When Lu Zhou heard Principal Xu's concern, he paused for a second and smiled.
"Actually, it's not a big deal. Maybe Mr. Zhou sees that I'm doing too well, and he's worried that I'll surpass him one day. Therefore, he posted in the newspaper to tell me to wait for him."
When Principal Xu heard Lu Zhou's words, he shook his head.
"You have a good mentality, you're still in the mood to joke around with me."
"It's not a big deal, it's fine to joke around." Lu Zhou smiled and said, "In Mr. Zhou's opinion, controllable nuclear fusion is his private domain, so he obviously won't allow anyone to speak out of his control. To put it bluntly, this isn't about the tokamak or the stellarator. Regardless of what I'm researching, as long as the STAR stellarator project isn't under his control, as long as my research shakes his authority, he will definitely have a problem with me. "
Principal Xu smiled and said, "You're quite clear on this, you don't care at all?"
"I really don't care about what he says." Lu Zhou smiled and said, "It might affect someone else, but not me."
"Okay then, but if he tries to take advantage of his seniority and does something out of line, tell me. I might not be able to help you with your research, but I'm fine with writing a few letters. "Principal Xu unscrewed his vacuum flask and took a sip of hot tea. He paused for a second and said," It's not just me, but your supervisor, Old Lu, and the entire Jin Ling University are on your side. "
Lu Zhou: "If it comes to that, I'll tell you."
"I'm glad to hear that." Principal Xu nodded and said, "What I'm worried about the most isn't that there's a problem with your research, but that you're hiding something from us."
Lu Zhou smiled awkwardly and said, "You're kidding, do you think I'm the type of person that mistreats myself?"
"Okay, let's not talk about this. I know you're not here for what I'm talking about," Principal Xu said with a smile. "Tell me, what kind of trouble did you run into?"
Lu Zhou put on a serious expression and spoke.
"I came to visit you today mainly to talk to you about procedural issues."
"Procedural issues? I'm good at that. " Principal Xu put down the vacuum flask in his hand and said with interest, "Tell me about it. Even if I can't solve it, I can recommend a few academicians from the information technology department to you."
Lu Zhou: "It's about the stellarator control scheme."
"Control scheme of the stellarator?" After hearing Lu Zhou's question, Principal Xu was slightly stunned. He frowned and said, "This … I really don't know much. Can you elaborate? "
Lu Zhou nodded and explained the problem to Principal Xu from an academic point of view.
In short, whether it was a tokamak or a stellarator, the high-density plasma in the cavity was extremely unstable, and turbulence occurred all the time.
If the magnetic field restraining the plasma was an invisible hand, then the computer controlling the external field coil was the brain. Just having a brain wasn't enough. All the changes in the plasma happened in an instant, so it was impossible for a person to control it. This work could only be done by a program.
The Max Planck Institute was quite knowledgeable about this. According to the plasma turbulence model provided by Lu Zhou, the control scheme successfully increased the operation time of the Wendelstein 7-X to 30 minutes, which shocked the industry.
Now that the plasma turbulence model was available, and the success of the Wendelstein 7-X also proved that this idea was feasible, what Lu Zhou needed to do now was to prepare a reliable control scheme for his STAR machine.
The Institute for Advanced Study didn't have any people who were proficient in information technology. Lu Zhou's programming skills weren't a problem for him to develop some small software, but for a large-scale scientific research project like the stellarator, it was a bit difficult.
Therefore, Lu Zhou set his sights on the University of Jin Ling.
The University of Jin Ling was one of the strong departments second only to physics, and the University of Jin Ling's software department was considered one of the best in the country. Not to mention that Principal Xu was an academician from the information technology department, so he was the perfect person to ask for help.
After Principal Xu listened to Lu Zhou's explanation, he thought for a second and said, "The problems you mentioned, I'm afraid it's not just about the program, right?"
Lu Zhou was a bit embarrassed as he said, "Uh, it's like this."
So far, not only was the STAR machine lacking software, but there were also hardware problems that had yet to be solved.
For example, the construction of the supercomputer required professionals to complete the work.
Principal Xu sighed and said, "Whatever, I'll call a meeting with the professors from the software department tomorrow and form a working group. We'll help you solve the software and hardware problems as well … Let me ask, how much do you have in mind? "
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and said, "One hundred million."
Principal Xu: "…"
Lu Zhou hesitated for a second and said, "Is that not enough?"
No way, it's not like I'm building a Tianhe-2 machine, one hundred million should be enough, right?
Principal Xu coughed and said, "Nothing, it's more than enough, I'm just a little surprised."
Actually, what he wanted to say was, "You guys are f * cking rich in controllable nuclear fusion, but saying it out loud doesn't fit my status."
Hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, who knew how many professors would be supported by this project?
It was no wonder that Zhou Chengfu was jealous.
"The software department can help you with the supercomputer and control scheme, is there anything else?"
Lu Zhou was about to say that there was nothing else, but he suddenly remembered that Yang Xu told him about the staff sports day.
Therefore, he said, "Oh yeah, there's one more thing."
Principal Xu: "What?"
"It's not that important, it's just that our research institute is planning on holding a sports day, but our stadium hasn't been repaired yet." Lu Zhou smiled awkwardly and said, "If it's not too much trouble, I want to borrow a venue or something."
Principal Xu smiled when he heard this request.
"That's it? That's easy, I'll give the academic affairs department a call. Oh yeah, Dean Liu was talking to me about the staff sports day a while ago, how about we do it together? "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Sure, I'm fine with it."
The Jinling Institute for Advanced Study and Jin Ling University were like a family. Not only did they collaborate on research projects, but many researchers from the Institute for Advanced Study also had teaching positions at Jin Ling University.
Also, the sports day would be boring if there weren't enough people, it would be more fun if there were more people.
Seeing that Lu Zhou was fine with this, Principal Xu smiled and slapped his thigh. He then said, "Okay then, it's a deal. We'll give you guys the venue and the prizes."
Lu Zhou: "…"
Why do I feel like …
I feel like there's some kind of strange agreement.
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