Chapter 160: Fame in the World (13)
Regarding what Professor Yau Chengtong said, although Junxin was interested, he didn't pay much attention to it. As long as you see the participants of the meeting, you will know that this is an internal meeting of the Americans, although Junxin is curious, but he also knows that he should not be too profound.
The exchange meeting lasted until the end of the evening, and this time Junxin was not like yesterday, and after a hasty exchange, he went down to rest first because of his energy, but kept circling around in a topic, expressing his own opinions. At this time, people found out that Junxin not only had a deep research in mathematics or algebraic geometry and topology, but also had very incisive insights in other branches of mathematics. For a while, more and more mathematicians asked Junxin for advice, and everyone began to ignore his age and treat him as an adult mathematician.
The morning of the third day of the meeting was a break. After all, after two days of high-intensity discussions, although most of these mathematicians are full of energy, it takes a certain amount of time to digest so many new mathematical ideas at once, so there is such a break.
But this is only for other people, but not for Junxin, he does not have time to rest, because this day will be the day of Junxin's press conference.
As early as before the exchange meeting, some media reporters wanted to interview Junxin. After all, there are not many opportunities for mathematicians in the United States to gather in one place, and the conference convened by Princeton this time happens to be the largest in more than a decade, which naturally attracts the attention of the outside media. And the name of the exchange meeting was originally based on the name of Junxin, so naturally there were many people who wanted to interview him.
But Princeton is Princeton after all, and it is unrivaled to keep all the reporters out of the school. President William's rare hard-line style only ensured the successful conclusion of the conference, and he did not want this meeting to be influenced by the outside world.
But even an academic giant like Princeton could only hold back media reporters for two or three days, and as the conference continued, reporters from all over the country began to rush to Princeton University to get first-hand news. This also includes media outlets from other countries based in the United States. For example, China's Xinhua News Agency, RB's Asahi Shimbun, and the British Times and so on.
So the Princeton Board of Trustees decided to hold this press conference on the third day of the symposium in conjunction with the Institute for Advanced Study and the American Mathematical Society. In the same way, the American Mathematical Society, with its president and some research institutes and universities, finally used this platform to announce something in passing. That's why there were so many big names in the American math community yesterday who attended that day's conference.
Due to Princeton's strength, the media was blocked for more than two days, resulting in more and more media outside, which is quite a bit of catching up with the number of media at the annual Oscars. However, academia has never been a world of high exposure to the public, and this time there are so many media gathered, which makes Junxin feel a little novel.
"Isn't this Princeton's version of hunger marketing?" There was a bit of an unscrupulous thought in Jun's confidence.
The press conference was held in the largest gymnasium in Princeton, and was attended by the keynote speaker Jun Xin, the president of the American Mathematical Society, Professor Chern Shiing-shen, the chair of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University, Professor Fefferman, the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, and the Fields Medal and Wolf Prize winners of other schools. and professors from some mathematical institutes in the United States, which can be called huge. In order to maintain this press conference, Principal William personally appeared and took over the position of press officer this time. Of course, he could have sat on the podium as a representative of the school in Princeton. However, he thought that this was a purely academic exchange meeting, so in the end, after persevering, he did not go to the rostrum, but served as a press officer.
Jun Xin was placed in a slightly left-of-center position, second only to Professor Chern Shiing-shen, president of the American Mathematical Society, and to the right of Professor Chen, Professor Brown of the Clay Institute of Mathematics, an institution representing the American Institute of Mathematics. Next to Junxin are professors Feverman and Mirno, representing Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Further down are the previous Fields Medal winners. Next to Professor Brown of the Clay Institute of Mathematics are the heads of various mathematical institutes and the heads of some mathematical institutions, and it seems that the whole rostrum is distinct.
And the reporters in the audience are also strictly divided. The first two rows are filled with reporters from major newspapers and magazines in the United States. For example, the "HSD Post", the mouthpiece of the United States, the "New York Times", "Los Angeles Daily", "The Sun", "USA Today" and other comprehensive newspapers with world influence. There are also newspapers such as "Science Man" and "Science and Technology News", which have great influence in the scientific community.
The third to fourth rows are dominated by newspapers from other countries. For example, France's "Agence France-Presse", Britain's "Times", RB's "Asahi Shimbun", China's "Xinhua Daily" and so on.
In the back sat some local newspapers, as well as the newspapers of various universities, and so on. At least Junxin saw Max, the editor-in-chief of Princeton University's school newspaper, sitting behind the Xinhua News Agency reporter, whispering something to the reporter of the New Jersey News next to him.
Since Princeton, the town where Princeton is located, is located in New Jersey, the original Princeton University is also known as the College of New Jersey. Later, as a sign of respect for the local area, the name was changed to what is now Princeton University. As a result, the local media in New Jersey are also well-known for reporting on Princeton's academic achievements, which also leads to the fact that the staff of the Princeton University newspaper are more familiar with the reporters of the New Jersey newspaper.
Junxin's gaze stopped here at most. The next dozens of rows were densely packed with reporters from various newspapers and periodicals, some of whom Junxin knew, and most of whom didn't, so they didn't bother to pay attention to those things.
When the time reached 8:28, William shook off his assistant principal, walked to the podium of the press conference, looked at the dense reporters below, and began to enter his role.