Starting from a top student and marching towards the sea of ​​stars

Chapter 208 You can apply directly
"10 years...what kind of concept is this?"

Perhaps in the history of the universe, 10 years is just an inconspicuous moment.

But for a person, 10 years is a long time that is completely impossible to accurately imagine.

The emergence of human civilization is less than 1 years ago.

According to this calculation speed, even if Ning Chen added a few more servers, it would be meaningless.

"The current solution accuracy has not been set too high. Otherwise, the solution time will increase many times."

Since in solving this equation, the complexity of the solution increases exponentially every time the accuracy of the solution is improved, Ning Chen did not dare to set the accuracy of the solution too high.

Just when Ning Chen felt a little desperate, a new thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Wait a minute... If I can use supercomputing, it seems that this amount of calculation is not completely impossible to solve within a limited time."

The speed of supercomputing can reach millions or even tens of millions of times that of ordinary computers. Calculated in this way, the amount of calculations that would take your own computer 10 years to complete is not that difficult for supercomputers to achieve.

"But... I don't know if current supercomputers can meet this calculation speed requirement. And how can I use supercomputers to help me calculate this problem?"

If it were a foreign supercomputer, it would still be difficult for Ning Chen to easily obtain the right to use the supercomputer.

Thinking of this, Ning Chen first checked the current world supercomputing rankings.

What makes Ning Chen happy is that China is currently in the absolute leading position in the world in the field of supercomputing.

The most powerful supercomputer in the world today is the Tianhe-[-] supercomputer from China.

天河二号在双精度浮点运算上，峰值计算速度达到了每秒5.49×10^16次，持续计算速度也达到了速度每秒3.39×10^16次。

This kind of calculation speed has met Ning Chen's calculation speed standard.

Since Tianhe-[-] was developed by the National University of Defense Technology, Ning Chen thought to ask Liu Xu first to see if he could find a way to contact the National University of Defense Technology to study whether supercomputing could be used.

After confirming that Liu Xu was in the office, Ning Chen went to find Liu Xu and explained his request directly.

"The Tianhe-[-] supercomputer... this matter is really not particularly easy to handle."

Liu Xu was also a little stumped by Ning Chen's request. After all, the cost of using this equipment is very high, and it will be responsible for the calculation work of many national-level projects.

Ning Chen also knew that this matter could not be solved with just a few words, so he did not put much hope in it.

"It doesn't matter. If it doesn't work, I'll think of other ways." Ning Chen said.

Ning Chen still has quite a few friends in academia, and many of them are boss-level figures.

If you ask more, you should still be able to find some solutions. Ning Chen is also willing to pay some money and bear the cost himself.

"I'll ask the people at the National University of Defense Technology for you later to see if there's any chance you can use it. By the way, Ning Chen, there's one more thing I want to tell you."

"Well, Dean Liu, what's going on?"

"According to the latest standards, you are already qualified to apply for the outstanding youth fund project. Ning Chen, go back and take the time to write the outstanding youth application, and then the school will help you submit the application."

Ning Chen was also very surprised to hear that he had met the application criteria for outstanding youth.

"Dean Liu, can I skip Qingqian and apply directly for Distinguished Young Scholars?"

Ning Chen is also prepared to apply for these scientific research funds, but Ning Chen feels that he should normally start with Qingqian and the like, and wait at least a few years before applying for more advanced scientific research funds such as Outstanding Youth or Yangtze River. .

"Normally speaking, few people will skip Qingqian and directly apply for Outstanding Youth, but you have done a lot of things that normal people can't do. Just apply with confidence, and the possibility of passing is still very high,"

Skipping Qingqian and applying directly for Outstanding Youth may seem like missing out on an opportunity to apply for a scientific research fund, but it is actually beneficial to Ning Chen's advancement in scientific research.

These various awards and funds ultimately lead to the academic title of National Academician.

This is the same as skipping a grade when studying. If you are already capable of studying higher-grade courses, there is definitely no need to waste time on lower grades. "Okay, Dean Liu, I will write the application form for outstanding students when I get back."

Ning Chen didn't expect that today, he just came to Liu Xu for help, but he actually got some unexpected gains.

After returning home, Ning Chen wrote an application for the Science Fund for Outstanding Youth in accordance with the application format for Outstanding Youth.

Ning Chen did not dare to be careless about this matter, and carried out this work with a serious attitude of scientific research.

The first thing that determines whether an outstanding youth application can be approved is the applicant’s scientific research experience.

Although Ning Chen has only been doing scientific research for a short period of time, there is no doubt about the quality of the scientific research results that Ning Chen has produced in the past few years.

Ning Chen carefully sorted out his various scientific research results over the years and described them in appropriate expressions.

When Ning Chen listed all his achievements, he was a little surprised to find that he had produced so many research results in the past few years.

Ning Chen had more than ten achievements published in the world's top journals, far exceeding the standards required for normal outstanding students.

Moreover, Ning Chen's various achievements involve many different research fields such as materials, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, etc., making him a very rare compound talent.

After writing about his personal experience and scientific research results, Ning Chen still needs to continue writing about the research work he needs to carry out after receiving the scientific research fund, including the innovative ideas of the research work, research direction, research content, research plan, etc. detail.

Ning Chen thought for a while and decided to use the scientific research funds for research on superconductivity.

Because the research of mathematics itself does not have high requirements for scientific research funds, at most it only requires some equipment such as computers.

In fact, even if Ning Chen does not have any scientific research funding support for his mathematics research, it will not affect the progress of the research.

As for super-large equipment such as supercomputing, it is not something that can be easily obtained with millions of scientific research funds.

A few days later, Ning Chen found Liu Xu with the application form for outstanding students he had written.

"Dean Liu, my application form for Outstanding Youth has been written, please take a look at it."

"Well, let's put it on my desk first. I'll take a closer look later."

Ning Chen thought about whether to ask Liu Xu about the Tianhe-[-] supercomputer.

Just when Ning Chen was hesitating about this matter, Liu Xu took the initiative and said:

"Ning Chen, I have been in contact with the National University of Defense Technology in the past few days. Because Tianhe-[-] currently has a relatively heavy computing task, there is no time for it, so this matter is not a problem that can be solved with a little money."

After hearing Liu Xu's words, Ning Chen couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

In fact, even if there is a chance to use Tianhe-[-], the cost of use will definitely be a lot of money.

Because Tianhe-[-]'s annual electricity consumption alone has reached [-] million soft sister coins. This level of power consumption is obviously not something that ordinary research projects can afford.

Just when Ning Chen gave up the idea, Liu Xu continued:

"But when they knew that you wanted to use Tianhe-[-] for calculations and learned about your research topic, the National University of Defense Technology also said that they would try their best to help you. However, this calculation can only use the spare capacity of Tianhe-[-] Time, and you need to provide relevant algorithms, which must match the operating system of Tianhe-[-]."

Liu Xu's words undoubtedly made Ning Chen find new hope from despair, and he said excitedly:

"Well, it would be great to be able to use Tianhe-[-]'s free time for calculations. In that case... do I need to pay for the use of Tianhe-[-]?"

"Of course not. They say this is a help, and they won't spare you the tens of thousands to 10 yuan. No matter how much money you can afford, you won't invest so much in it. Money, right?”

Liu Xu's words were indeed very reasonable. If Ning Chen was asked to spend millions on this, Ning Chen would be reluctant to part with it, even if it was to use Ning Chen's scientific research funds.

After all, this is just a calculation. Even if the calculation results, it does not mean that Ning Chen can completely solve the problems of the Navier-Stokes equation immediately.

(End of this chapter)