Chapter 436: Chapter 145: Project Approval_2
Thinking about having someone accompany him through the night, Qiao Yu’s mood improved significantly.
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The majority of official application materials have a common problem: the standardized language can easily intimidate someone encountering them for the first time.
There are many things they simply don’t know how to fill out.
But for Qiao Yu, this is clearly not an issue.
After all, Tian Yanzhen personally explained it to him. Maybe Tian Yanzhen hasn’t had many occasions to fill out such application materials himself over the years, but as a member of the fund’s review committee, he has had ample opportunities to review them.
In fact, Qiao Yu didn’t spend much time filling out these materials. Particularly because his resume is quite straightforward.
So far, his achievements mainly include publishing three papers and being invited to give a talk at the World Algebraic Geometry Conference.
But if you consider that two out of the three papers were published in the four major journals, and that he gave a sixty-minute opening talk, this seemingly simple resume is quite persuasive.
Especially since in Huaxia, unlike abroad, when applying for various titles or projects, the review committee often only recognizes the first author.
Coincidentally, for all of Qiao Yu’s published papers, he is the first author.
So even though his resume looks rather sparse, it fits on just one-third of a page.
Yet in terms of substance, it surpasses the professors who have written several or even dozens of pages.
After all, unlike in computer science, there are not many world-class conferences with enough influence in mathematics, and each conference has only one person invited to give the opening talk...
Huaxia’s current development phase happens to be that of a major mathematical country, but not yet a strong one.
Domestic pure mathematics research indeed lags relatively behind the world. Many have long criticized why Huaxia consistently performs well at the IMO but never wins world-class mathematics awards...
Like the Fields Medal.
Up to now, not a single local mathematician has received this honor.
Actually, the issue is straightforward. Currently, the policy guiding mathematics research leans towards practical applications...
The direction of encouragement and various academic titles favor projects that can quickly have practical application scenarios.
It’s not that there’s no long-term thinking, but Huaxia truly has immediate concerns.
No matter what the situation is now with that once formidable nation across the ocean, at least from the 1940s and 50s to now, they’ve enjoyed seventy to eighty years of peace of mind.
Especially since the 1990s, excelling in every area. At that time, Huaxia hadn’t even started its development.
Even now, it’s still catching up...
It’s well known that the Fields Medal tends to recognize researchers who make significant breakthroughs in theoretical mathematics.
Coincidentally, progress in theoretical mathematics is hard to monetize directly. It often takes decades or even centuries before people find suitable applications from foundational mathematical research...
A very clear example is Fourier analysis. Its wide application took a whole century.
In 1807, Fourier proposed the concept of decomposing functions into sine and cosine waves while studying the problem of heat conduction. In his paper "The Analytic Theory of Heat," he established the initial theories of the Fourier series and Fourier transform.
By the time it became clear that radio wave propagation and modulation required the Fourier series to describe frequencies and waveforms, it was already the early 20th century.
By the mid-20th century, the Fourier transform had become a core tool in communications engineering, acoustics, image processing, and other fields, continuing to be so even now.
This is a regrettable and helpless situation. Many mathematicians ultimately choose to go abroad, which relates to the current orientation.
It’s not that theoretical work isn’t valued; it’s just that there’s no immediate qualification to prioritize mathematical theory.
This has always been a concern for Tian Yanzhen.
Coincidentally, in this era where Huaxia is gradually growing stronger, sixteen-year-old Qiao Yu emerged quite abruptly.
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Early the next morning, Qiao Yu had already finished filling out all the required materials for the Youth Fund.
As he was opening his email to send them to Director Tian, he noticed that Senior Brother Chen had sent over a rewritten resume as well.
After downloading it, Qiao directly attached it without looking and forwarded both to Tian Yanzhen, mentioning in the email that he intended to add Senior Brother Chen to the project group too.
Since everyone wants to join the project group, it’s certainly right to help those who have helped you first.
After all, Qiao Yu felt that the collaborators’ abilities weren’t that important. Since he had confidence to solve the toughest parts, the rest just required some repeated verification, not needing someone highly skilled in mathematics.
This was based on Qiao Yu’s strong self-confidence and a simple belief.
Capable, top-level professors should work on their projects without needing to latch onto others’, avoiding resource waste.
After sending the email, Qiao Yu left the school directly and headed to Huaqing.
Although he was totally confident in Elder Yuan, he was still curious about Qiao Xi’s living conditions at Huaqing.
Sneaking into Huaqing quickly, Qiao Yu rented a shared bike and went straight to the West Building of Huaqing, following the address sent by Qiao Xi.