Seohai University.

After the news meeting, the excitement in the school did not end, Chen Qinghua organized a group of people to have a small meeting, and the meeting talked about the establishment of the Mason Digital Science Laboratory.

This must be agreed by the Faculty of Science, because the Mason Mathematical Science Laboratory is positioned as a mathematical computer laboratory.

Chen Qinghua's proposal gave Luan Haiping no reason to object, the creation of a mathematical computer laboratory is beneficial to both colleges, and the new laboratory can help expand the number of researcher positions, the number of in-service postdoctoral fellows, expand the enrollment of graduate students, improve the basic level of scientific research of the college, and so on.

The meeting talked about two aspects, one is the source of funding.

This is largely done by schools, provincial and state funding.

On the other hand, there is the person in charge, Wang Hao.

Even if he is not a special person in charge, Wang Hao must be named as a chief researcher, because they are applying for the creation of a scientific research institution based on Wang Hao's achievements, and Wang Hao must be in a core position.

Wang Hao couldn't help but pull the corners of his mouth when he heard the discussion and inquiry, but after thinking about it carefully, there was no reason to object.

There are benefits to this.

Many top scientists will rely on their own results to create relevant scientific research institutions and do research and development in related fields.

The mathematical computer laboratory can be said to cover his research field, and as the chief researcher of the laboratory, it is equivalent to the direct person in charge of the laboratory, the first person, who will do relevant research and development in the future, and will also have a professional laboratory support, unlike this time, the verification of research results also needs to use the equipment of the computer laboratory.

Wang Hao said, "Say it in advance, I am not responsible for the preparation of the laboratory and other work, in terms of application, I can write a report, and I don't care about the rest." ”

Chen Qinghua said with a smile, "Of course, your work is still the same, in this regard, there is an arrangement from the school, you just have to wait to be the chief researcher of the new laboratory." ”

The Mason Mathematical Science Laboratory is under the name of the School of Science and the School of Computer Science, and is directly under the management of the school, so there is no need for the college to 'compete for the ownership of the laboratory'.

Wang Hao was relieved to attend the meeting, thinking about it carefully, in fact, the school built a new laboratory and arranged for him to be the chief researcher.

Before the laboratory was really built, there was no related work, just working as a researcher, not an administrative position, but it didn't have much impact.

When he returned to the office of the comprehensive building, he began to do research and write papers on a daily basis, and also looked at the prepared lesson plans to prepare for the "Introduction to Data Mining" course in the evening.

At the same time, good multimedia has also begun to report.

There are many media reports, some are TV news, some are reports in the form of short videos on the Internet, some are text introductions to the interview, and some simply publish the video of the whole interview.

The latter attracts the most viewership, but unfortunately, very few people are able to watch the video in its entirety, and most of them only last a few minutes.

"I'm so sorry, I can't watch it in the fifth minute."

"From the moment he started drawing on the blackboard, I was in a state of confusion and persevered until the end, but it was wonderful in the end."

"It's good for you to just watch the end, Wang Hao responded to the reporter sonorously and forcefully, saying that the other party is on the opposite side of science, which is really interesting."

"That reporter must be uneducated, and even asked what is the significance of Mason's prime research? That's the fun. ”

"According to his understanding, mathematical research is meaningless, physics research is meaningless, and the construction of a large particle collider in the world, spending so much money, is purely useless."

"He's right anyway, the whole world is wrong......"

Some scholars also stood up and explained the content of Wang Hao's research, "I took a closer look, Wang Hao has shaped two functions and used the intersection to cover the Mersenne prime. ”

"He said it was really great to be able to cover about two-thirds, but unfortunately he didn't have a way to prove it."

"Finding the Mersenne prime is not a proof, mathematical proof requires very rigorous logic, and this result may be called Wang's conjecture."

"In the study of Mersenne primes, there is a famous conjecture called Zhou's conjecture, which describes the distribution of Mersenne primes, and Professor Wang Hao uses two functions to directly find Mersenne primes, which is also called 'Wang's conjecture', which is in line with the internationally accepted naming method."

“……”

There are a lot of discussions on the Internet, whether Wang Hao has the heart to pay attention.

When public opinion continued to ferment, the academic community understood his achievements, and many people immediately came to him.

Either that's just an ordinary congratulations; Either they are invited to manuscripts, and some of them are editors of academic journals and magazines, hoping that Wang Hao can publish the relevant results in their journals; There are also scholars who come to ask questions about covering Mersenne primes.

The last one is what Wang Hao values the most, and it is Zhu Zhen, the manager of the technical department of Penguin, who asked Wang Hao if he had relevant computing needs.

"In this regard, Penguin Group's supercomputing center can provide support." Zhu Zhen said enthusiastically.

Wang Hao was suddenly shocked by Zhu Zhen's cheekiness, "There must be a need for calculation, but there is no hurry, in the school's computer laboratory, you can test it slowly." ”

"This ......"

Zhu Zhen said embarrassedly, "I want to ask, Professor Wang Hao, do you have any ideas for cooperation?" The computing power of our group's supercomputing center cannot be said to reach the top level in the world, but it is not inferior to the cloud computing center of Abayun. ”

Wang Hao pondered for a moment and said, "I have a nine-digit prime number in my hand, I want to verify whether the Mason number is a Mersen prime, are you interested?" ”

"Nine figures?"

Zhu Zhen immediately reacted and asked, "What number starts?" ”

"Seven!"

Wang Hao said the number at the beginning unconcernedly.

Zhu Zhen suddenly came to his senses, he also had a certain understanding, and knew what the beginning of the big number represented, "Professor Wang Hao, can we talk about the issue of cooperative sponsorship?" Penguin Group has always supported scientific research and development, and has invested a lot in related fields......"

"Hmm~~"

Wang Hao listened patiently for a few words, and then said, "That's it, let's talk about it when we have time." ”

After putting down the phone, Wang Hao thought about the price, he wanted to realize the 100 million digits of the '7' in his hand, and cooperate with the company's R&D to find out the largest Mersenne prime.

Finding the largest prime number in history, and the first prime number up to 100 million digits, is a great scientific honor, and it will definitely go down in the history of human mathematics.

This result is also sure to be reported by the international media.

How much is it worth?

Wang Hao was a little uncertain in his heart, and after thinking about it carefully, he found that he was thinking too much, and it was impossible to do everything by himself, such as valuation and price negotiation, and he was not good at it at all.

"Someone to help?"

"Valuation, talk about cooperation with penguins...... Wang Hao suddenly had a capable figure in his mind, picked up his mobile phone, found the number, and sent a message.

……

The heat of public opinion in the media is gradually slipping.

Even if you find more Mersenne primes, it is only a mathematical achievement, and it is not at the top of mathematics, and not too many people care about it after the heat has passed a little.

There are more people discussing the news in the academic circle or in the circle.

But at the same time, an article about Wang Hao's past has gradually become popular, attracting many people's attention and discussion.

The name of the article is very popular, it is called "Bringing losses to the country, is it okay to just dismiss?" 》。

There are two true stories in the article.

One is the data error of the materials laboratory of Donggang University, which was reported to have brought more than 10 million losses, and the time cost of the entire laboratory was also very high after three months of research.

The other is an employee named Zhang Qirun, who also brought huge losses to the company because of his mistakes, and was dismissed and held accountable, and was later sentenced to pay 700,000 yuan in compensation, and then he could not find a job in the same industry.

When the two true stories are compared together, it is obvious that Wang Hao is being 'taken care of'.

After causing losses to the materials laboratory, he was only dismissed from the school, and then went to Isohai University to find the 'same' job.

The article did not compare and evaluate the two stories, but only made a question, "Is it okay to bring losses to the country and just dismiss them?" ”

This is a reflection of a social problem.

Leaders and workers in certain departments have brought huge losses to the country because of personal problems, and as a result, they are generally just dismissed, and some are even just transferred.

If it is placed on the enterprise of the market economy, it is different, dismissal is only the most basic, and the party concerned is likely to be excluded by the same industry, and it is also likely to be investigated for legal responsibility.

When certain issues involve social reality, they will attract a lot of discussion, and the article will gradually become popular.

The comments are clearly polarized.

Some people think that any job should be treated equally, while others think that scientific research is different from ordinary work, and it is normal to make mistakes, and no research can be 100% fruitful.

Later, an Internet blogger published a piece called "Scientific Research Workers Should Have a More Tolerant Environment", which also attracted countless attention, he believes that scientific research is different from other work, and if scientific research wants to be fruitful, it must be in a tolerant environment, and if there is a problem, it will be punished, and there will be no scientific research workers to challenge difficult research.

As more people express relevant opinions, public opinion is gradually heating up again, most people still support Wang Hao, thinking that even if there have been mistakes before, it is also a normal thing, Wang Hao has a lot of achievements when he goes to Xihai University, which shows that his personal level is very high.

If Donggang University is dismissed, there will be no way to find a similar job, and it will not be possible for him to make achievements that will attract the attention of the world.

There are also those who believe that workers should be treated equally.

However, some of them believe that scientific research workers are special, but some leaders and workers in other departments should bear certain legal responsibilities because of their own decisions or personal mistakes that have caused losses to the country.

Only a small number of people believe that the mistakes of scientific research workers bring losses to the country and should also be punished to a certain extent.

Wait a minute.

Public opinion is like that.

No matter what it is, there will always be a different opinion.

Even when it comes to things that are in the coffin, there will always be people who have different opinions.

When public opinion gradually fermented, it was also noticed by Xihai University.

There was silence in the office of the complex.

Zhu Ping, Yan Jing, Luo Dayong and Zhang Zhiqiang were all there, and they kept looking at Wang Hao while swiping comments.

Even though most of the comments on the Internet support Wang Hao, they know that this matter is likely to be Wang Hao's weakness.

They are afraid to say it, they are afraid to ask.

Everyone has always kept silent about the affairs of Donggang, and now it has reappeared in public opinion, they just watch the news, and they are also a little worried about Wang Hao.

At this time, the head of the department suddenly walked to the door and asked, "Professor Wang Hao, a reporter from a provincial TV station called and wanted to do a simple telephone interview with you." ”

Wang Hao was sitting at his desk brushing public opinion information, but he was not as uncomfortable as others understood, and he felt a little funny in his heart.

Should researchers be given preferential treatment? Should there be a more tolerant environment?

Does this still need to be discussed?

If there is no result in research and it brings losses to the country, scientific research workers will be held accountable, so who will do scientific research?

The vast majority of research is inconclusive, and even if it does, it is difficult to achieve the desired goals.

Those large companies will also invest a lot of money in scientific research, but must the output be higher than the cost?

Not necessarily.

While he was thinking about it, he heard the question at the door, and after thinking about it, he nodded, "Okay." ”

got up and followed.

The reporter on the other side of the phone has been waiting for a long time, and directly entered the question mode, "Professor Wang Hao, now the Internet is talking about the experimental problem of Donggang, as a party concerned, can you talk about it specifically?" ”

In fact, after the reporter asked a question, he didn't think Wang Hao would answer.

If it is changed to other people, it will definitely avoid talking about it, after all, it is a stain on the past, and covering up the past is the best way.

The head of the department also gave Wang Hao a look, which means, "Don't talk about this." ”

Wang Hao smiled and said, "I can tell you very specifically." ”

"After graduating from Donggang Ph.D., I was invited to join the alloy materials laboratory as an assistant researcher, responsible for the summary and calculation of experimental data."

"During that time, the experiment went very smoothly, and many people thought that there would be great results immediately, but suddenly one day, Ma Wenjun suddenly said that the data was wrong, and Zhou Xiaolong also said the same, and the three-month effort was in vain."

"I felt something was wrong, and when I went to the lab, everyone said there was something wrong with the data I was making."

"I went to my computer and checked the data, and I checked it carefully from beginning to end, and I didn't find any errors."

"Soon, I was suspended for investigation, and then I was dismissed from the school, only about three days before and after."

"That's the whole process......"

Wang Hao finished talking to the phone in one breath, and then felt a lot more relaxed.

It was the first time he had talked about this issue head-on since he crossed over, and there was only so much information in his memory, and the process was very simple.

What happened halfway through the process can really only be guessed.

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