Chapter 46 Two Research Topics
Within a week, the company's working capital on the company's account exceeded 20 million, which still made up for the 15 million advertising expenses borrowed from Hong Kong.
With this result now, this is finally not in vain Yao Fei's long-term layout and murder of his own brain cells.
Every July, the graduation season of North American universities arrives, whether it is graduating early after completing credits or graduating on time, basically there will be a group graduation ceremony in different ways at this time.
Yao Fei was also fortunate to participate at this time, and he received an invitation from Professor Lawrence from Manhattan College to attend the graduation ceremony of the Department of Mathematics at Manhattan College.
No problem, Yao Fei happily accepted it, he hadn't seen what the American university culture was like at this time, so he thought he was taking a short vacation to relax.
In the middle of July, the sky was clear and the sun was hanging like a fireball, and the clouds seemed to be burned by the sun and disappeared without a trace.
Thin figures, green lawns, surrounded by greenery, and the Gothic architecture of the college, walking into the campus of Manhattan College, the surrounding environment gives Yao Fei the feeling of tranquility.
The location of the small hall of the Department of Mathematics is easy to find, enter from the north gate of the college and then turn right to the second small building in the west.
Professor Lawrence was still found in the small auditorium, and since the graduation ceremony had not yet begun, he was surrounded by several students wearing bachelor's gowns and wearing bachelor's hats.
"Professor Lawrence, it's a pleasure to meet you, thank you for having ......"
Yao Fei also stepped forward to greet him.
"Mr. Yao, Xie Lu, thank you for coming, please take a seat, I have specially arranged a seat for you in the front row, let's take a break first, the graduation ceremony will start in a while......"
Surrounded by students, seeing Yao Fei arrive as scheduled, Professor Lawrence was also very happy and hurriedly greeted.
"Good ......"
Yao Fei also sat down in response.
The universities of the 80s in the United States were in stark contrast to the riots and chaos of the 60s and 70s when the universities were frequent, such as marches, sit-ins, and clashes with the police.
Inflation and recession have shifted students' attention away from global politics to their personal life outlets. Their hopes and plans fit well with traditional American values: marriage, children, ideal secure jobs, attractive families, and ample material comforts.
They indulge in the merrimentous gatherings, sports and study of student associations, and one subject after another runs like a marathon, leaving them with no time for political activities.
This has led to a significant increase in the graduation rate of students, which averaged less than a quarter in the sixties and seventies and improved in the eighties, but the increase in the graduation rate still did not exceed 50%.
Just like now, Professor Lawrence, who is sitting next to Yao Fei, told Yao Fei that the graduation rate of Manhattan College students in the sixties and seventies was more than a quarter, of course, this still means that they can complete four years of courses in six years, which is really miserable.
By now, there has been a considerable improvement, and the graduation rate of the mathematics department under my leadership has risen to a historical best of 56%.
Well, American universities have always been "wide in and strict out", and if this is placed in China, it will be a nightmare for most of our college students now, because you don't know when you will be able to earn enough credits from your supervisor to graduate, maybe in four years, five years, six years...... Who would have predicted......
A total of 67 students from the entire Mathematics Department graduated from the school this summer with their diplomas.
Some of the researchers at Professor Lawrence's Computer Research Center were recruited from these people, and together with a dozen or so graduates and mentors from the School of Electronic Engineering, the entire Manhattan Computer Research Center has nearly 30 members.
The main building of the computer research center has been basically completed, and the installation and commissioning of the research equipment in the later stage do not need to worry about Yao Fei, an investor.
In addition, after this graduation season, the Manhattan School of Computer Science also officially recruited students in August and September, and the lecturer team is composed of newly hired lecturers, as well as Professor Lawrence and several other professors who have a certain depth of knowledge of computer science.
This is a relatively elegant graduation ceremony, with poems, songs, musical instruments, and dances taking turns, which also gives people a glimpse of the very literary side of science students.
After taking a group photo, this group of guys ran away in a puff of smoke, probably going to a graduation carnival party somewhere.
That's right, graduating from an American college and getting that diploma is indeed worth celebrating.
"Professor Lawrence, your research center is almost ready to be built, what kind of topics will you be interested in in the future? Do you need my help? ”
Although I am an investor, as a hospital, I still have autonomy in the selection of research projects.
"Ha Luha, Mr. Yao is too polite, if it were not for Mr. Yao's strong funding, there would be no establishment of our computer research center.
We will build on the strengths of the music department of our college's engineering department, and we plan to start with sound and study the integration of this aspect with computers.
In addition, we are also more interested in computer intelligent control systems, which will be included in our research topics! ”
When it comes to the choice of research topics, Professor Lawrence is quite satisfied, and his research topics combine the strengths of the school on the one hand, and the strengths of his mathematics department on the other.
"Well, these two are very practical research topics, now whether it is a supercomputer or a personal computer can not support the function of sound playback, and for intelligent systems, this is a trend of future computer development and application!
Professor Lawrence, do you need our company to fund some more computers for the research center? ”
I won't say much about the sound playback support, just imagine the scene when you learn the action movie of the eastern island country love the love of the island, if there is only a picture but no sound.
But now the computer, the image has just been made by Yao Fei, the sound playback is still waiting, how is this also a breakthrough invention, if you don't use this technology to make some money with a new generation of products, then I'm really sorry for myself.
The intelligent control system, which is an artifact that will gradually liberate people from the heavy manual labor production process for a long time in the next hundred years! This can really be there!