Chapter 397: Conference and Awards!

At the same time, Jinling University, Institute of Computational Materials.

During the period from nine o'clock to ten o'clock, it is often the quietest time in the institute.

Sitting at his desk, Liu Bo searched the top five journals with the impact factors of his subject and the keywords of his research direction as usual, to confirm whether the topic he was researching had a tragic crash, and then logged on to Arxiv to search for several interesting papers and idea, throw the downloaded articles into a folder and mark them for later reading.

He did these tasks very slowly, and did not finish until almost ten o'clock.

Stretching, Liu Bo stood up from the chair, walked to Qian Zhongming's seat, and glanced at his screen curiously.

"Hey, why are you sitting here watching the news broadcast so early in the morning?"

"National Science and Technology Awards Conference." With a sideways glance at Liu Bo, Qian Zhongming double-clicked the screen with the mouse and switched to full screen. "CCTV's live broadcast is not a news broadcast."

Suddenly remembered something, Liu Bo immediately asked.

"Reward meeting? By the way, is Lu Zhou also there?"

"Nonsense, did you know? He returned to China a few days before New Year's Day, and has been in Beijing for almost two weeks."

While speaking, the national anthem was played live on the screen.

As the bosses took their seats one after another, the camera gradually zoomed out, giving all the participants a close-up view from the rear.

Seeing the crowd of talented people, Liu Bo couldn't help asking while feeling envious.

"What kind of award do you think God Lu can win?"

Staring at the computer screen, Qian Zhongming did not answer the question.

Because of this uncertainty, he didn't know how to answer it.

However, when the two of them were chatting about this issue, in the principal's office of the administrative building not far from the Computing Materials Institute, someone gave his own opinion on this difficult question...

"...the first prize is difficult, but the second prize should still be available."

Sitting on the sofa, watching the screen on the TV, Academician Lu with his legs crossed was smoking a cigarette while commenting with a smile.

Academician Xu asked with a smile: "Don't talk about other contributions, just talk about Goldbach's conjecture, isn't it worthy of a first prize?"

"It's not a question of whether you deserve it, but a question of whether it's suitable."

Lighting up the ash on the cigarette butt, Academician Lu narrowed his eyes with a smile, and commented leisurely, "The Natural Science Award pays more attention to the field of theory than mathematics. Moreover, the awarding unit is not an academic institution after all. Other factors should be considered comprehensively than academic achievement.”

"If his achievements are made in domestic research institutions, the probability of winning the award will be higher. If he has another ten or twenty years of work experience in domestic research institutions, the first prize in natural sciences will be stable. "

Lu Zhou is the master he taught, and he is also the most satisfying student he has ever taught.

One's own talent is one aspect, but the most important thing is diligence and a spirit of exploration.

After so many years, the CERN report is still fresh in his memory.

Academician Lu asked himself, if he was in his position, as an intern, he might not have the courage to stand on the podium and express his different opinions in front of half of the experts in the field of theoretical physics.

In his opinion, whether he has the first prize or not is actually not that important to that kid.

Because compared to his unlimited achievements in the future, the brilliance of these medals is just a little bit of glory.

Academician Xu sighed with emotion: "It's a pity."

Academician Lu laughed and said: "What a pity, this kid still has a long way to go, you and I are buried in the ground, I'm afraid he hasn't reached forty yet. Even if he doesn't get it this year, he will definitely get it before he turns thirty .”

Academician Xu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and cursed: "You old bastard! It's okay to curse yourself if you can't live for twenty years. What's the meaning of cursing me together?"

Realizing that what he said seemed wrong, Academician Lu coughed dryly, and waved his fingers holding the cigarette butt, "This is just a metaphor, we can live another forty years... well, let's not Nonsense, it’s time to start.”

The hour hand points to ten o'clock.

After the national anthem was played, the venue was silent, and the annual Science and Technology Award Conference finally officially started.

The scholars in the audience are all top scientists from various research fields in the Republic, and their research scope covers all aspects from natural science to engineering technology. At this moment, everyone present is quietly waiting for the speech of the speaker on the stage.

After some impassioned speeches, they soon entered the main topic of the conference—that is, the awards ceremony that everyone was looking forward to.

By convention, the list of winners will be announced before the award ceremony begins.

The first to be announced is the 2017 National Highest Science and Technology Award.

The winners are academician Wang of Jinling University of Technology and academician of Huaguo Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

As the leader in the field of fire and explosives in Huaguo, the former has made great contributions to the construction of the country's military industry. The latter is the main founder of Huaguo molecular virology, modern medical biotechnology, and modern infectious disease prevention and control technology system.

After the names of the two winners were announced, the scholars present gave warm applause to the two winners.

After the announcement of the list of the highest science and technology awards, followed by the much-watched National Natural Science Award.

Compared with the National Highest Science and Technology Award as a "Lifetime Achievement Award", the latter is more similar to the "Achievement Award", which aims to reward those who engage in basic research and applied basic research, clarify natural phenomena, characteristics and laws, and make achievements. Citizens of China who made major scientific contributions.

Especially the first prize of natural science, which can be awarded this honor, is the most outstanding research achievement of the Republic.

The last project that won this honor was the "Neutrino Oscillation Experiment in Daya Bay Reactor" led by the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. This discovery caused a sensation in the international theoretical physics community at the time.

Just from the name of this award-winning project, it is not difficult to feel the weight of this honor!

After entering this session, the venue was extremely quiet, and everyone was quietly waiting for the speaker to announce the list of winners.

"Agricultural production is a non-negligible part of the national economy. Only by filling our stomachs can we build a bright future." Research on 'Molecular Mechanisms and Variety Design of Rice High-yield and Quality Traits Formation' led by the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences , achieving a breakthrough in the bottleneck of rice production..."

"The first winner is Academician Li Jiayang!"

The moment the name was announced, there was warm applause in the venue.

Sitting under the stage, Wang Haifeng clapped his hands vigorously.

To him, it doesn't matter who wins the prize, as long as it's not that kid!

Soon, the name of the second winner was also announced. The main winner is Academician Tang Benzhong, and the winning project is "aggregation-induced luminescence technology".

When he heard the second name, the corner of Professor Wang's mouth opened into a smile, the clapping hands gradually slowed down, and the stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground.

Generally speaking, more than 40 second prizes of the National Natural Science Awards will be awarded, but the first prizes are awarded cautiously.

For example, from 2010 to 2012, there were three consecutive byes without awards.

The first prize was awarded twice in a row in the same session, which is even rarer since the reform and opening up. The last time such an award was given, it must be traced back to 2006.

As for the three first prizes awarded in the same session...

I'm afraid it all goes back to the 80s.

After the applause ended, Wang Haifeng picked up the thermos cup on the table and took a sip of the hot water contentedly.

If the seats weren't too far apart, he really wanted to appreciate the expression on that guy's face.

However……

Just when everyone thought that the first prize in natural science had been settled, the voice in front of the auditorium sounded again.

"Goldbach's conjecture is a jewel in the building of number theory. The Huaguo Analytical Number Theory School has left a splendid chapter on this proposition..."

The moment he heard the voice, Wang Haifeng was stunned.

The little joy in my heart was completely shattered by that voice in an instant.

As if he had been hit by a petrification spell, he sat there in a daze, opening and closing his dry lips and muttering to himself.

"……how is this possible."

This year, three first prizes were awarded!

This is impossible!

It wasn't just Wang Haifeng who was stunned.

Those who sighed because Lu Zhou missed the first prize of natural science this year, those who gloated, and even those who were expressionless and indifferent...

Everyone, without exception, was stunned for two seconds.

The word surprise was written on the faces of everyone in the venue.

However, the voices coming from the front of the auditorium did not stop because of the emotional fluctuations of one or two people.

"...The Goldbach-Lu theorem is a monument to the human mind and a gift from the people of Huaguo to the people of the world."

After the lengthy speech, the speaker paused for a second.

Immediately afterwards, he continued to announce in a solemn voice.

"The third recipient is—"

"Lu Zhou!"

It's a bit salty at the end of the month, and it will continue to explode next month!