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The fact that the youngest doctoral supervisor in China became a hot topic without doing anything caused Ning Wei nothing but trouble.

For example, the peaceful research life was finally interrupted because the answer on Zhihu was correct. The competition for five places had already begun when most students were looking forward to it.

For Ning Wei, the number of phone calls suddenly increased.

For example, Kong Mingde personally called him.

"Ning Wei, you should have participated in the summer camp jointly organized by the School of Mathematics and the School of Computer Science at Yanda this year? Did you notice a good prospect who signed up for this year at Jiangsu University? Ji Mingzhi from Hongyi Academy is also your junior disciple. Yes, he must be a little impressed, right? He is doing pretty well and has been confirmed to be admitted to the School of Mathematics at Yanbei University for further studies. He is still a fan of yours, why don't you accept him as a student?"

Students who can be personally called and recommended by the former dean of the School of Mathematics are naturally very good.

Junior brother Ning Weiye did have an impression of this.

After all, he came from his alma mater, and his grades are indeed dazzling. In five of the six semesters at Hony College, I have been ranked first in the class. Of the 42 courses that have been completed, 26 of them have full grades, and the other 16 courses have also scored above 90 points. You must know this She is still a junior at Hongyi Academy. As Jiang Da’s special curriculum and exams are more difficult than other classes.

If you can get such grades as an undergraduate, there will definitely be no problem at all in being admitted to Yanbei University. When Ning Wei was a junior, he probably could only look up to this kind of genius. But even so, Ning Wei couldn't agree to the former dean's promise.

There is no other reason. The Artificial Intelligence Branch of the Mathematics Research Center has also been established. Ning Wei is now the deputy dean, and the specially appointed dean is Mr. Yao. Mr. Yao had already made an agreement with Tian Yanzhen before he came. For the five places, Yao Class and Zhi Class would each have one.

This requirement is actually not too much, because although Senior Brother Jiang’s grades are really strong, his personal research direction at the undergraduate level is a weakness. Although Ning Wei always teases the other students for not being serious, the students in Yao Class and Zhi Class are still very serious. During their undergraduate period, they published papers at some high-level conferences and journals, and more than one was published. Selecting one from each class can only count. Guaranteed.

Not only that, Tian Yanzhen also talked to Ning Wei, and his master's and doctoral students should still focus on the School of Mathematics of Yanbei University. The School of Mathematics at Yanbei University is one of the top universities in the country, and there is an undergraduate scientific research program in the training plan of Yanbei University. Specifically, the School of Mathematics will recommend a group of undergraduates who have the ability to study to be able to study at the undergraduate level. With the help of a mentor, embark on the path of research.

Of course, this training plan has performance requirements. At the end of every freshman year at Yanbei University, the grade level will conduct a comprehensive quality assessment. On the page where you fill out the assessment, everyone will see their ranking in the grade. Generally speaking, only those with top evaluation scores can enjoy this scientific research training program. There are exceptions, but they are not many.

Therefore, Yanbei University also has no shortage of outstanding undergraduates with excellent grades. What's even more frightening is that these undergraduates also have experience in doing scientific research, which also means that it is easier to get started at the graduate level and easier to follow Ning Wei's ideas.

More importantly, there are a total of five places, and two are given to the other side. So two places from Yanbei University must be guaranteed, right? After all, Ning Wei is also a professor at Yanbei University. It is said that the one who is near the water and the tower first gets the moon, and he cannot be outcompeted by the one on the opposite side.

Although only four places have been locked in this calculation, in fact, Yanbei and Huaqing have already informed outstanding students that Ningwei has five places for master's and doctoral students in advance before it is announced, so Ning Wei's mailbox had already received many students' basic information and undergraduate honors. These are all outstanding undergraduates from two major universities who originally wanted to study with Ning Wei, and felt that they still had the qualifications to compete.

But this is not over yet. Basically, those who can speak in front of Ning Wei are recommending students to Ning Wei.

For example, Lu Changbin recommended two outstanding undergraduate students from Huaxia University of Science and Technology to him. The same resumes were sent to Ning Wei's mailbox. Yan Ming also discussed with Ning Wei on the phone whether he could help Huawei train two full-time orientation students. Huawei is fully responsible for the tuition and living expenses during the full-time study period. Of course, such students will sign a contract. Ningwei recognizes that they will return to work at Huawei directly after graduation.

Not only that, professors from Jiang University who taught Ning Wei before also sent him many letters of recommendation and emails, as well as letters of recommendation from academicians from other top universities. Chen Mingcai even recommended Ning Wei to several well-known students in the country. Outstanding undergraduate students from the university.

In this way, the freshmen are still in military training. Ning Wei has to wait until at least March next year to officially confirm his master's and doctoral degree. The number of resumes he received has exceeded three digits...

Moreover, each student's resume is very good, so it is troublesome to choose whom to choose or not. If coupled with the sophistication of people, Ning Wei will feel crazy.

That's not all that worries Ningwei.

When Jiang Chenlu came back from military training, she told Ning Wei that she was only a freshman, and the counselor had already chatted with her, asking her which direction she wanted to study for graduate school in the future, and also introduced Jiang Chenlu to his supervisor.

This made the little girl suddenly feel a lot of pressure. My grades are not top-notch to begin with. Is it too early to consider taking the postgraduate entrance examination or pursuing a postgraduate degree in my freshman year? After complaining to Ning Wei, the pressure was transferred to Ning Wei...

So to be honest, the hot search on Zhihu was really late. When a group of people were discussing whether Ningwei’s master’s and doctoral students were good at taking the exam, Ningwei was already talking to people constantly for the resumes that were increasing every day. I came to say hello and my hair was almost turning gray with worry.

So, after Ning Wei got the news that Google's first investment of US$120 million had been received, he finally couldn't help but rushed into Tian Yanzhen's office.

To be honest, Ning Wei rarely took the initiative to go to Tian Yanzhen's office, and this time he was forced to do nothing.

Ning Wei can really ignore people who have nothing to do with him, but many of the people who came to him this time have helped him, and there is a sense of friendship. Ning Wei really can't do it. They all rejected this kind of thing.

Not to mention that these recommendations must be selfish, but to be honest, the students who dare to send their resumes to his mailbox must still have some skills. Even if they choose to study abroad, everyone will only consider the level of the top 20. This choice is indeed not easy to make.

So he hoped that Director Tian could teach him how to select students.

We can't just organize these people for exams like Ning Ban, let alone this stage. In fact, exams can't test who is more suitable for research.

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"Rare visitor, Ning Wei, why did you come to see me today?" Tian Yanzhen looked at Ning Wei happily and asked.

In fact, this question should be changed to "Ning Wei, have you finally thought of coming to me?", because Tian Yanzhen actually knows the problem that Ning Wei is facing better than anyone else. After all, many people came to him directly and wanted to use his relationship to do research with Ning Wei.

To put it bluntly, when everyone recognized that the first batch of people who followed Ning Wei to do scientific research would definitely have a bright future, those five enrollment quotas became fragrant. Those who are qualified to reach out naturally want a piece of the pie.

This is really not just about Ning Wei’s status as a billionaire. The key is that now the whole world knows the direction of Ning Wei’s research. He himself is the leader, and in the application direction, he is the talent that is most lacking in the future. For example, he is also Capital has picked up the hype of the Metaverse again, but it will eventually bow to strong artificial intelligence technology. Just the data processing, without Ning Wei's theoretical support, is an almost impossible task.

To put it simply, the world is optimistic about Ning Weiqiang’s artificial intelligence research direction, so whether it is Ning Wei’s class or the master’s and doctoral students under Ning Wei’s leadership, as long as they succeed in their studies, they are guaranteed to be ranked high in the world in the future. If a technology company is engaged in technology and decides to continue on the path of scientific research, then Ningwei will be able to provide even greater help.

"Don't mention it, Director Tian. Dean Kong called me again today and asked me when the recruitment of master's and doctoral students will be finalized. I have a headache, Director Tian, ​​what should I do about this matter? Do you have any ideas?" Ning asked to get straight to the point.

"Haha, isn't this happy? The more graduate students who want to take your exam, the greater your options will be. Isn't this good? The news needs to spread, and you let those first-year tutors who are afraid of not being able to find good students What do you think? There are really many tutors who cannot use up their quota every year. You should be happy!" Tian Yanzhen joked happily.

Ning Wei nodded and said: "Oh, I understand Director Tian, ​​let's do this. It's hard to change Huaqing's two quotas promised to Mr. Yao. I'll choose one from Yanbei. Mr. Jiang's face is good." Here, count one, and let Mr. Chen choose the remaining one, and the five places have been allocated. That's it, I'm going to do the work."

After saying that, Ning Wei stood up and turned around, intending to get out of the way. Then Tian Yan became really anxious: "Hey, hey, hey, Ning Wei, wait a minute, what is the arrangement? You only pick one from Yanbei?"

Ning Wei turned around, spread his hands and said, "There's nothing I can do, Director Tian, ​​you also said that I should be happy. I'm happiest if I can cut through the mess quickly like this."

"Sit back!" Tian Yanzhen couldn't help but pointed at the sofa and said.

"Oh!" Ning Wei simply sat back. The performance was almost done. Next, Director Tian should give some practical information.

"Think about it and add a few more places! Five is definitely not enough. You are right. You have to take care of the people recommended by Mr. Chen. Lao Yao is close. If you can't do what you promised, He can come twice a day and annoy you to death. If you don’t recruit more people here at Yanbei University, why do you have the nerve to stay in the research center every day? What will your colleagues think of you when you look back? Not to mention that you still want to take care of your alma mater. Lao Kong also told me that the person he recommended is willing to sign a good contract with Jiang University. If you can graduate here, they will still have to return to Jiang University to start classes. You really have to return this favor..."

Tian Yanzhen rubbed his brow and said.

Ning Wei said with a grimace: "Add more places? You can't add to dozens, right? I have to teach Ning's class, and I also have to take classes at the master's level. I still have my own research to do. If I teach more, I will be really busy. Don’t come.”

Tian Yanzhen glared at Ning Wei and said, "Who asked you to bring so many? Ten, isn't it too much? It would be much easier to add ten places, and all aspects can be coordinated. And you are in Ning's class I am also taking the course in my sophomore year, and there is still one year to prepare. There are only two classes per week. How can it be as difficult as you said? As for the courses for graduate students, I think it can be like this. You have two big classes per week. , in addition to your graduate students, interested students can also come to audit. In this way, other professors from our School of Mathematics can also help you divert some of your attention."

"And don't just think about the trouble caused by too many students. If you bring out these graduate students, you can select outstanding ones from them to work as teaching assistants in Ningban to help you answer some elementary questions for the children. This can also It will save you a lot of time.”

Ning Wei thought for a moment, then nodded.

Ten master's and doctoral students are still acceptable. An excellent resume represents excellent self-learning ability. If you work hard in the early stage and can get all ten people to join, you can indeed help them do a lot of things in the later stage.

However, the problem was still not solved. After nodding, Ning Wei frowned and said, "But even if there is a quota, I have received too many resumes, and at least half of them are recommended."

Tian Yanzhen smiled and said: "Then don't choose, let them compete. Including which ones are recommended, each person will submit a paper first to test their scientific research ability. Excellent students at the undergraduate level, at least As for Yanbei University, we all have at least a certain level of research ability. It depends on how far they can achieve based on the thesis. The topic of the thesis can be more biased and more difficult, which is difficult to understand. "

"On the one hand, this is your initiative to select and screen out good talents suitable for scientific research; on the other hand, it is also to let these children know that if they really want to choose you as their tutor, how difficult will it be to study in the future? If you don't have the ability, it's better not to make a decision. . You can determine who will be given the quota based on the speed and quality of the students’ responses to you. This way, it will be easy to refuse those who are recommended by some people. If there are some students who are not easy to refuse, you can also give some opportunities appropriately. "

"In short, when it comes to tutoring students, you still have to keep the choice in your own hands. I'm just going to help you get started. There are many similar methods. You just started your job and are not familiar with it. Especially You have no shortage of students who want to apply, so it’s okay to be willful.”

Ning Wei was really enlightened by these words. He patted his forehead and said, "Yes, and I can also form a special group for Yue Yue to communicate with them in the group. I can often post some questions in the group and follow them. The content and ideas discussed, and then I can let Yue Yue communicate with them on my behalf, examine the breadth of their knowledge, and then select the best for admission. Thank you, Director Tian!"

Tian Yanzhen was a little confused. He had never thought of taking Ning Wei in this direction, and asked in a low voice: "You want March to help you with the review?"

"Don't worry, Director Tian. March is very powerful. Its talents are not only in some daily tasks, but also a good assistant in scientific research, including selecting talents. That's it. I'm leaving first."

After saying that, Ning Wei stood up and really left this time without any hesitation, leaving Tian Yanzhen sitting there in shock for a long time...

Well, it is necessary to take a special lesson with the children from the School of Mathematics, but the topic of how to leave a good impression on artificial intelligence seems too advanced, and I can’t find a suitable person to teach it now? !

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No matter what Ning Wei is currently researching, his main direction of looking for master's and doctoral students is in the field of artificial intelligence number theory.

This is the area where Ning has the most papers. For example, his doctoral thesis selected a small part of his own research results and then passed it. Now it is estimated that it has been thoroughly studied by his future students, because in After the paper was uploaded, Ning Wei chose to make his doctoral thesis public. It is just a proof of a theorem and does not involve too many things that need to be kept secret. Ning Wei also hopes that his paper can be helpful to future generations who want to enter this field. Of course, Ning Wei is not afraid that someone will learn from his paper. Find something wrong with the paper.

So it is not difficult to find a few papers to evaluate your future students. Cutting out some propositional argumentation processes directly from completed thesis manuscripts is enough to test the breadth of these students' thinking in the direction of mathematical artificial intelligence. In addition, Ning Wei hopes to see who is more curious about knowledge from the feedback. This is where Ning Wei and Tian Yanzhen have different ideas.

After talking to Tian Yanzhen, Ning Wei felt that it was not important whether he had scientific research experience during his undergraduate studies. What was important was that he could maintain a strong thirst for knowledge after graduating from the undergraduate program with excellent grades, so he wanted to study for his master's degree. life, rather than simply striving for a more perfect future.

It’s not that the latter type of person is more selfish, but when people have similar talents, whether their thirst for knowledge is strong or not is directly related to their level of effort and the upper limit of their future achievements. This is determined by human nature. With a strong thirst for knowledge, doing research is a happy thing. If you can think and do scientific research to make yourself feel happy, getting results will become a matter of course.

Soon, Ning Wei finished organizing the papers, and then summoned March. Naturally, he had to leave things like replying to students' emails to March, as well as the task of checking whether the students' curiosity for knowledge was strong. March.

State the needs, and then March will build a mathematical model within its capabilities. The students' answers and speeches may trigger the model to give a scoring standard. The final interview determines the final quota, which is perfect.

"March, are your tasks clear? After replying to their emails, leave a WeChat message. Then you add these people's WeChat messages and tell them that they can send you messages to discuss if they don't understand. If you encounter a proposition that you don't understand well, you can come to me. This matter is very important, especially to you. Whether your ability will be stronger in the future may depend on their research results..."

"Meow……"