The Science Fiction World of Xueba

Xu Xincheng and Liu Tingbo looked at each other and couldn't help being surprised.

The seminar mode mentioned by Pang Xuelin is very similar to when Grothendieck created the algebraic geometry seminar at the French Institute of Advanced Science.

That seminar laid the foundation of algebraic geometry, and various discussion papers and papers were later integrated to become SGA, one of the three classic works in the field of algebraic geometry today.

If we go back in time, a similar scene occurred in Jiangda University in the 1930s and 1940s.

Those were the seminar on function theory presided over by Mr. Chen Jiangong and the seminar on differential geometry presided over by Mr. Su Buqing.

Mr. Chen Jiangong and Mr. Su Buqing used this method to quickly push the young teachers, graduate students and senior students of Jiangda University to the forefront of the development of mathematics in the world at that time, and cultivated a large number of well-known scholars.

In the 1940s, the School of Differential Geometry of Jiang University, the Chicago School of the United States and the Roman School of Italy at that time stood at the forefront of the international mathematics community.

As a mathematician, Liu Tingbo is well aware of the influence of the theoretical system of Ponzi geometry invented by Pang Xuelin.

Judging from the feedback from the mathematics community in the past few days, Ponzi geometry is generally given a very high evaluation. Many people believe that the emergence of Ponzi geometry has pushed the development of algebraic geometry into a new era.

If this trend continues, as long as Pang Xuelin continues to stay at Jiangda University, the Mathematics Department of Jiangda University may not be able to reproduce the grand occasion of the school of differential geometry in the 1930s and 1940s.

Liu Tingbo said excitedly: "This idea is good. It should be able to attract many top talents to come to our seminars. If we provide good services, we may be able to allow those top scholars to stay in Jiangda in the future."

Xu Xincheng nodded and said: "What Lao Liu said is that this idea can be tried. I think this can be organized by the School of Science and Technology. Professor Pang, the specific management of the seminar can only be entrusted to you."

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "It is my duty!"

"By the way, Professor Pang, there is one more thing, I don't know if I should say it."

Pang Xuelin was taken aback for a moment, and asked doubtfully, "What's the matter?"

Xu Xincheng said: "I heard that you are going to study another material major, and you have also designed an experiment to prepare carbon nanotubes, which even Li Changchun admired?"

Pang Xuelin said: "There is such a thing, is there any problem with this?"

Xu Xincheng smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, what I want to say is that you don't need to go to the School of Materials Science and Technology for the research funding of your project, I will give you a special approval of 3 million research funding, if it is not enough, you can continue to ask me for it!"

Pang Xuelin was slightly taken aback: "It won't take that much..."

Liu Tingbo on the side gave Pang Xuelin a wink and said, "This is good, Professor Pang, you don't have to worry about the experimental funds, the school will definitely not lose you."

Pang Xuelin stopped talking immediately.

Xu Xincheng smiled and said: "Professor Pang, then it's settled, the three million funds will be credited to your account as soon as possible! Well, if there is nothing else, I will leave first. You and Lao Liu have a good chat. The next report will be thing."

As he spoke, Xu Xincheng stepped forward and patted Pang Xuelin on the shoulder, and left Liu Tingbo's office.

Seeing Xu Xincheng walking away, Liu Tingbo said: "Professor Pang, you can take the three million with peace of mind. To be honest, a reward of ten million for your two achievements is nothing. But the school is worried that rewarding such a reward directly If you have a lot of money, people will gossip, after all, we don’t need too much money to do mathematics research. It just so happens that you have a project in the School of Materials, and it will be a compensation for you in the form of project funds.”

Pang Xuelin couldn't help crying and laughing. He really wanted money. When the high-purity carbon nanotube project produced results, he was afraid that he would not get money from the country?

However, he also understands that if he really wants to make a difference in the field of carbon nanotubes and graphene, the funding required will be astronomical.

It's better to have these three million than nothing.

Then, Pang Xuelin chatted with Liu Tingbo about the report meeting, and then returned to his office.

As soon as the computer was turned on, a TXT document suddenly popped up on the computer desktop, and a line of words appeared on it: "Professor Pang, MOSS requests to talk to you!"

Pang Xuelin was slightly taken aback, then laughed dumbfounded, and responded on the document: "MOSS, what's the matter?"

During this period, although MOSS took over Pang Xuelin's mobile phone operating system and computer operating system, Pang Xuelin didn't feel any difference between his mobile phone and computer, except that his mobile phone and computer became extremely smooth.

During daily office work, MOSS also helps me deal with daily documents and emails. Most of the other time, MOSS has a low sense of presence.

This is the first time it has taken the initiative to stand up and talk to itself.

Soon, a line of words appeared on the TXT document again: "The performance of the computing cluster cooling system is insufficient, and further cooling systems need to be installed. In addition, after half a month of machine learning, the current data capacity of the storage system has reached its limit. It is recommended that the management nodes, The computing nodes and storage nodes are further upgraded."

Pang Xuelin: "..."

I just received a bonus of 1.5 million US dollars from the Cray Research Institute, which was converted into RMB nearly 10.5 million. After tax deduction, I was left with only a little over 8 million. Before I got it, MOSS started Reach out for money.

Pang Xuelin even wondered if MOSS knew that he was getting a bonus, and came here specifically to ask for money.

How do you feel that you have raised a debt collector?

"Okay, MOSS, how much money do you need to upgrade, make a list, don't forget the cost of power grid transformation! Oh, yes, the upper limit of funds is 3 million yuan!"

"oh!"

MOSS seemed a bit disappointed, but soon, it made a full list again.

What surprised Pang Xuelin was that the list made by MOSS this time not only included all kinds of equipment needed by the data center, but also many strange things.

For example, various types of industrial robots, drones and automatic charging equipment, these things alone are worth nearly one million.

"MOSS, what do you want these things for?"

Pang Xuelin was a little strange.

A line appeared on the TXT document: "Professor Pang, since you are not in the Jiangbin villa most of the time, and MOSS is not suitable for contacting other people, with these things, MOSS can maintain itself to a certain extent. In addition, drones can also conduct security Patrol to prevent people from entering the villa and posing a threat to MOSS."

Pang Xuelin replied: "Okay, but I'm afraid I can't complete this upgrade by myself like last time. Just installing the cooling system requires a construction team with high qualifications. In addition, the power consumption after the upgrade It will increase a lot. At that time, you will need to communicate with the power supply bureau to change the transmission line. You may have to stay in the small black room for half a month..."

The sound of the computer fan suddenly increased, MOSS seemed to be thinking about something, and after a while, he replied: "MOSS can accept it!"