The Military-Industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master

Chapter 841 Ask Me to Be the Editor-in-Chief?

It has to be said that Clay knows how to publicize.

His statement, coupled with the recent back-and-forth campaign and the million-dollar stunt, directly elevated the award he established for the Seven Millennium Problems to a household name.

Now, no matter what, the mathematical community must pay attention to it.

After all, there is no Nobel Prize in mathematics.

Although almost half of the Nobel Prizes in Economics are awarded to scholars in the field of mathematics, people once thought that the Economics Prize was compensation for mathematicians.

Although it includes but is not limited to the Wolf Prize and the Fields Medal, it claims to be the "Nobel Prize in Mathematics."

However, after all, the Nobel Prize does not include a mathematics prize.

Maybe mathematicians can care less about this.

But not in mathematics——

In fact, most mathematicians just pay lip service to it.

Correspondingly, the reputation of the Clay Institute has been raised to the level of the world's top academic institutions.

Of course, it's just fame.

In terms of strength, it's obviously not that interesting at the moment.

But when it comes to research, to put it bluntly, it’s just people plus money.

Theoretical mathematics may not have immediate results compared to other fields.

But at least it's positively related.

With enough fame and an investor willing to spend money, the take-off of the Clay Institute is basically a certainty.

It’s just a matter of how high it can fly.

"Professor Chang, I would like to congratulate you in advance for being the first scholar to receive this reward."

During the few minutes of watching TV, Chang Haonan did not hang up the phone.

Therefore, after Clay answered this question, Tang Lintian immediately congratulated him.

"Hey...things outside the body, things outside the body"

Chang Haonan put the phone to his ear again:

"Besides, you know my situation, so you probably won't accept the award..."

Having said this, he muttered in his heart:

"Perelman probably wouldn't..."

But Tang Lintian gave a different answer:

"Hey, Professor Chang, according to my guess, unless you explicitly refuse to accept the award, this Langton Clay will probably send you the award even if he hears that you are not going to accept the award."

"..."

Chang Haonan thought it was a bit outrageous at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it really made sense.

From the perspective of making big news, a normal award ceremony is obviously too bland.

Even a year later, people who eat melons may not still remember such a thing.

But the plot of "the mathematician is indifferent to fame and fortune and refuses to attend the award ceremony, but the sponsor keeps his promise and presents the award in person", no matter what the final result is, the story is definitely full of charm.

If this were left to the BBC, they would probably make a documentary series...

After chatting about other things for a while, Tang Lintian ended the call on his own initiative.

In his words:

"Today your time belongs to many people, I cannot monopolize it..."

Sure enough, it was just as Tang Lintian expected.

Chang Haonan just put down his cell phone.

He didn't even have time to pour himself a glass of water.

The second call came in.

"Congratulations, Professor Chang!"

The voice on the phone was so distorted that Chang Haonan didn't recognize who it was for a while.

Fortunately, the other party did not just say this sentence:

"When I was defending my thesis last year, I was still a little strange. Why did Principal Tang insist on finding me as a mathematician in the past? Now it seems that Old Tang is still far-sighted..."

"You are now a blockbuster. It is no exaggeration to say that you have pushed the entire Chinese mathematics community forward by 20 years."

I heard it now.

It's Yuan Xiangya.

The Chinese mathematics community had a brief period of glory, but after Chen Jiangong and Su Buqing’s Zhejiang University School, and Hua Luogeng’s Chinese Analytical Number Theory School, it has indeed not made any decent noise for decades.

Until a week ago.

In the past seven days, China's name has appeared more often in relevant discussions in the international mathematics community than in the previous 20 years combined.

"Dean Yuan, this... is really an award..."

Chang Haonan is not modest.

The result of proving the Poincaré conjecture is of course very important, but for now it is still an isolated case.

In terms of influence, unless he really cultivates a group of students in the future, it is still impossible to compete with those prestigious schools based on individual achievements alone.

Naturally, Yuan Xiangya made this call not just to congratulate Chang Haonan, so after a round of greetings, he quickly got to the point:

"Professor Chang, it's like this. Our academician Yang Jue from the Institute of Mathematics and Systems Science has always had the idea to establish a Chinese mathematics journal with a certain influence. However, he has been unable to find enough journals before. An influential scholar serves as the editor-in-chief, so he commissioned me to ask you if you are interested in this matter?"

Although Yuan Xiangya is not yet an academician, he is already the vice president of the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science——

This is actually normal.

As mentioned earlier, academicians have a fixed quota and are promoted on a first-come-first-served basis. They can only be removed if they die or have major problems.

Not only China, but also the academies of science in all countries basically follow this logic.

It is impossible to squeeze people out just because your contribution is greater than others.

Then everyone is in danger.

In this way, if all the academicians of a certain department are in good health and there is no loss of staff for many years...

they can only wait in line.

...

Faced with Yuan Xiangya's question, Chang Haonan did not give an immediate answer.

In fact, Chang Haonan has been thinking about establishing China's own top academic journals and even establishing China's academic system for several years.

But his idea still starts from engineering, or narrow natural sciences (physical science + life science).

Compared with theoretical mathematics, these two directions are also the parts that Chang Haonan is more interested in and better at.

"Dean Yuan."

After about a few minutes, Chang Haonan spoke again:

"Do you think that in the field of theoretical mathematics, even if I am the editor-in-chief, even if we can publish bimonthly or even quarterly at the beginning, can we really get enough high-level mathematical papers?"

Without waiting for Yuan Xiangya to answer, he continued:

"Maybe in the short term, one or two issues are okay, but it is difficult to continue... In this way, if the quality of the subsequent articles drops significantly, it will probably only have a counterproductive effect, right?"

"Well..."

Yuan Xiangya remained silent.

Obviously, Chang Haonan's concerns are correct.

However, it would be a pity if such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is not seized.

After a few years or more, even if Chang Haonan is still the editor-in-chief, the appeal generated will be completely different.

It is impossible that another genius will appear at that time and just solve another millennium problem, right?

"Professor Yuan."

Just when Yuan Xiangya was in a dilemma, Chang Haonan suddenly changed the subject:

"In fact, I also think that this opportunity is very good now."

"Hmm?"

When the former heard this, although he was a little confused, he could also hear that there seemed to be hope.

"We don't have to limit our vision to theoretical mathematics."

Chang Haonan directly took the initiative:

"Why not refer to Nature or Science and face multiple scientific fields?"

Yuan Xiangya was shocked:

"Wouldn't it be more difficult?"

"If you mean to replace Nature or Science, it is indeed more difficult, but after all, we have just started, and our goal should be conservative."

Chang Haonan explained:

"The first step should be to keep our journal in the middle or upper middle position of SCI. In addition to the impact factor, it should not be a water journal at least."

"The second step is to consider joining the ranks of top international journals..."

"The third step,..."

"..."

"Finally, if all the above are done, then we can consider challenging the entire SCI evaluation standard and establishing our own academic system."

After a lot of empty talk, Yuan Xiangya couldn't listen.

"This... is a bit..."

Although Chang Haonan said "be conservative", it is obvious that only the first step can be barely conservative.

The content behind is wild.

Like "challenging SCI evaluation standards".

He had never even thought about planning.

But he hadn't thought about it in the past, that was in the past.

Now that Chang Haonan mentioned it...

Hiss...

This cake smells so good!

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