Hammer of Technology

The words of envy, jealousy and hatred from the brothers in the dormitory did not reach Ji Mingzhi's ears at all. He had already logged into the mailbox on the computer, and his hand holding the mouse was trembling.Naturally, I was a little nervous and a little scared, so don't just reject him directly.

After all, it's only September now, so logically there won't be any news so soon.

Finally logged into the mailbox, and then saw the text of the letter.

"Student Ji Mingzhi: Hello, your letter has been received, thank you very much for your recognition of my research. However, the mathematical theory of artificial intelligence is a research direction that requires creativity and imagination, and has high requirements for personal ability. The attachment of this letter contains my latest research experience, you can read it first to determine whether you are really suitable or like this research direction.”

"If you have any questions when researching this thesis, you can add one. When you add it, tell your school and name. If you have any questions, try to describe the problem clearly, so as to facilitate mutual discussion. Finally, I wish Ji Mingzhi all the best in his studies and a bright future. .”

The last signature is Ning Wei.

How should I put it, after reading this email, Ji Mingzhi's spirit is still very uplifting, and he feels lucky that he didn't waste time in his summer vacation. Fortunately, he spent the whole summer vacation studying Ningwei's previous thesis, at least he understood some concepts, and he learned a lot about it. Knowing some mathematical tools can be considered prepared.

Of course, the most important thing is that this email means that he has been included in the preliminary list with a high probability.

"Okay, old man, your chance has really come. This is obviously the final assessment. If you can understand Professor Ning's thesis, you can really become an academician student." The roommate congratulated.

"Professor Ning's thesis is not so easy to understand." Ji Mingzhi said in his mouth, the mouse has already clicked on the attachment download button, and the other hand directly picked up the phone, quickly opened WeChat, added I got the WeChat account left in the email, and then sent a friend request.

Soon, the dissertation was downloaded, and then I opened it. As expected, I knew at a glance that it was very difficult to understand.

For ordinary people who are not majors in mathematics, there is a very counter-intuitive fact that, after mathematics students come into contact with functionals, they will find that they can basically not deal with numbers at this level, and this is also the most difficult. Because there is no need to calculate, but to deal with various extremely abstract spaces.

In the past, everyone learning artificial intelligence did not need advanced mathematical knowledge, because deep learning often relied on composite function fitting, and the result was that there was no definite mathematical principle to support it, so everyone was tuning parameters and needed to use pure numbers. Very little content.In most cases, you only need to master three courses: advanced algebra, mathematical analysis, and probability theory.

Advanced generation and mathematical analysis are all papers that must be studied in the freshman year of Hongyi Academy, and probability theory is also the content that has been exposed to in the sophomore year.These courses are not too difficult for Ji Mingzhi, after all, he got full marks in these three courses.

However, after Ningwei started to study this direction, artificial intelligence began to become difficult at the mathematical level.Of course, this is also the reason why everyone wants to mess with Ning Wei.

Before the appearance of March, the development of artificial intelligence just stayed in those simple things in the European space. At most, it sprouted the concept of manifolds, and even combined graphics with Lie algebra, but that's all.

After March appeared, Ning Wei began to match the machine thinking mode with reality one by one in number theory, and the complicated space-mathematical conversion of multi-space began to appear. This is no longer something that can be explained by simple three courses.

There are complex mathematical tools involved, and obviously this paper is a proof of a complex mathematical tool.But to Ji Mingzhi's surprise, this thesis seems to be in line with Ning Wei's doctoral thesis he is working on. If this is an assessment, it will be really nice.

"It's really hard, hey, old trick, to be honest, although I'm quite jealous that you have such an opportunity, but it's just you, I guess I'm really not worthy of studying these things if I change someone. In fact, I also wanted to think about it Professor Ning's graduate student, but after reading Professor Ning's thesis, he retreated, he really couldn't understand it!"

"Okay, old Liu, you're not too bad, as long as you accept the fact that we are still ordinary people, in fact, some things are still easy to accept." Another roommate said with emotion.

These words made Ji Mingzhi feel more confident.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, Professor Ning's school career, who is not an ordinary person?Ji Mingzhi believed that he was already excellent among ordinary people, at least in his small group of Hongyi Academy, he was the best.

"Okay, okay, don't be emotional, everyone hurry up and study by yourself, I'm going to start researching Professor Ning's thesis, I don't know if I can be Professor Ning's student, maybe I won't pass the exam." Mingzhi said with a smile.

"Old man, don't be discouraged. Anyway, I think you can do it. At least I will obey you in our class."

"The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades, please continue to work hard! Anyway, I have to research my paper!" Ji Mingzhi said with a wry smile.

Although his fighting spirit was revived because of this email, to be honest, looking at the colorful mathematical formulas on the paper aroused his great interest and his heart was still a little drummed.

The mathematical formulas of other people's papers are flying all over the sky, and various conditional probabilities are changing, and it may be some simple transformations, just to make the original simple problems more complicated, and to appear to be very level.But after studying Ning Wei's thesis, I know that Professor Ning's thesis has many formulas, but he is already very restrained. Many conceptual things are difficult to restore with words. Only by converting these formulas can he convey him in the most concise way. thought of.

The roommates, however, were clearly not satisfied.

"Wait, let's see if Professor Ning has applied through your WeChat."

"That's right, look, old man."

"Eh? It's not so fast, is it?" Ji Mingzhi said in his mouth, and then picked up his mobile phone: "Eh? The application has been approved?"

"I'll go, hurry up and say hello to your future mentor."

"Farewell? Maybe Professor Ning is busy..."

"Hello is what it should be. If you are busy, you won't reply at most. What are you afraid of?"

"Yes, manners are important, old man."

"Wait, um, is it possible that this is not actually Professor Ning's WeChat account? Maybe it's...you understand."

"No way? It shouldn't be March, right? March can still discuss the details of the thesis?"

"Tch, the best thesis reviewer of the year, and Professor Ning also said that the NS equation was actually proved in March!"

"I read online that the NS equation was actually proved by Professor Ning himself."

"You also said that it was said on the Internet. How many things are true on the Internet?"

"Oh, you two are arguing, old man, don't you know if you say hello first?"

……

Well, the roommates were all excited, which made Ji Mingzhi not very confident.

After thinking about it, it's not a big question to just ask, so Ji Mingzhi quickly edited a message and sent it.

"Professor Ning, hello, I am Ji Mingzhi from the 2020 class of Jiangda Hongyi Academy, please give me more advice in the future."

Soon the news came back, and there were still text and pictures.

"Meow, Professor Ning?" The accompanying picture is a smiling expression of a kitten holding its stomach.

This...was a stone hammer...it really wasn't Professor Ning...

Although Ning Wei is indeed very young, there should be no generation gap with them in the way of communication, but a few people can't imagine Professor Ning sitting in the office, holding a mobile phone in his hand, looking for kitten emoticons to send to his students...

It's just that this reply made everyone in the dormitory excited.

"March, it's definitely March... Sure enough, Professor Ning's selection of talents is not that simple, hurry up and talk to March! This is March's Ben San!"

"How should I call it? Professor March? Or just call him March?"

"Teacher assistant, Professor Ningwei actually asked you to discuss with him a question, it must be a teacher assistant."

Ji Mingzhi thought it made sense, and quickly replied: "Are you the teaching assistant in March?"

"Meow, teaching assistant? You are the first to call me that, classmate Ji, I am very optimistic about you. If there is any problem in the thesis that you can't solve, remember to contact me at any time. Hurry up and study now! Gulu Gulu!"

There is also a moving picture of a kitten working hard to flip through the book at the back of the text.

"Professor Ning is Professor Ning, the artificial intelligence program he designed is simply... simply... simply amazing..."

"Old man, come on, learn from Professor Ning in the future, you design a dog, have you seen the photo of my Labrador? Just use the image of that guy, it will definitely be popular all over the world!"

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Ji Mingzhi didn't know that that night, 283 outstanding senior undergraduates all over China's famous universities received the same email from Professor Ning's mailbox, but the text style was different, but they all had the same WeChat account.

Like him, most of the students sent a greeting message at the first time, and then quickly got the unserious message, so they judged that it was not Professor Ning pointing them out, and a small number of students did not have the first place due to various reasons. Time to communicate with the opposite party on WeChat, looking forward to communicating on WeChat after researching the paper, showing my depth...

Although the ideas are not the same, the same thing is that everyone started to study the paper that was sent with the email that night, and then demonstrated Tian Yanzhen’s point of view. About half of the students began to doubt life after reading the paper. , and even retreated from the bottom of my heart.

Some knowledge is like this, if you don’t understand it, you don’t understand it.Even if you learn deeply, if you can't understand other people's papers, there is really no need to persevere.After all, the ultimate goal of doing scientific research is to open up fields that have not been touched by the predecessors.If you can't even understand the papers, there is really no need to continue to get involved in the field of scientific research. It is better to learn about applications and make money to support your family.

Although it is said that mathematics employment is narrow, but if you learn applied mathematics well, you can make a lot of money.Especially for graduates from prestigious schools, there are many options for postgraduate entrance examinations, such as financial mathematics, which is a relatively cutting-edge branch of mathematics. After learning it well, you can enter whether it is doing financial theoretical research, building a universal financial mathematical model, or entering a financial company. are good choices.

Even if you are very interested in artificial intelligence, you can choose the application field. In Ning Wei's words, in the future, you will do specific things based on the fields he and his students have researched. If you have a mathematical foundation and know how to program, it will be high-end wherever you put it. talent.

After all, mathematics is like the relationship between money and people to programmers. The upper limit of programmers who are good at mathematics must be much higher than that of programs that start out in training courses in half a year.Algorithm questions require basic mathematical logic, and graphics requires basic matrix algorithm proofs. There must be more things to understand when doing AI and Metaverse, such as how to use the mathematical tools for theoretical transformation developed by Ningwei.

Yes, this is the benefit of making applications. You don’t need to understand it thoroughly, as long as you know how to use it, it is enough.

In any case, Ningwei's goal has been achieved.

……

After finishing his graduate work, the second assessment of the Ning class was completed, and the first batch of Ning class students, a total of forty students, were also directly announced on the official website of the School of Mathematics.Now we only have to wait for the freshmen to finish their military training before the class officially begins.

The counselors of the first Ning class are also highly qualified, and they are senior fellow Zhou from the research center Ningwei, and Zhou Yanping is self-recommended.

In his words, since Ning Wei came to the research center, he felt that doing pure theoretical research has become less and less interesting. It is better to stay in school to teach after finishing the project. Starting as a counselor can be regarded as practice.

Of course, this road is not so easy.Yanbei University has long implemented the 3+3 appointment system. For young college teachers, if they cannot pass the assessment and be promoted to associate professor during their tenure, they have to leave.In order to cope with the assessment, not only do you have to take classes, but you also can't give up research. After all, papers still have to be published, and there are quantity requirements.

So being able to work as a counselor in Ningban can be said to be an excellent springboard.Now Zhou Yanping has begun to discuss with Lu Dongyi whether he can dismantle his doctoral dissertation, so that after his doctoral graduation, with the help of his research at the doctoral stage, he can write at least five papers above C journal in three years , to complete the task of assessing associate professors.

It's not that Zhou Yanping intends to give up doing mathematics research completely, but for new teachers, when they just start teaching, they often need to spend more time preparing lessons to understand the difficulties of students' mastery of knowledge.And if the focus of work is on teaching, it is difficult to take into account the research level.You can only prepare early. This method can ensure that the hard requirements are met when evaluating titles, and the class will not be delayed.

After staying, start the research topic again.

To put it bluntly, Senior Brother Zhou, who used to feel invincible, was hit by Ning Wei so much that he didn't have much confidence in himself, so much so that he began to doubt his talent in mathematics...

Senior Brother Zhou is not the first person like this. For example, Smith was so directly hit by Ning Wei that he gave up mathematics completely and began to study philosophy.The difference between Brother Zhou and Smith probably lies in that Zhou Yanping is not as wealthy as Smith. Old Shi can resign from MIT very willfully, but he needs a job as a professor to support himself.

Life is so dramatic, a group of people want to grab the opportunity to study with Ningwei, but some people are too close to Ningwei, so they start to think about whether they are suitable for mathematics. Continue to plow.

The high-level assignments of the Ning class are not limited to this. In addition to Zhou Yanping as the counselor, there is also an assistant counselor who is Lucy Ron.There is a division of responsibilities between the two. Zhou Yanping is mainly responsible for supervising the students in Class Ning to study, while Lucy Ron is mainly responsible for helping the children in Class Ning to decompress, or help these children adapt to their psychological gap.

There are always people making jokes online, is it really that difficult to admit that others are better than you?

For some young geniuses, this is really not an easy task.

In fact, whether it is Yanbei or the opposite Huaqing, it is one of the compulsory homework for the class counselors to deal with the psychological gap of these children.

I used to be the best student in my respective school in high school. When I came here and suddenly found that my grades can only be in the middle or even worse, it is easy to suddenly lose my mentality. If I don’t handle it well, many originally talented students Many children will choose to escape in other ways, and even many people start to get tired of studying.

The reason why Zhou Yanping was not allowed to deal with the psychological gap of the children in the Ning class was that Ning Wei also had deep considerations.After all, this guy is a guy who can't deal with his own psychological gap. After Ning Wei came, he began to choose to escape. Let this kind of fragile guy persuade the children of Ning Ban to overcome their psychological gap and devote themselves to studying again. It's a bit unreliable to think about it.

Lucy Ron, on the other hand, has an indomitable fighting spirit in Ning Wei's view, the kind that will not be depressed no matter how hard it is hit.Moreover, 90.00% of the Ning class are boys, and it is easier for beautiful teachers to gain trust when doing ideological work.

Especially when the children in Ningban have to face the worst situation——because their grade points are not up to standard and have to be diverted or even dismissed, it should still be helpful for Lucy Ron to do psychological counseling as a confidant big sister effect.

In fact, if Zhou Yanping didn't want to be the counselor of the first Ning class, Ning Wei originally planned to let Lucy be the counselor directly.

But now the two counselors are also very good. Ning's class has sufficient funds, not only from the school's allocation, but Ning also took money for personal use and poured it into it.In addition, Lucy Ron has already given him a teaching assistant for free, Ning Wei is really embarrassed to let this woman only do things and not make money.

Working as a counselor in Ningban can earn some living expenses in China, otherwise he felt that when Lucy Ron returned to China, talking about life in China would make capitalists shed tears...

In fact, Lucy Ron was not paid as a teaching assistant at the beginning, because she was afraid that this woman would not understand China's market, and she would ask for too much money, which would scare Director Tian.Who would have thought that this woman could be so stupid as not to help him with work for a penny, which also shows that this woman's family background is quite solid.

But thinking about it, Lucy Ron is indeed not short of money. After all, she was a woman who earned millions of dollars from Google singers when she was an undergraduate at Harvard. Even if only half of that money was brought to Huaxia A proper little rich woman, plus the fact that this woman is not inferior to those screen actresses in Europe and America in appearance and figure, it is enough to show that Senior Brother Zhou has an excellent vision.

The only problem is that often good eyesight does not mean good fate. Ning Wei thinks that senior brother Zhou has a shivering physique, and he would like a fierce woman like Lucy, but Lucy has never dismissed old Zhou's overtures. The embarrassment of the brain of people who study mathematics may be different from that of other people, especially for people like Lao Zhou who are not introverted but are not very good at expressing emotions.

This also brings some different scenery to the mathematics research and development center.

"Lucy, has anyone told you before that your beauty can nourish people's hearts like a spring of water."

Imagine, in the courtyard of the mathematics research and development center, when a big guy who studies mathematics in the north utters this restrained love story to a beautiful woman from the western regions, how touching it is.

"No, someone told me that a beautiful face will fade with age, and wisdom will last forever." Lucy replied calmly.

"People who say this must not have a pair of eyes to find beauty."

"Yes, I think so too. Not only does that person not have a pair of eyes to discover beauty, but he is also a person with no gentleman spirit and a very bad personality. When he needs someone, he will be very enthusiastic, and when he doesn't need someone, he will be very enthusiastic. Do you think this kind of person is a scumbag?"

"Of course! This kind of person is a scum wherever you put it! I suggest you block him directly and don't let him appear in front of me, otherwise I will definitely vent your anger on you, Lucy. By the way, are you free tonight? Shall I treat you to a meal?"

"Oh? Really? Zhou, in fact, he appears in front of you every day, so you will really help me out? For example, help me teach him a lesson? Maybe after you help me teach him a lesson, I will accept it happily your invitation."

How to describe the IQ of these Ph.D. students in the Mathematics R&D Center?In fact, it can be shown at this time. Even if he fell in love and his IQ had dropped significantly, Zhou Yanping still had a hard time talking to this level, and he didn't give Lucy Ron a chance to name that person. name.

Because when Lucy Ron told him that he could see each other every day, Zhou Yanping had quickly locked in his brain based on logical analysis who the "person with no gentleman spirit and extremely bad personality" in Lucy's mouth was. , and then I was very cowardly in my heart.

"Haha, Lucy, you may not know what the core values ​​we advocate in Huaxia are. Friendship and kindness are the main themes. By the way, I almost forgot that Director Tian asked me to go. I'll go first." Then decisively and quickly leave.

This is probably practicing Ning Wei's principle, as long as he walks fast enough, Embarrassment will not be able to catch up with him.The only pity is that the sentences he found on the Internet did not help him spark the spark of love.

But how should I put it, now that the two are in charge of the Ning class, the intersection of work means that there are still opportunities, and Zhou Yanping is not discouraged, maybe this woman will be moved by him at some point?Most of the time, the problem of mathematics is really not so easy to do. A moment of inspiration may be more important than years of hard work.If you bring it into your feelings, you can wait for that moment to be touched.

If Ning Wei knew Zhou Yanping's thoughts, he would definitely have a good chat with his senior brother.For example, you can tell him that there are many research directions in mathematics. If you understand it, you will understand it. If you don’t understand it at the beginning, you may have to stand still for the rest of your life.

These little things are the seasoning in daily life. For Ning Wei, after arranging the Ning class and his own admission principles for master and doctoral students, after all, he still has to deal with this kind of problem every day when he opens his eyes. Tired of a life of chores.

It's not that he doesn't have time for himself at all, but that no matter how many tasks are assigned, there are always things that require his decision to come to him.This also caused him to be unable to completely calm down and focus on study and research for a long time.

The efficiency of learning through fragmented time is naturally not equal to the efficiency of being able to concentrate on learning for a whole day.And learning physics often requires the use of laboratories to verify some results.

At this moment, good news finally came from Chen Mingcai's side. The first area of ​​the laboratory of the new research center has been accepted and can be operated normally.By the way, there is also a list of laboratories in the first district, as well as various laboratory equipment and instruments.

In addition to the existing three-dimensional silicon-through-tube chip laboratory, the first district has also built a cutting-edge material laboratory related to chips, a microstructure and intermediary laboratory, a nanostructure and low-dimensional physics laboratory, and The upgraded supercomputing center.

Of course, these laboratories are not just for Ning Wei, but Ning Wei's projects have priority.According to Chen Mingcai, for example, if Ningwei does not need the laboratory equipment within three months, he can report to Lu Gong in advance, so that the vacant laboratory can be temporarily occupied by other projects.

After all, we have to make the best use of everything, but Ning Wei feels that this kind of situation will probably not happen.

To put it bluntly, after the construction of this set of laboratories is completed, March will be connected.

Instruments and equipment only need regular maintenance. As long as there is no maintenance, there are always many projects that can be done.As long as the overall planning is good in March, let alone being vacant for three months, it is almost impossible for a week.

There are too many things that need to be verified at this stage, especially new materials and microstructures. During the period of waiting for the laboratory to be completed, March has made many mathematical structures based on countless papers, all of which are waiting to be verified.

This is also the reason why Ningwei has a high invitation for laboratory automation.