Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

What is the Ark doing now?

That's naturally sleep.

I stayed up all night and my phone was out of battery. When I got back to my bedroom, it was 7: 00 am. I plugged my phone into the charging cable and went to bed and went back to sleep.

When the ark woke up, it was afternoon and there was no one in the bedroom.

Feeling the hunger in his stomach, he rubbed his rubbing sleeping eyes, climbed down the ladder with Hatchet, went to the balcony to wash up, then put on his clothes and went downstairs, straight to the canteen.

I ordered a bowl of stir-fried rice with soy milk, sat in a remote corner eating it, and the ark took out my phone and was about to brush my circle of friends.

Turning on his phone, Professor Tang called him more than a dozen times from his office desk.

“Did you finish your thesis? This… don't have to make so many calls. ”

Moved by his heart, Ark 3, 5, 2 resolved the dinner, quickly took the bowl chopsticks to the garbage truck, and the horse continued to drive in the direction of the experimental building.

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“I can't get through to you all day. What the hell are you doing all the time?” Sitting behind the desk, Professor Tang first criticized the ark.

“Well, the phone's dead. I forgot to turn it on.” The ship scratched its back.

He didn't intend to tell the professor about the part-time job. First, the school didn't allow freshman year students to stay up at night in principle, and second, he didn't want it to go to the counselor, and then it went to his father's ear, causing his family to worry about themselves.

Fortunately, Old Tang didn't grate the bottom, took off the old glasses on the nose beam, pulled the USB disk off the notebook, and put it on the table: “Your paper is good, there are not many parts that need to be modified, and I won't let you add my name to the book title with a thick face. ”

“How is that possible? Without your point--”

Tang Zhiwei lifted his hand and interrupted the Ark: “Okay, I'm in charge. I've read your paper. If that academic discussion can also meet the criteria for co-signing, then I signed my paper on Tang Zhiwei's name. Isn't it worth a million dollars? Teaching is my job, and other professors are a habit. I don't care, but this bad vibe can't start with me. If you really think I did you a huge favor, you don't have to pay me back in this way, just do something for me. ”

Honestly, it's just an SCI. To this extent, Tang Zhiwei is not rare. For an ark, an independently published paper is precious. The agency's own name may give him some privilege in reviewing his paper, but it may not be a good thing for him.

The Ark sincerely said: "If there's anything I can do to help you, please do as I say. ”

“Oh, it's not a big deal, don't worry, it's only good for you, no harm.” Don Zhiwei said slowly, "At the National Mathematics Modeling Competition for College Students in September, our college is ready to join forces with the software academy to pull out a regular army. I talked to your director Lu and it's up to you. ”

National Mathematical Modeling Competition?

The heart of the ark was slightly surprised.

He's heard about this, though, that the National Awards are said to be quite high in gold, so high that some companies' HRs get your resume, and even look at your resume twice because of the award.

Just...

He just heard about the legendary Mathematical Modeling Competition.

It is now mid-June and only three months remain until the end of September.

Three months to prepare. Is that really okay?

The ark whispered, “Can I go back and think about it? ”

Professor Tang glanced at his eyebrows and pressed his hand against the USB disk: “What else are you considering? This is such a good opportunity. You have to consider it? All right, you go back and think about it now. Put this flash drive here first, and come back when you think about it! ”

Looking at the unreasonable appearance of Old Tang, Ark Boat couldn't cry: “But Professor Tang, I have never participated in such a competition at all. You asked me to compete on behalf of the courtyard. If I pit you...”

It's okay to enter…

But I don't want to lose!

“I'm not even worried. What are you afraid of?” Don Zhiwei hummed. After a moment of pause, he continued to say in a soothing tone, "Don't think about the game too hard, don't worry, just be bold, your ability is absolutely enough, I can be sure of that. ”

Professor Tang has said something about this. If he doesn't agree to it, it will be too unrecognizable.

In fact, if you think about it, it would certainly be good for you to compete in such competitions. The only factor that makes the Ark hesitant is the fear that competitive training may delay the time it takes to work and the progress it makes in completing its system tasks.

Summer vacation he has planned to stay in school, brush the system level as soon as possible, at least he has to brush the math to LV1, or else all the other disciplines are followed by zero eggs, it is too bad. In addition to brushing tasks, the rest of the time is part-time, after all, not just school expenses during the summer vacation, but also living expenses after the start of the next semester.

As if to see through the fans of the Ark, Professor Tang smiled and said slowly: “Although there is no prize money for the mathematical modeling competition, our school has a reward. Not only is there a $10,000 prize money available to the country team, but the scholarship is prioritized. ”

“Professor Tang, I've thought about it. Please let me fight on behalf of the faculty!” The Ark said in earnest.

Professor Tang held his laugh and put the thermos cup on the table, waved his hand, "I'll give you the newspaper. You come here on Saturday to meet your teammates. That's it, don't forget. ”

“Yes!” said Ark Dou ambitiously.

Ten thousand dollars! The three of us split equally. That's over 3,000. Plus 8,000 national scholarships, which add up to $10,000.

It may be nothing for students with good family conditions, but it is definitely a huge sum for an ark with only $3,000 on it!

After thanking Professor Tang again, the Ark returned to the dormitory with a flash drive.

It has been a little dark for a while. In addition to Liu Rui still studying in the classroom for a few minutes, Stuart and Huang Guangming have come back and are sitting in front of the computer playing the group nervously and excitedly.

Though I also wanted to join them to relax, but I thought I still had some work to do on the ark, I finally gave up this flash of thought, took my notebook to bed, connected to the wifi in my bedroom, and prepared to upload my thesis.

After some twists, he eventually chose the journal "Newsletter on Mathematics and Applied Mathematics", an organic journal of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences at Courant, New York University, United States, as his submission target.

As for the reason, naturally, it's because you can save a hefty amount of the layout fee.

But in relative terms, he might have to line up for a while.

Opening the web page, filling in the author information and mailbox, it took about a dozen minutes to get rid of these miscellaneous things, and the ark finally reached the final step, clicking on the uploaded paper.

The status shows "Submitted-to-Editoria-Office”, meaning that the manuscript has been sent to the editorial office, followed by a long wait for a review editor to see his little transparent paper...

A lazy waist was stretched and the ark was about to lie on the bed for a while, and suddenly the phone shook slightly.

I thought it was Chen Yushan's sister who had a mathematical question to ask herself. She could unlock the screen and open it, but it was an email.

The moment I saw the email title, the ark stunned.

He almost suspected that he was mistaken and could not help but whisper silently.

“… how is that possible? ”

It's a copyright agreement from across the Pacific!

That is, his submission has entered the so-called "proof” process!

While the rules vary from journal to journal, most do not send authorization agreements until they have been accepted, a process that takes between one and two weeks.

That is, his manuscript was instantly inserted and presented directly on the journal editor's computer...

Is this also the power of the system?

The ship swallowed its mouth, opened its mailbox on the computer, downloaded the letter of agreement in the mail, signed the authorization agreement as required, and sent the electronic file back to the address given in the mail.

About five minutes later, he refreshed his submission page.

Under-Review !

The ark feels its heart beating a little bit.

This means that his article has been reviewed in a technical editorial format and will be reviewed by a professional academic editor, the so-called Foreign Audit!

The first time a person makes a submission, he will be stuck in the technical editor's place a few times, but this level seems to have passed once because Tang helped him modify his thesis. As for the next foreign trial, it will be the strictest and longest process of the entire SCI submission.

Because, in general, academic editors themselves are busy researchers, and reviews are unpaid work and require a lot of effort, it is up to the auditors to decide when to contribute their own resources to the academic community free of charge. You don't exaggerate the “UR” link card for a month or two when you run into a more slow or busy one!

After about five minutes of waiting, the Ark refreshed the page again.

This time, the status of the paper has not changed.

Somehow, seeing this scene, the ark relieved itself.

While the power of the system destroyed his common sense within certain limits, it seemed to return to the realm of common sense in the most critical places. Academic editors cannot always stare at their mailboxes for this unpaid work.

It does not seem that the system can manipulate a person's behavior, although it seems to use some mysterious power to get his writing to line up within the rules, and perhaps to keep his own writing in the first line of scholarly editorial emails forever, but there are some constraints in this power after all.

As for what this factor is, the ark is not certain yet, but in any case, it is a good thing.

It would be terrible if the system were really powerful enough to dominate a person's behavior.

While he enjoys the knowledge and convenience that the system brings to him, he does not want to become a puppet of the system one day. Freedom was priceless, even in times of constraint.

Of course, if UR is the final step, it would be nice to complete it before the score exam...

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