Chapter 302: Academic Equity
The attitude that the two former Cratford Prize winners, Qiu Lao and Edward Witten, wanted to express can be understood as that there must be a lesson to avoid making bigger mistakes in the future. After all, if a dean dies once such a thing happens, then the risk of the position of president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is too high.
And not every dean has this spirit of sacrifice.
For the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Nobel Prize remains the most important.
As for the Cafford Prize, although it is also one of the world's most famous scientific awards, it is generally used to describe it almost as famous as the Nobel Prize. Moreover, there are four awards for the Cafford Prize, and the influence in mathematics is still a little worse than that of the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize.
In other words, there is at least a chance for correction. If you start to be stupid at the Nobel Prize, you probably won't be saved.
Lott Dugan, who teaches at Princeton, wanted to say something, but the thought that he had not won a Cratford Award simply remained silent, and even a little scared in retrospect.
He had received a call from Langley at the beginning, but fortunately he hung up.
Sure enough, as long as you have a relationship with the people there, nothing good happens.
It's just that this time it's too tragic after all.
The most embarrassing thing is the French Institute of Mathematics Giussie in France.
It should have been a welcome event that colleagues from the same institute had won the Cafford Prize, but it had come to such an extent that colleagues didn't know whether to congratulate Camille Dubois when they saw him.
With so many hands at their fingertips, this year's world-class award has become a farce.
Who would have thought that there would be a temporary addition of people after the announcement of the winners?!
And to be honest, it will be very stressful to accept the award with Joze.
In fact, as a female mathematician, Camille Dubois's contribution to mathematics is still outstanding. In terms of PDE research, it can be ranked in the forefront even in the world, and has played a great role in promoting the study of N-S equations, and is the chief researcher of the Jürsie Institute of Mathematics for NS equations.
But then again, in previous years, these achievements are still very convincing, but if the winner of the same year is Qiao Ze, it will be another story.
The n-s equation and the Young-Mills problem belong to the seven major problems of the millennium, and they are also included in Hilbert's twenty-three questions. It's hard to say which of these two questions is more difficult. One individual just took the problem a step forward, and the other solved the problem directly, and won the award the same year......
If you really want to win the award, you are embarrassed to take up too much time to say your testimonials on stage.
It would have been even more embarrassing if José hadn't won the prize. People who have achieved much higher than you are too lazy to take the award, are you embarrassed to stand on the podium?
There are also rumors in the academic community.
Intellectuals from all countries are embarrassed.
There are many things that can be done in private, but they can't be put on the table.
Therefore, even if the counterfeiter is exposed, he often does not admit to the fraud, so there are improper references to pictures or data as a fig leaf. Even if you receive money to brag about a certain product with influence in a certain field, you must use the signboard that the money belongs to scientific research sponsorship to cover up your shame.
Once everything is put in front of the stage, after putting aside those halos, and showing the appearance of ordinary beings, it will tear apart the superiority of others.
There is no way, the vast majority of people cannot escape the shackles of human nature. The difference between Kochi scholars and ordinary people is that they have more knowledge and information in a certain area.
It could have been silent, but when the two heavyweight Cafford Award winners officially announced that they would return their medals and prize money, it was more than an embarrassing problem.
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"Camille, are you going to accept the Cafford Award? Of course, no matter what you choose, all my colleagues and I will stand by your side and fully support you. ”
Professor Pierre, director of the Institute of Jusieux, invited Camille Dubois to his office on the Left Bank campus in Paris to ask this question.
The situation is also a headache for the person in charge.
Originally, the senior researcher of the institute won the award, which is something to celebrate.
He organizes an open bottle of champagne to celebrate.
But in this case, it is obviously not appropriate to open champagne, and it cannot be left without any expression.
The only thing that can be done is to call people to appease them.
Pierre regretted recommending Camille Dubois's name to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences this year, and if he hadn't done so, he wouldn't have been in such an embarrassing situation.
"No, I'm going to give up." Camille Dubois gave the answer without any hesitation.
Pierre sighed inwardly.
This choice did not surprise him, and if it was him, he would probably have rejected it.
It's so insulting.
It's just a pity, after all, there aren't many world-class awards of this kind of heavyweight. Competition for each award is fierce.
And Camille Dubois is already over forty years old and is no longer eligible to compete for the Fields Medal.
"Well, Camille, I respect your choice. Of course, to be honest, if I were you, my choice would be no different than yours. Well, take it easy, it's not your fault. At no time should we punish ourselves for the mistakes of others. ”
"I understand, Professor Pierre, that in fact I don't feel bad. Not only will I not accept the award, but I'm sure José won't either. Although I don't know why there are so many things going on around this award. Camille Dubois replied calmly.
"Oh? Do you really think so? Pierre asked earnestly.
"Yes, Professor Pierre, I have been studying Joe's algebraic geometry recently through the official website of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and his mathematical ideas have been very helpful to my research and have given me a lot of inspiration. I don't think I'm qualified to compete with him for this math prize.
So for me, it was embarrassing to be awarded this award. But I think for Joze, he ...... It may feel like a humiliation. ”
Camille Dubois explained.
It's a bit of a disparagement to say that, but with only two people in the office, Camille Dubois thinks she can tell what she really thinks.
Pierre didn't know how to answer for a moment, in fact, he wasn't very good at comforting people.
"Well, as long as you don't have any ideas. If you don't want to take a stand, I can help, for example, in the name of the Institute. ”
"You know what? Professor Pierre, you are such a sweet gentleman, thank you so much. I just don't know how to express my attitude. Thank you for your help. Camille Dubois said with a smile.
"No problem, that's what we're supposed to do. Maybe I can treat you to dinner in the evening if you need it. Pierre said gentlemanly.
"Thank you very much, but you don't really need it. We're already lagging behind, so we can't waste time on this kind of thing, in the words of the Chinese, it's shame and courage, isn't it? ”
"Well, I think you're right, and I wish you an early solution to that ultimate problem so that you can win the Wolf Prize next year." Pierre said with a shrug.
"To borrow your kind words, Professor Pierre, if nothing else, I'll go first."
"Go get busy."
As Camille Dubois walked out of his office, Pierre suddenly felt a headache.
At this time, it is actually difficult to tell the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences that its own researchers are unwilling to accept the award, after all, the font has been changed to black and white on people's official websites.
So why did he take this trouble on himself with such a cheap mouth?
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Huaxia Xilin Institute of Mathematics, Office of Chief Mathematician.
Many things that have happened in the past few days have somewhat affected him.
After Doudou included a total of 17 kinds of new foreign trade export standard materials in the prohibited production catalog, Qiao Ze actually received a phone call.
Of course, it is impossible for such a big thing to really let AI do whatever it wants.
Of course, there needs to be communication in the back office.
Qiao Ze said "um" on the phone.
And then...... There was no then, things happened step by step, and it has developed into the current ghost.
But there was one point where Camille Dubois was wrong in his prediction, and José didn't feel humiliated by adding his name on the fly. In fact, he also knew the news from other people's mouths, because he never opened the official website to confirm these things.
What interested him more was Doudou's original drive to do this.
Even with causality involved, AI's self-decision-making is an extremely complex process. Data collection, pre-processing, building decision trees, simulating and deducing countless options, and then executing the optimal route.
If you bring Doudou into people's thinking mode, it won't be so complicated, just do it when you think of it. But as the designer of Doudou, Qiao Ze is very clear that Doudou's thinking mode is actually completely different from that of humans.
Each of its decisions has to call on the countless data in the database as a reference, and simulate countless possible subsequent development lines, and finally find the optimal route.
So Jozer decided to spend some time checking Doudou's decision tree.
Start with the task objective analysis of the root node.
"Academic Equity Exploration Program."
"Branch 1: Exploring the Limits of Human Equality in Scholarship."
"Node 1.1: Analyzing the Impact of Benefit Conveyance on Academic Equity."
"Node 1.1.1: Conveyance of benefits has no impact on academic equity."
"Leaf node 1.1.1.1: Historical data feedback failed."
"Node 1.1.2: Benefit transfer has an impact on academic equity."
"Node 1.1.2.1: Exploring the Degree of Impact of Benefit Transfer on Academic Equity."
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After spending nearly an hour roughly going through Doudou's entire decision-making process, Qiao Ze asked in the dialog box.
"Why the Academic Equity Exploration Program?"
"Because the announcement of the Cafford Award has aroused widespread doubts in the academic community, Doudou's self-protection program for the living environment has been activated, so it was decided to carry out the plan. Of course, it would be better if you could slap Daddy's ass right by the way. ”
Doudou answered quickly in the exclusive dialog box, and even used the computing power to give Qiao Ze a flattering smile.
Let outsiders see this passage, probably only think that the world is too rolly.
Even artificial intelligence knows that it is not enough to just be able to work, but also to learn how to make sycophants.
But José just tugged at the corners of his mouth.
To be honest, Qiao Ze was unimpressed by Doudou's series of behaviors.
It's just that things have developed to this point, and in the end, he still has to wipe his ass for Doudou's series of behaviors.
In any sense, he is Doudou's guardian, and it can even be said that he is the only guardian who is capable of taking responsibility.
It is not possible to claim a prize.
It's impossible to go in this life.
Every award has its historical significance, and to be honest, José has long been unflattered by many of the rules of academia.
For example, the award honor recommendation system.
Whether it is an international scientific award or an academician, someone needs to recommend it.
In the past era, it was actually understandable.
After all, scholars who are eligible to win world-class scientific awards have a very high threshold for researching things, and without certain qualifications, it is impossible to evaluate their value. Without a recommendation system, it is indeed a troublesome question for who determines whether such contributions are eligible for awards.
If it were to be decided by a single judging committee, then the bias caused by people in it could be even greater.
Therefore, it is already a relatively fair system to invite units with research qualifications to recommend well-known scholars.
But now is the era of artificial intelligence.
Doudou can make a model that can be used to integrate all the engineering research centers in a large project, and directly digitize the contribution of each person. Naturally, it is also possible to manage a larger model, which automatically calculates the contribution of each scholar in a certain field according to a formula into the most intuitive value.
Of course, this value may be off, but it is certainly not significant. And it can be eliminated through the system.
At least it can be an alternative to the invitation system.
Every year, the top 10 scientists in each scientific field will automatically become the candidates for the same year, and then the senior experts in the database will be randomly invited to form a review committee to score each candidate and give reasons.
Finally, the formula is set into the judgment to select the winner.
Let this scientific award eliminate the influence of region, nationality, race, gender and values to the greatest extent, and let the academic return to the academic.
Of course, José already knew about the death of the famous scientist Andre.
But he feels that making everything fair is the greatest respect and remembrance for the deceased.
Therefore, although he does not plan to accept the award, he has the ability to host an award, so as to maximize the fulfillment of the deceased's last wish on academic justice.
After making a decision, Qiao Ze looked up at Su Mucheng, who was looking at the screen seriously, and asked, "Orange, how much money do we have now?" ”
"Huh? Money? Su Mucheng raised his head blankly and looked at Qiao Ze.
"Well, how many?" Qiao Ze nodded.
"Wait, I'll see." Su Mucheng began to look at his phone.
Because Qiao Ze didn't like the bank's senior account manager to call and harass him, he simply bound his bank card to Su Mucheng's number.
"Mom, there's no need to check, the total balance in the accounts of my father and mother is 2,186,272,617.41 yuan, of which the demand deposit is 51.34 percent."
Doudou's voice sounded at the right time, and the child knew his parents' family background clearly.
"2.18 billion?" Su Mucheng blinked.
She didn't even notice that the money had suddenly changed so much, like a strong wind.
"Yes, yes, it's so little because my grandfather hasn't paid dividends for seven months. Seventy-three percent of these are the benefits generated by the material model and some other upfront payments. ”
Obviously, Doudou has seen a lot of money.
Su Mucheng glared at the camera, this little thing, does grandpa not share dividends? That is knowing that the two are not short of money, so they simply leave the money in the company to flow.
"Brother Qiao, do you need money?" Too lazy to bother with the little guy, Su Mucheng looked at Qiao Ze curiously and asked.
This was the first time she remembered Qiao Ze asking the two about their deposits.
"Well, I want to hold a world award in science, and Doudou will be in charge of managing it." Qiao Ze said succinctly.
"Okay, okay, Doudou likes to manage this kind of large-scale human social practice the most."
No one paid attention to Doudou, and Qiao Ze was looking at Su Mucheng.
"Of course! I agree, I've been looking at those awards for a long time. However, if a special scientific community award is set up, the money is indeed a little less, so ask my dad to ask for more and make up a whole number of 5 billion as a bonus? It's called the José Science Prize? Su Mucheng's eyes lit up and said happily.
Obviously, Xiao Su also doesn't count much money.
Of course, from Su Mucheng's point of view, anyway, Kadi didn't care much about it, and the money could grow automatically, so there was really no need to worry too much.
People are like this, if something is too easy to get, it has no value.
And the two of them really don't need any money to stay in school.
I can't run out of money for eating, and it's all delicious. The chef changes his methods every day, causing her to lose the mood to go outside to visit the store.
When traveling, say hello and someone will arrange it properly.
Daily shopping and consumption are all small money......
It would be so interesting to set up such an award.
It's exciting to think that a hundred years from now, a new generation of scientists will go crazy every year for the José Prize.
Qiao Ze thought for a while, then nodded and said, "In the afternoon, call your father and Dean Xu to come over and talk about this matter together, and confirm it as soon as possible." ”
"Okay, by the way, is it called Uncle Li?"
"No, Uncle Li is busy, and he doesn't like to be nosy."
"No problem, I'll just call, I'll be in the conference room at one o'clock in the afternoon, talk early and do things directly, if it's too late, I have to invite them to dinner, I can't come!"
Su Mucheng said energetically.
It's too rare, this is the first time that Qiao Ze has taken the initiative to do something other than pushing Uncle Li to become an academician, and she can't hold back. Not to mention that this time it was almost a face-to-face Nobel Prize output.
As we all know, Xiao Su likes to watch the excitement the most.