For Xiao Ai, Lu Zhou's attitude has always been very cautious.

Although he had studied its core code, there were many aspects of it that he had not fully understood until now.

After all, this is not a black technology researched by himself, but a gift from the system.

Whether there is a hidden danger here, even he is not sure.

However, Lu Zhou still plans to give it a try.

If Xiao Ai can really come in handy, it will undoubtedly be a big help for him.

Although informatics is at the very end of the hierarchy list.

However, he believes that as one of the three pillars of modern science, the value of informatics will gradually be realized as his research continues to go deeper into uncharted territory and the scale of research involved expands.

In the days after the faculty sports meeting, Lu Zhou sorted out the experimental data collected from the last run of the STAR device, and arranged the next steps for the researchers in the project team, and then began to prepare for his trip to Los Angeles.

In addition to Professor Li Changxia, who was going to give a report at the conference, he was also accompanied by Manager Sun Chengwu and Chief Engineer Cao of Baosheng Group.

As for the purpose of this trip to Manager Sun and Cao Gong, it is needless to say that it is naturally to open up the international market.

Of course, in addition to these three, two other doctoral students will also go with Lu Zhou.

The day before departure, when he was going to Jinling University to do business, Lu Zhou visited the Institute of Physics and met two doctors led by Professor Yu Jinsong.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Fei Jingqi."

"My name is Dian Cili."

An amorphous, an electromagnetic force.

Hearing these two names, Lu Zhou couldn't help but complain: "Do you still have a senior brother named Ning Yitai?" ”

Brother Fei and Brother Dian were stunned, looked at each other, and smiled awkwardly.

“…… We don't have a brother, but we do have a brother who is still in graduate school. ”

Lu Zhou: "What's his name?" ”

Fei Jingqi said embarrassedly: "Liu Ti." ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

……

Regardless of whether Professor Yu had any quirks of collecting names, Lu Zhou and the two Fei brothers agreed on a time to set off and a place to meet.

The International Conference on Controlled Nuclear Fusion will be held on July 1 at the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. In order to have more time, they decided to leave two days earlier, on June 29th.

On the day of departure, the group first took a plane to Shanghai, and then transferred from Shanghai to a flight to Los Angeles.

As soon as he got on the plane, Cao Gong closed his eyes without saying a word and took a nap.

"I hate flying," Fei Jing shrunk his neck as he looked out the window at the ground that was gradually moving away, "This feeling of being away from the ground always makes me feel very insecure." ”

Dian Cili, who was sitting next to him, teased: "Don't worry, statistically speaking, the probability of you falling from the sky is much lower than the probability of winning the jackpot when you buy a lottery ticket." ”

"But from a quantum mechanical point of view, you can't rule out any possibility until the aircraft is re-observed by a ground-based radar base station. ”

"That's not how you use quantum mechanics, and you two stop for a while, don't just set up falg there."

Lu Zhou, who was sitting next to him and couldn't listen anymore, couldn't help but interrupt their discussion.

It's not a friendly thing to talk about air crashes on an airplane.

Just now, he had noticed that many passengers were looking at the two of them with dissatisfaction.

Hearing Lu Zhou say this, the two chatters immediately realized their mistake and shut up and stopped talking.

At this time, the foreign old man sitting next to Lu Zhou spoke in not very standard Mandarin.

"You're going to an academic conference?"

Casting an unexpected glance at the old man, Lu Zhou asked curiously.

"How do you see that?"

"Because I myself often attend academic conferences, and I happen to know a little Mandarin, I heard what you just chatted," the old man smiled, "I hope you don't mind, I'm just curious...... Do you study physics? ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said: "These people who are traveling with me are studying physics, I am studying mathematics, and I only know a little bit about physics." ”

Li Changxia: "......"

Fei Jingyu: "......"

Dian Ci Calendar: "......"

Yes, Professor Lu said that he knows a little bit.

So are they ignorant?

Manager Sun, who had not spoken, touched his head and said with a smile: "Don't look at me, they are engaged in research, and I am a layman." I still know a little bit of physics in high school, and the part above the undergraduate level will be returned to the teacher. ”

The old man smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm a researcher, and I'm a layman." I'm kind of dabbled in condensed matter physics, but my research direction is mainly in materials science, what about you? ”

Prof. Changxia Li: "Plasma Physics. ”

The old man nodded knowingly: "I've heard that it's a very esoteric direction. ”

Being able to meet someone from academia on an airplane is in itself a rare event.

In addition, it is relatively boring to fly, and it is a little too early to start jet lag, so a few people started chatting.

According to the old man, he attended an international conference in materials science a few days ago in Shanghai and is now preparing to return to the United States.

I always felt that this person was a little familiar, Lu Zhou asked with a smile.

"May I ask your name?"

"Monchi M. G. Bawandi," Professor Bawandi smiled and said kindly, "what about you?" ”

Hearing this name, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned.

Bawandi?

It's too much of a coincidence, right?

“…… Lu Zhou"

Hearing Lu Zhou's name, Bawangdi was obviously stunned, and then a surprised expression appeared on his face.

"Lu Zhou? Are you that Lu Zhou? That's really ...... What a coincidence. ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "It's really too coincidental, I didn't expect to meet you here." ”

Professor Li Changxia: "Do you know? ”

Lu Zhou nodded and said, "Sort of, although it's just a work exchange, it's the first time I've seen a real person." ”

I still remember a long time ago, when he was still an undergraduate at the University of King, Professor Bawangdi served as his reviewer.

Even now, Lu Zhou still remembers that the paper was about computational materials.

At that time, the whole computational materials science was still an emerging discipline that no one cared about, but now after so many years, the status of this emerging discipline in the international materials science community is getting higher and higher, and it is no longer so difficult to find a reviewer.

Along the way, Professor Bawangdi and Lu Zhou chatted a lot about materials science.

Especially about the field of carbon nanomaterials, which both are familiar with.

During the casual conversation, Bawangdi talked about the recent research on carbon nanomaterials.

“…… I don't know if you've ever paid attention to the IEEE International Conference on Electronic Devices, where just a few months ago, Professor Banerjee of the University of California, Santa Barbara, presented their latest research on all-carbon interconnection technology. ”

Lu Zhou: "All-carbon interconnection technology? ”

"That's right," Professor Bawandi smiled, and continued, "in simple terms, they made a complete chip that replaced copper with carbon-based nanomaterials to interconnect electronic chips. I've heard that IBM is interested in their research, and this one is getting hot lately, and I bet you'll be interested after reading their paper. ”

Using carbon nanomaterials to connect chips?

That sounds like a lot of fun.

Thinking of the breakthrough in the SG-1 wire synthesis process, Lu Zhou's face showed a look of interest.

"It does sound interesting, and I'll keep an eye out for it if I have time."

In the time that followed, the two talked a lot more.

Because there was a colleague who could exchange academic issues, although this flight was boring, it didn't make Lu Zhou feel so boring.

In this way, after more than ten hours of flight, the plane finally landed on the runway of Los Angeles Airport.

After getting off the plane, standing outside the ramp of the plane, Professor Bawandi shook hands with Lu Zhou and said a simple goodbye.

"If you have the chance, you can come and visit me at MIT, then goodbye."

Holding Professor Bawangdi's hand and shaking it, Lu Zhou said with a smile: "Have a good trip, if you have the opportunity to come to Jinling, you can also come to Jinda to visit me." ”

After parting ways, Lu Zhou called two taxis outside the airport, and the group rushed straight to the Intercontinental Hotel, where the meeting was held.

As he walked through the hotel lobby, Lu Zhou was about to walk towards the elevator.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of accosting from the side.

"Hello, are you Professor Lu?"