded them, ready to take them home to read.

"Everyone gathers in the lecture hall, it's time for the weekly meeting."

When Xiao Yuan was downloading the materials, he heard someone talking loudly in the laboratory, and when he looked up, he saw that it was a man in his forties, short and fat, with a partial head and a pair of glasses, this man was another teacher in the laboratory - Wang Bofang, Wang Bofang had taught him the compilation principle before Xiao Yuan was reborn, and they had some unpleasantness at that time, so Xiao Yuan was very impressed by him.

When the other students heard Wang Bofang's words, they all packed up their things, stood up and went to the lecture hall inside the laboratory.

"Classmate, what's the matter with you, hurry up, don't grind, delay everyone's time, and, who let you use that computer, what if it breaks down?"

Wang Bofang saw that all the students moved, but Xiao Yuan just glanced at him, then turned his head to the computer screen again, and did not mean to get up immediately, so he was a little displeased, and scolded him sharply.

Xiao Yuan glanced at him, although he was a little tired of scolding Wang Bofang like this, but he couldn't explain anything to him at this time, at this time, he had already downloaded some papers, enough for him to read for a long time, and he also wanted to see what the weekly meeting in the laboratory was like, so he stood up and followed all the students to the lecture hall.

Wang Bofang saw that Xiao Yuan ignored him, stood up and left, his expression was even more displeased, and he wanted to reprimand again, Zhao Ming walked out of the office at this time and called Wang Bofang away.

"This student is new here, can't other computers be used, how can he be arranged to use the workstation in the laboratory, in case he messes around and loses the information inside, who can afford this responsibility?" Wang Bofang said that he is an associate professor in the School of Computer Science, and Zhao Ming is just a laboratory administrator, and there is still a difference in the status of the two, so he was very unkind to what Zhao Ming said.

"Yes, yes, I made a mistake at work, and when the week is over, I'll change his computer." Zhao Ming did not explain Xiao Yuan's identity, but said to Wang Bofang with a smile on his face.

When Wang Bofang heard Zhao Ming say this, he didn't care anymore, snorted, and walked to the lecture hall with a straight face.

Xiao Yuan listened to the conversation between the two people, and he had some understanding of why Zhao Ming didn't explain his identity, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and a sneer appeared on his face, and his evaluation of Zhao Ming couldn't help but be a little lower, and secretly said that the laboratory of the old mother was not so harmonious.

The so-called weekly meeting is actually an informal small academic report meeting, mainly by a few graduate students in the laboratory, after the students have made a report, Wang Bofang and Zhao Ming will put forward some of their own questions about the students' reports, of course, if other students have any questions, they can also put forward to discuss together.

The form of the weekly meeting is good, and the original intention is also very good, but the atmosphere is not very warm, basically after the students finish their reports, they ask and answer with Wang Bofang, Zhao Ming occasionally interjects, and the other students do not speak, and I don't know if there is really no problem, or because Wang Bofang is there, they dare not ask questions casually.

After two students made reports in succession, Wang Bofang seemed to be very dissatisfied, so he asked that after the third student finished the report, the other students should speak enthusiastically, and if no one spoke, then he asked questions by name.

The third student to make a report is a petite girl with some freckles on her face, according to her self-introduction, or a student in the first year of research, named Li Fang, the content of her report, is to use the decision tree algorithm to design an intelligent chess program, from the report, this girl obviously spent a lot of thought on the design of this algorithm, although in Xiao Yuan's view, there is still a lot of improvement, but for a junior graduate student, it is already commendable, not to mention, this girl is not just talking on paper, but the algorithm was written out with a program, and a live demonstration was also made.

"It took you half a year to design such a toy?"

However, Wang Bofang was very dissatisfied with Li Fang's report, and opened his mouth to completely deny her research.

Li Fang didn't answer, biting her lip, looking a little aggrieved.

"Li Fang, tell me, what is your starting point for making this algorithm?" Zhao Ming asked.

"I just want to familiarize myself with some of the features of the decision tree algorithm through such an algorithm, and make some preparations for my future topic selection." Li Fang said.

"Well, in fact, the algorithm you just made is still very good, and there are some improvements to the decision tree algorithm, but there is still more room for improvement in this algorithm, such as ......" Zhao Ming first gave Li Fang an encouragement, and then put forward some suggestions for her algorithm.

Xiao Yuan sat in the back row of many students, listened quietly, and nodded secretly, Zhao Ming's suggestions were still very pertinent, more like what a teacher should look like than Wang Bofang's mean and involuntary reprimands.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao." Li Fang's face was a little better, and he expressed his gratitude to Zhao Ming, and then turned his eyes to Wang Bofang, Zhao Ming interrupted him just now, he obviously looked a little ugly, this girl's ability to observe words and colors is still very good, knowing that Wang Bofang must have something to say.

"Let me say a few words, our students must be cautious when choosing research topics, and they must not rely entirely on their own interests and hobbies, but should consider the practicality of the topic more......" Wang Bofang gushed out, but it is a full pragmatism criterion, in his remarks, no matter how good the idea, if there is no practicality, it is a waste topic, should not be studied, if a research can be immediately transformed into wealth, then even if there is no creativity, then it is good.

"Pure!"

Xiao Yuan pursed his lips and secretly slandered, Wang Bofang's pure pragmatism, he disagreed very much, although the original purpose that prompted him to study the computer was to find out whether there was a CIH virus in the floppy disk that Chi Xiang framed himself, but later, he did go to study and study the computer in depth because of his hobbies, if it wasn't for his hobbies, he wouldn't have reached the same height as in his previous life, so, to a certain extent, his views and behaviors are completely contrary to Wang Bofang's views.

Wang Bofang didn't finish talking, Xiao Yuan really couldn't listen to it anymore, so he got up and prepared to leave.

"Do you have an opinion on my point of view, this classmate?" Wang Bo Fangzheng's eyebrows fluttered when he spoke, and when he saw Xiao Yuan standing up, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he asked.

"Yes, I have a somewhat different opinion." When Xiao Yuan heard Wang Bofang say this, he simply didn't leave, and wanted to debate with him.

At this moment, the door of the lecture hall opened, and Yang Jingchen walked in from outside.

Wang Bofang, Zhao Ming, and all the students stood up.

"Sit down, everybody, and leave me alone." Yang Jingchen glanced in the lecture hall, and finally his eyes fell on Xiao Yuan, and after moving away again, he waved his hand and said, and after speaking, he pulled a chair and sat down.

"Okay, let's move on." Wang Bofang said, probably because Yang Jingchen came, his tone was a little better, but he still didn't plan to let Xiao Yuan go, so he said again, "That classmate just now, you said that you have a different opinion, say it and let everyone hear it." ”