The Passion of an Academic Rising Star

Han Shixiu hurriedly grabbed his thesis and ran over.

Zhou Moqun said: "I met Professor Yu when I was a visiting scholar in the United States. We are all in the same college, and we have always had a good relationship."

"Yu... Hello Professor Yu..." Han Shixiu stammered, "I... I am Han Shixiu from T University..."

"Well," Professor Yu said, "I saw it just now."

"Yes..." Han Shixiu said, "I asked Professor Yu just now to ask you to read my thesis...I have marked the key points with a red pen..."

"Oh, give it to me first."

"what?"

"give it to me."

"Oh... oh!" Han Shixiu hurriedly handed over the paper upon hearing this.

Professor Yu lowered his head and flipped through the paper: "Hmm... good point."

"……Hey?"

"It's a good idea." Professor Yu suddenly asked, "Do you have a resume?"

"……what?"

"Your research is very suitable for one of my projects. If you want to go to the United States for a year as an exchange, you can come to me and let's talk about it in detail to see if your background and ability are suitable for the laboratory."

"Really?" Han Shixiu said nervously and excitedly: "I will send you my resume when I get back later!"

"Okay." Professor Yu handed over a business card: "Call me later."

"Okay... okay." Han Shixiu looked at Professor Yu, his eyes became bright.

——After bidding farewell to Professor Yu, Zhou Moqun said to Han Shixiu: "This Friday, two winners of the X Award will come to P University to give speeches. You should come too."

"Huh?" Han Shixiu said, "Winner of X Award?"

That is a very famous and prestigious award all over the world——

"Yeah." Zhou Moqun looked down at Han Shixiu: "Come and listen. If someone checks the ID at the door, call me and I will take you in."

"Thank you..." Han Shixiu said seriously, "Thank you...Zhou Moqun."

"—and," Zhou Moqun opened his mouth again, it seems that this is the key point: "Just now—about the second author, what I said is true."

"……Um?"

"Do you remember the study we discussed earlier?"

"Yes," Han Shixiu nodded and said, "I remember."

How can you not remember?

It was because of this research that I met Zhou Moqun——

At that time, Zhou Moqun wrote a few words casually on Weibo, and he strongly disagreed, and then Zhou Moqun asked himself to come out for a duel, and then...then continued duel...that's it, two people have Intersection——

"That research—" Zhou Moqun said, "has reached a bottleneck."

"Hey?"

"Come to my office after the X Prize winner's speech on Friday." Zhou Moqun said, "Let me show you, some places are quite different from what I expected, and I don't have much clue about how to adjust."

"That's it..." Han Shixiu remembered that when he asked Professor Zou for advice, Professor Zou said that something might happen during the research process, and looking at it now, it really is.

"How is it?" Zhou Moqun asked again: "Let's discuss it on Friday?"

"Okay..." Han Shixiu was eager to see what kind of problem had arisen, and simply wanted to try to solve the situation that even Zhou Moqun found difficult, not knowing that he had agreed without realizing it. Zhou Moqun's request for "two people to do research and publish papers together".

Han Shixiu didn't think about the question of "first author" or "second author".

He knew that he would never really be that "first author", because the idea of ​​this paper belonged to Zhou Moqun, and Zhou Moqun's name should be before his own.

……

——Thanks to Zhou Moqun's news, Han Shixiu has been studying for so many years, and met the winner of the X Prize for the first time.

The first scholar is very serious and earnest, and even seems a little dull. When he clicks the mouse, he is cautious and cautious. He speaks slowly and not fluently. He may not be a genius, but everyone adores him. There is constant applause in the lecture theater, and some girls are screaming.

The second scholar is just the opposite. He talks non-stop, has opinions on various things, and is quite radical. It is said that he does not have many friends in life and has a very bad relationship with colleagues, but everyone also admires him. Pulled out his book and waved it left and right.

After listening to the lecture with great excitement, Han Shixiu followed Zhou Moqun to the office.

"Zhou Moqun..." After sitting down for a while, Han Shixiu said, "I sent my resume to Professor Yu for a review... He seems to be very interested in me... He told me to formally apply for the exchange program and got the admission After the letter, go through the process on T University's side."

"That's good." Zhou Moqun smiled: "Congratulations."

"You, you also think I should go to America, don't you?"

"Of course." Zhou Moqun said with a gentle expression, "This is a good opportunity. If you want to take the academic path, you'd better have some overseas background."

After saying this, Zhou Moqun lowered his head again, held a stack of documents with his slender fingers, and sorted them out a bit: "...It's only a year."

"Ok?"

"This experience will definitely benefit you in the future." Zhou Moqun raised his head again: "It's just a year away, it's nothing."

"I... I don't think there is anything... I also know that a year is very short, and it passes in the blink of an eye."

"I hope so." Zhou Moqun looked at Han Shixiu, his eyes were full of complicated things.

Master Han felt that this sentence seemed inexplicable, so he found a male student poking his head at the door.

"Ms. Zhou..." The male student seemed hesitant: "I...I really want to get that doctorate..."

"Tang Yi, the college has decided not to grant you a doctorate degree." Zhou Moqun said in a gentle voice, "You are a direct Ph. It's not hard to find either. For a master's degree, you have already completed enough credits and can graduate soon."

"Ms. Zhou..." The student continued to beg, "I want to get a Ph.D...."

Zhou Moqun's tone was still calm: "You should know what kind of mistake you made."

"Then," the student lowered his head, "about the master's degree... I will trouble Mr. Zhou..."

"I will work hard."

……

After the students left, Han Shixiu thought about it, but still couldn't hold back, and asked, "That person just now...has his data falsified?"

In computer science, there are actually a lot of man-made fake data.Because the original code has tens of thousands of lines, it is not included in the paper, and reviewers generally do not ask to see the original code, but only the final data, and everything is based on trust.There are not many cases of being discovered, but once found out, it is a very serious situation. Even if he has graduated, he will call the student back and take off his doctoral cap.

However, in fact, it is also very difficult to fake, because this thing is looped one after another, and it has to be edited indefinitely. It is very difficult to make no loopholes in every step, and those who know how to make up are exhausted——

"I don't know." Zhou Moqun replied: "My statement was not intentional. There was a mistake in understanding the algorithm, and the code was not written correctly, which led to a deviation in the value, but the college still decided not to grant a doctorate."

"Is that so?" Han Shixiu said, "He...is he in the last year of his Ph.D.? Maybe...maybe it's because the dissertation is not progressing well, and I feel that I can't graduate, so I have to take risks..."

Zhou Moqun was silent for a while, and then put away the stack of materials that he had been holding just now: "Whether he did it on purpose or not, I don't know. But I don't want to assume that any of my students deliberately falsified."

Han Shixiu opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhou Moqun.

"So for now, I believe what he said, and I don't think he's lying until there's solid evidence."

"Zhou Moqun..."

"What's wrong?" Zhou Moqun turned on his computer: "You came to see that research, right? Stop talking about that student."

"Zhou Moqun..." Han Shixiu still decided to say what was in his heart: "Well... I think... after I met you... I learned a lot from you... not just academically... and other things. In terms of your..."

"Ok?"

"In the past, I thought that everyone liked you, so you must be a very annoying person..."

Zhou Moqun smiled: "What kind of logic is this?"

"..."

"However," Zhou Moqun said again, "I'm very happy to be able to help you."