Chapter 842: Which department is the academician from?
Once he accepted the settings given by Chang Haonan, Yuan Xiangya could no longer control his thoughts.
In fact, his own research direction is more inclined towards applied mathematics, but the big news of proving the Poincare conjecture still belongs to the category of theoretical mathematics at least for now, so his previous thinking has been limited to this area.
Now that I think about it, there is indeed more potential in multiple scientific fields.
In particular, the country is gradually increasing its investment in the fields of ocean, aerospace, geology, aviation, etc. While these investments are transformed into physical products such as submarines, rockets, satellites, and aircraft, they will inevitably become excellent testing platforms in the narrow field of natural sciences.
I dare not say how many earth-shaking and epoch-changing results can be produced, but it will definitely be no problem to meet the requirements of "middle or upper-middle level of SCI" as Chang Haonan just said.
And these are definitely not the kind of spam articles that just talk about “changing the matrix of polymer materials”.
It has to be published anyway, so instead of giving it to others for free, it is better to take advantage of the proximity and keep at least part of it in the country.
Thinking of this, Yuan Xiangya hurriedly requested:
"Then Professor Chang, since we are already talking about this, why don't you just come up with a name for this new journal?"
In fact, what he wanted to do at first was to ask Chang Haonan to write a couple of words.
But I also considered that, firstly, the professor of science and engineering might not write well, which would not reflect well on the image of both parties. Secondly, since it is a journal for the whole world, the title should at least have an English version, and the title is even more unnecessary...
So when it came time to say it out loud, I changed it to a name.
"name……"
This completely unexpected request really made Chang Haonan a little confused for a moment.
If we use that concise style, it will be almost difficult to surpass the two giants "Science" and "Nature".
It does not refer to the academic value, but the naming.
The main reason is that apart from these two words, the remaining words are difficult to have an all-encompassing effect.
If you call it Earth, it sounds like a geography magazine.
It’s called “Universe” and it sounds like it’s about astronomy.
It can’t be called “Tao”.
So I had to change my thinking...
"By the way, I remember that our Huaxia Academy of Sciences doesn't have a journal yet, right?"
Chang Haonan asked.
Yuan Xiangya immediately understood what he meant:
"No, there is only one, the Journal of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is published semi-annually and is completely unrestricted to any field. Its influence is not that great."
There is no limit to any field, which means that both liberal arts and science subjects can be applied.
This is due to historical reasons.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences was originally an all-encompassing institution.
It even once assumed the functions of the State Science and Technology Commission.
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences was originally the "Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences" of the Academy of Sciences.
Although it became independent as early as the late 70s, it still maintained close ties until the 80s and 90s.
"So, why not just take the name and call it Journal of Chinese Academy of Sciences (JCAS)?"
The name sounds a bit like JACS, but there's nothing we can do about it.
There are only a few ways to combine the words journal, science, and college.
Fortunately, although JACS was already considered a top journal at that time, it was not as well-known and comprehensive as it would be more than 20 years later.
So there should be no suspicion of riding on the popularity.
"Um……"
On the other end of the phone, Yuan Xiangya looked at the phone in speaker mode, supporting his chin with one hand and tapping the table rhythmically with the other hand.
The name itself is fine.
But the key point is that no matter what the journal is called, the editor-in-chief must be named Chang Haonan.
And the name "Journal of the Chinese Academy of Sciences" is so blatant.
The editor-in-chief is not from the Huaxia Academy of Sciences...
It seems a bit outrageous.
Even if I change my name, I won’t feel like I’m being NTreddled.
He pressed the mute button and looked at Academician Yang Jue, the dean of the Institute of Mathematics and Systems Science, who was sitting on the sofa on the other side of the office.
"What do you think of this name..."
The latter obviously knew what Yuan Xiangya was thinking and immediately waved his hand:
"It's okay. Several departments are about to fight over which academic field Professor Chang belongs to. Judging from the situation, I estimate that in two or three years at most, he will become ours..."
"Just get on the bus first and buy the ticket later..."
Although Yang Jue's idea of publishing a pure mathematics journal was rejected by Chang Haonan, his most fundamental goal was achieved.
Furthermore……
Science can change the world.
Mathematics can change the world by changing science.
As long as the definition is flexible enough, I can also be a member of natural science...
Yuan Xiangya pressed the mute button again:
"Professor Chang, we support your suggestion in principle. Of course, the final result will still be decided by the Academy of Sciences..."
"..."
After another round of politeness, this time it was Chang Haonan who took the initiative to end the call.
"Academician Yang, so many departments are competing for this position. Don't you plan to work hard as well?"
Yuan Xiangya raised his head again:
"After all, although Professor Chang has many achievements and covers a wide range of fields, this is the only time he can be publicly praised."
"Besides, the International Congress of Mathematicians will be held the year after next. Beijing was originally a candidate for the venue, and after what happened this time, it's basically a done deal. I'm afraid the Fields Prize will also..."
He didn't put it too bluntly.
But it's enough.
The venue for the International Congress of Mathematicians rotates between major cities around the world.
Moscow, where Perelman is based, had already held the election in 1966 and would not be included as a candidate.
In this way, Beijing obviously has huge advantages over its other three competitors - Madrid, Bangalore and Seoul.
On the other hand, Chang Haonan and Perelman's wins of the Philistine Prize are almost undisputed.
There are still two years between now and 2002, so there is enough time buffer.
and so……
It is highly likely that the first International Congress of Mathematicians held on Chinese soil will award the Fields Medal to a Chinese scholar.
This is definitely something that will have an explosive impact.
It is also a huge benefit to the Department of Mathematics and Physics.
Fields Medal.
Stamp it, okay!
Aren’t these our people?
"Professor Yuan, you have to think about this carefully."
Yang Jue did not answer Yuan Xiangya's question immediately, but looked at him with a half-smile:
"No matter which department Professor Chang joins, he will definitely jump the queue."
"So if he comes over, you'll have to move one row back..."
In recent years, Yuan Xiangya has put a lot of effort into becoming an academician of Jin.
Both academically and in terms of personal connections.
Because of this, I had some conflicts with several candidates with similar conditions.
Although no one would say it openly, everyone must have seen it.
What’s more, Yang Jue is the dean.
"..."
Being suddenly asked such a straightforward question, Yuan Xiangya didn't know how to answer for a moment.
After about half a minute, I finally organized my words:
"I'm only 40 this year, so I'm still..."
He originally wanted to say that he was still young and could afford to wait, and that three to five years wouldn't be a big deal.
But on second thought, Chang Haonan seemed even more outrageous. Even if he was calculated according to 2003, he was only 28...
So I had to skip this paragraph:
"No matter what, if Professor Chang can come to our department, it will be a great thing for everyone in the Chinese mathematics community, including me and those few people."
"I can still clearly distinguish the interests involved."
