From university lecturer to chief academician.

Chapter 64 "Introduction to Data Mining"

Some companies are willing to sponsor their own research without any strings attached, that is, direct horizontal funding sponsorship, and the money can be transferred by just checking the school account.

This is tantamount to sending money.

Wang Hao couldn't think of a reason for the refusal at all, so he could only say thank you for agreeing. He chatted with Zhang Zhiwei for a while to see if it was almost time, and then went back to the hotel to pack his things and prepare to go back.

the other side.

Zhang Zhiwei was carefully reading the printed "Application of Multiplication of Large Numbers Algorithm". There was a detailed video record of the lecture, and someone summed up all the content and printed it out for the reference of the technicians.

Looking at the content of each article, recalling the feeling of listening to the lecture, he couldn't help but sigh, "This teacher Wang Hao is really young, and the lectures are really good. I haven't done a front-line job for several years, and I can still listen to this lecture." clear."

Last night, Zhang Zhiwei listened to the three-hour lecture from beginning to end. The reason why he was very interested was because he could understand it. Dating back ten years ago, he was still a top programmer and algorithm expert, but now he rarely Participating in the front-line work, I have forgotten a lot of things, but I can still understand the new algorithm research, which is a very novel thing.

Zhu Zhen walked over and said with a smile, "Teacher Wang Hao's speech is indeed very good. I asked about it, and most of the staff said they understood it, and they also know how to apply it."

Zhang Zhiwei nodded and said, "This time Wang Hao was invited to give a lecture, and the effect can be said to have exceeded expectations."

As he spoke, he changed the subject, "Zhu Zhen, what do you think of his research? It's the number of God."

Zhu Zhen sat down next to him, hesitated, and said, "I don't know if I'm right, but I don't think it's possible. If that kind of research could be done, someone would have done it a long time ago. In this regard, I was in school. I knew it when I was young, the calculation is too complicated, many top mathematicians and algorithm experts have studied it, but there is no result.”

"It's the same as I thought." Zhang Zhiwei listened and nodded.

Zhu Zhen asked with some confusion, "Then why?" What he asked was that Zhang Zhiwei wanted to provide horizontal sponsorship for Wang Hao's research.

"Zhu Zhen, you don't understand this."

Zhang Zhiwei crossed his arms, half lying on the sofa, and said with a smile, "Are we going to invest in research and development projects? Of course not, the underlying algorithm research and development, even if there are results, there is no patent. Can we still restrict the use? For an algorithm For me, it is impossible to do it, and sooner or later it will spread.”

Zhu Zhen nodded in thought, his expression even more puzzled.

"We invest in people, Wang Hao." Zhang Zhiwei said, "If I remember correctly, he is only 25 years old? At this age, he can develop two influential algorithms by himself. What about in the future? Five years? Ten years? It’s nothing to sponsor a small project. For a company like ours, the most basic and most important thing is technology.”

"Besides, like this lecture, when he comes, he can talk seriously, and he can talk perfunctorily. Anyway, he gets the same money, but the effect of these two attitudes is too different. If he talks less We certainly didn't know the content at the time, and it would take time and energy to research after discovering it later."

"Actually, it's the same as teachers and students. Why do many parents give teachers red envelopes, and they repeatedly prohibit them? They just hope that teachers can pay attention to their students and be more serious, right?"

After hearing this, Zhu Zhen suddenly realized, and couldn't help giving Zhang Zhiqiang a thumbs up, "Mr. Zhang, you still think too much."

Zhang Zhiwei smiled smugly, and continued, "You still have little experience and little experience. The research on the number of God is meaningless at all, and there is no result."

"What's the use of fighting for 'ownership' of a research that is impossible to produce results? It may also cause conflicts and disputes. We can directly achieve our goal by being optimistic about the research and making unconditional sponsorship."

Zhu Zhenman nodded in approval.

……

Wang Hao didn't know that his research was not favored. Even if he knew, he didn't care at all, because it had no effect at all. The important thing was that the other party was willing to spend money to sponsor the project unconditionally.

A number, 100 million!
Even if you apply for the national-level 'Outstanding Youth' project, the funding is more than 100 million, and the funding is not for yourself. If you have any expenses, you have to apply to get the money.

The problem is, research is cheap!

No matter how much funds are allocated for vertical projects, they don't go directly into their own pockets. What's the point of applying for them?

The current 100 million is an 'unconditional' sponsorship for research by the company. It just goes through the process of 'horizontal funding' and transfers the money to the school's account before it enters its own account.

"A million dollars is enough!"

"Also, don't need ownership, just direct sponsorship... Zhang Zhiwei, good man!"

When I first heard Zhang Zhiwei talk about sponsoring funds, I thought it would be "cooperative research and development", that is, the other party provides financial support, or allows researchers to participate in their own research and development projects.

However, basic algorithm research is not patented, and it is impossible to prohibit others from using it.

"Cooperative research and development" may be a name, for example, several researchers in a company have participated in a "certain scientific research project", and have achieved some major results, or for example, a paper must be signed after it is published.

and many more.

Later, when he heard that he didn't want anything, he also thought about it carefully, and felt that the other party might want to make friends with him, and there was only one reason.

100 million sounds like a lot, but for Penguin, a drop in the bucket is not enough to describe.

Zhang Zhiwei's assets are all calculated in units of '[-] million'.

"It doesn't matter, it's not bad for me anyway." Wang Hao shook his head vigorously, and immediately focused on the research task. The trip to the deep city can be said to be very fruitful.

【Task [-]】

[Inspiration value: 86 points. 】

Before going to Shencheng, the inspiration value was only '35' points, and it rose to '51' points all of a sudden, which is definitely a super harvest. A lot of new knowledge and ideas in my mind are enough to explain the problem.

If it is said that there was only a research direction before, now I feel that the thinking is much smoother. Knowing how to conduct research can solve the problem of "God's number".

Of course, the inspiration value has not reached 86 points, and some problems will definitely be encountered during the research process, and some problems may even cause the research to stagnate, but in the end, I know the direction, and even know the method, and the inspiration value has '100' After clicking, it is not far from the '[-]' point.

Research, soon to be completed!
……

After returning to Xihai University, Wang Hao started a repetitive and fulfilling life.

Exercising, reading, doing research...

Although I spend a few hours reading books every day, the growth rate of the task inspiration value is extremely slow, and it is very good to increase a little in three days.

Wang Hao is not too anxious, because the inspiration value is just a data, and the knowledge in his mind will continue to increase during the learning process. During the period, he also studied the complex data of the Navitas laboratory, and specially downloaded a data set for big data analysis. software.

Then, completely clueless!
He really had no clue at all. Facing a lot of complex data, he didn’t know where to start, but it’s normal to think about it carefully. He can only be called an “algorithm expert”, and data mining is another field. , it is not easy to find patterns in a large amount of data.

However, Wang Hao still wanted to do well. He had already promised Xia Guobin that he would help, so he couldn't give up without even thinking about it.

The second is to hope to do well.

This analysis and research work is very meaningful, and it is very classic. A scholar in the field of mathematics wants to do cross-field research on applied technology. Instead of serving as a "computing tool" in the research team, data analysis is a very critical job. .

Faced with a large amount of complicated experimental data, do research, find patterns, and lead the team in the right direction. High-level experts in applied mathematics and data mining are the core figures of R&D teams in various fields.

"However, what should I do?" Wang Hao felt a little headache facing a lot of data.

He clicked on the webpage and saw the school intranet, and suddenly realized that the elective courses had not been reported yet.

Yup!

Setting up a corresponding elective course and improving yourself in the process of constantly lecturing students is definitely much more efficient than reading books by yourself.

"Just do it!"

Wang Hao re-logged into his account and declared to open a professional elective course in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science - "Introduction to Data Mining".

The selected textbook is a professional book on data mining, which is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates.

(End of this chapter)