Feeling Ashamed
After welcoming the new students, Shen Qi, Ou Ye, and Sun Erxiong held a project progress meeting together.
The meeting heard Shen Qi's progress report, stating that the basic calculations section of the first module was 50% complete.
The immediate challenge is to quickly overcome the computation of bounded connected open regions based on Lipschitz boundaries.
This part of the work will be continued by Ou Ye.
The overall progress of sections two, three, and four is 10%. This part of the work will be completed by Shen Qi, and combined with Ou Ye's basic calculations, a final draft will be produced.
The first draft of the collaborative manuscript is expected to be submitted by the end of the year.
The overall progress of the project was within Sun Erxiong's expectations, with only a slight delay.
Sun Erxiong could accept it, after all, Shen Qi and Ou Ye were participating in project-based research for the first time, and they had already done a very good job.
"I'll be going on a business trip tomorrow to attend an academic conference. Colleagues from the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences of Sciences, Fudan University, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, and Tongji University will all be there. I should be able to gather some useful information. Shen Qi and Ou Ye, you two stay in Beijing to continue advancing the project. I'll take one of you with me to the next conference to broaden your horizons," Sun Erxiong said, then asked, "This project has been underway for two months. Do you need any hardware or software support?"
"Yes, I need it," Shen Qi said, stating his requirements. "A separate research office and two powerful Computer Science."
"I'll grant your request immediately," Sun Erxiong approved.
In the Mathematics Building, Sun Erxiong found a small conference room to serve as the dedicated office for the "Research Project on Non-Constant Equilibrium Solutions of the Bipolar Non-Isentropic Euler-Poisson Equation".
"From now until the end of the project, this research office belongs to our team." Sun Erxiong handed the conference room key to Shen Qi. "Two computers will be delivered as soon as possible. In principle, all electronic data editing work should be completed on these two company computers. Other office supplies will also be provided as soon as possible."
To meet Shen Qi's needs, the initial funding of tens of thousands of yuan for the research project was completely used up.
Shen Qi and Ou Ye spent two days decorating the project office to their ideal state.
The office was small, only twenty square meters, with two computer monitors back to back, and Shen Qi and Ou Ye sitting facing each other.
A whiteboard is placed against the wall, and several potted green plants are arranged on the windowsill, Johnson & Johnson towards the sunlight.
The coffee pot and teapot were taken from Sun Erxiong's office. If academic guests visit, they can be served coffee or hot tea.
A water dispenser is enough for Shen Qi and Ou Ye's personal drinks.
On the walls facing east, west, south, and north in the room, there are portraits of Archimedes, Newton, Gauss, and Euler, representing the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, respectively.
The portraits of the four founding fathers of Mathematics Community were bought online, hoping that they would bless the project and ensure its smooth progress.
"The wall color is too cold; a warmer color would be better." After arranging everything, Shen Qi's only complaint was the wall color.
"Painting the walls smells bad, how about we put up wallpaper instead?" Ou Ye asked.
"Forget it, let's just make do for a few months. We're doing scientific research, not home renovation." In the end, Shen Qi gave up on the idea of redecorating the walls.
Shen Qi and Ou Ye focused their energy on the research project. For the next few days, they spent all their time in the project office except for sleeping, and ordered takeout for all their meals.
Ou** likes this relatively closed and independent research atmosphere. With a better mental state, her body is also full of energy. In the past two days, she has reduced the frequency of taking her medicine, and her complexion has actually improved.
"This needs to be changed, where u represents the average value over Ω," Shen Qi pointed out an oversight in the section that Ou Ye was in charge of.
"Okay, I'll revise it right away." Ou Ye immediately got to work.
Doing research is a very meticulous job, especially for projects like Shen Qi's that rely entirely on theoretical derivation and calculation. Any mistake in the details will lead to the project being scrapped and started all over again.
Therefore, Shen Qi strictly controls the quality of the process, ensuring that every section and every step is correct before finalizing the manuscript.
"I've finished revising it, please review it again." Ou Ye worked quickly, she had entered the peak state of academic research.
"Okay, that's fine. You can go to class now," Shen Qi said, indicating his satisfaction.
"But the section of the project I'm responsible for isn't finished yet." Ou Ye didn't want to go to class.
"You absolutely must attend the Real Analysis course. Professor Lu is an expert among experts in this field; he even wrote the textbook," Shen Qi strongly advised Ou Ye to attend the lectures by the mathematics expert from Yenching University. "The progress of the section you're in charge of has already exceeded the overall project schedule, so you can slow it down a bit. Besides, the Real Analysis course is extremely important. Go attend the lectures, Ou Ye; it will benefit you."
"Oh." Ou Ye packed her things and reluctantly left the research office.
After proving a lemma, Shen Qi went to the auditorium to attend the outstanding student commendation ceremony.
Guided by student union staff, Shen Qi took his seat in the front row of the auditorium.
The school's top student from the previous academic year sat in the front row, the relatively outstanding student representatives sat in the middle, and the average student representatives sat in the back.
At the start of the commendation ceremony, outstanding students from each grade took turns going on stage to receive their awards, earning high praise from school leaders.
Next, several outstanding students gave their speeches. They came from the School of Science, the Faculty of Information and Engineering, the School of Humanities, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the School of Science, and the Faculty of Medicine, representing all School of Medicine, engineering, humanities, and medicine.
Before the outstanding students gave their speeches, the host first introduced their main achievements in the previous academic year.
"Zeng Minhui, a student from the Chinese Department, achieved excellent academic results in her junior year. Her literary work, 'In My In the Dream,' won the annual Best Novella Award from the Chinese Writers Association. Please welcome Zeng Minhui to the stage to speak."
An unassuming-looking girl took the stage to speak. She was a senior majoring in Chinese literature and had achieved some success in literature.
Science and engineering students write papers, while humanities students write novels; each has its own stage.
"Liu Boyang, a student from the Department of Philosophy, achieved excellent academic results in his sophomore year and won the first prize in the academic award themed 'Historical Materialism and the Chinese Path.' Please welcome Liu Boyang to the stage to speak."
A boy walked onto the stage with strange steps. He seemed to be half asleep. He tripped and fell while walking, but got up and continued speaking.
Yenching University has a very strong humanities program; undergraduate students in the Chinese Literature and Philosophy departments are already competitive with professionals.
Whether they are female students majoring in Chinese literature or male students majoring in philosophy, in addition to their excellent academic performance, they have also achieved certain social accomplishments and awards.
The annual best work award presented by the Chinese Writers Association and the first prize in philosophy presented by the China Religious Association are both major awards in their respective fields.
Shen Qi felt ashamed. Although he was selected as an outstanding student by the school, he had not received any academic or social awards since starting university. He had won awards for running, two of them, but running was not his main profession.