"Director Tang, Happy New Year! On such a cold day, why are you embarrassed to bother to greet it? Duke came to the University of Science and Technology Hotel by appointment, and found that Director Tang was already waiting at the door, and said a little embarrassed. You must know that more than a year ago, a professor of Director Tang's level and a student like Duke had to look up to him, and even whether he could graduate or not could be decided in a word.

"Happy New Year Dr. Du! A little thing, it should be, it should be, Principal Liu has arrived at the VIP room on the 3rd floor. Inside please. Director Tang of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of HKUST was not at all uncomfortable, and said with a smile on his face. It seems that the transition between the roles of the two sides is much faster than Duke's, and it is now very natural to think of Duke as a successful person.

From this point of view, Director Tang has great potential to engage in politics.

"Happy New Year, Principal Liu! It's a New Year's greeting to you! Seeing that the gray-haired Principal Liu got up to greet him, Duke hurriedly took two quick steps and handed over the gift in his hand. On the New Year's Day, Duke was embarrassed to come empty-handed to see this respected old man. I bought some cordyceps and American ginseng and brought them with me, this thing is useful but not tacky, and it is in line with Duke's current status.

"Happy New Year, Duke, the old man is still bothering you, why are you embarrassed to accept your gifts?" Principal Liu said with a hearty smile.

"You are always a respected elder, and you should have come to pay your New Year's greetings earlier, but you are entangled in mundane things, and you can't pull away for a while, which is very rude to say." Duke said politely and respectfully. His emotional intelligence has grown greatly after more than a year of intensive training with people of all colors.

Not to mention that Principal Liu himself is still an elder whom he respects in his heart, even in the face of ordinary people, it is normal for people to say a few good words when they meet.

"Hehe, the old man will accept the gift with a cheeky face," Principal Liu was not verbose, and directly turned to the topic, "I invite you to come over today, mainly because there are two things I want to discuss with you." Both of these things involve some secrecy, but I'm sure you'll be able to keep it a secret. ”

"The first thing is your old business, the lunar rover project is very successful, especially in the identification and movement of complex terrain, after the identification of relevant departments, has reached the international leading level, the project team has declared this year's national science and technology award, as one of the main software designers of this system, you are indispensable."

"Due to the good performance of the lunar rover, our military intends to develop a multi-functional robot on this basis, and plans to apply it in some complex and dangerous scenarios, among which the intelligent control system is led by me, an old man, to be honest, after reading your performance in the MIT robot competition and the source code of the intelligent pathfinding system, it is really terrifying, and it is not good to accept the old."

"So although this project is led by me as an old man, I want you to be the main technical leader, of course, some specific administrative and coordination work, Xiao Tang will assist you, you are mainly responsible for the technical direction and key technological breakthroughs."

When Duke heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, this is another chore. Looking at what Principal Liu meant, this matter is not over yet, and I don't know what this second thing will be.

"This second thing, which is also a project, is an intelligent collision avoidance system for high-speed maneuvering objects, and I would like to invite you to participate in it, mainly responsible for some key technological breakthroughs. Of course, after the results come out, you will not be allowed to do it in vain, and the development rights of the simplified civilian version belong to you, how about it, are there any problems? After Principal Liu finished speaking, he looked at Duke expectantly.

To be honest, Duke really doesn't want to agree, this has to involve how much energy he has to say, the key is that this kind of project, Duke can't carry out it remotely, although Principal Liu doesn't say it now, but Duke knows that the secrecy of these two projects is not trivial, and he will never let the R&D environment be physically connected with the Internet.

Therefore, even if Duke can solve the technical problems and develop it on its own, it will have to fly back to China for delivery. Not to mention having to be responsible for seeing if other subsystems are suitable, these two things really affect his plans too much.

Once agreed, I am afraid that I will have to go back and forth to China and the United States once a month, which is tiring and tiring, and I am delayed on the plane for a lot of time.

"Principal Liu, this matter is so important that I don't think I can bear it." Duke had no choice but to ignore the infinite expectation in Principal Liu's eyes for the time being, and stubbornly refused.

"Technically, you have absolutely no problem," when Duke said this, a trace of irrepressible disappointment flashed in Principal Liu's eyes, but he still wanted to work hard to see if he could convince Duke, "I have read the code you wrote, and I can responsibly say that no one in the field of artificial intelligence in China today can reach your level, at least not as an old man." ”

"Even on an international level, in terms of the performance of several top international AI projects that I know of, your level is top-notch. So if you can't do it, no one can. These words came out of the mouth of President Liu, an authority in the field of artificial intelligence in China, and they were almost irrefutable.

"But I have so many things on me, I have two companies now, several large product projects, and I am still studying at MIT, so I can't get out of it." Seeing Principal Liu's blazing eyes looking directly at him, Duke had to tell the truth.

"Dr. Duke, I really don't understand, why do you continue to study in the United States even though you have already obtained a Ph.D. from MIT?" Director Tang on the side couldn't help but interject and said, "If you want to study knowledge, then why have you developed so many influential products, established SAL and MI companies, and made such great achievements in the business world." ”

It seems that Director Tang is also well aware of Duke's situation, and he doesn't know how much effort he has spent on it, especially since he has only passed the doctoral defense not long ago, and the results have not yet been announced in the school, Director Tang knows about it, which shows that Director Tang also has some connections at MIT.

I really can't tell you about this, Duke listened to Director Tang's questions, and couldn't think of how to answer them for a while.

Fortunately, Director Tang's purpose is not to say this, "I heard that now you are preparing to launch a new display project, there are some obstacles in the city?" Director Tang's tone changed, and he began to talk about another completely unrelated matter.

Duke couldn't figure out the train of thought of this professor with great political talent, so he had to passively replied: "Yes, our application for the project is now stuck with Mayor Huang and can't go on." "There are many people who know about this, and Duke has nothing to hide, so he directly told the joint.

"Hehe, if it's just stuck in Mayor Huang's level, this matter will be relatively simple." Director Tang smiled lightly.