[1] THE SCHOLAR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM (END)
Chapter 17: Submission of Thesis!

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Translator: Translated Henyee Editor: Translated Henyee

What did Lu Zhou do?

He's obviously sleeping.

After working all night, the phone ran out of battery. He returned to his dorm at seven in the morning, put up his phone and went to bed.

Lu Zhou woke up in the afternoon. There was no one in his dorm.

He felt his stomach rumble. He rubbed his eyes, went down the stairs and went to wash his face. Then, he put on some clothes and headed to the cafeteria.

Lu Zhou ordered a bowl of fried rice and soy milk and sat in the corner. He pulled out his phone and was about to scroll through his friends' news feeds.

However, when he opened his phone, he saw that Professor Tang's office left him a dozen missed calls.

“Maybe he finished editing the thesis? Why ... Why are there so many missed calls? "

Lu Zhou did not know what to think. In no time, he finished dinner and quickly placed his tray on the gathering table. He then started walking towards the research building.

...

“I call you all day and you don't pick it up. What do you do all day? "Professor Tang sat behind his desk and criticized Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou scratched his head and replied, "Eh, my phone is running out of battery. I forgot to turn it off. ”

He didn't plan on telling the professor that he worked all night. First of all, university regulations prohibit students from going out at night. Second, he did not want this to come to an adviser who might tell his father and make his family worry about him.

Thank God, Old Tang did not endure asking. He took off his glasses and plucked the USB from his laptop. He then put the USB on the table and said, “Your thesis is pretty good. There aren't many changes to be made so I won't ask you to add me as a co-author. "

“How can you do that! Without your help ... "

Tang Zhiwei waved her hand. He interrupted Lu Zhou and said, "This is my decision. I've read your thesis. Your little thesis isn't good enough for Tang Zhiwei's autograph. Teaching is my skill. I don't care what the other professors do, I can't let you write my name on it. If you really want to return the favor, help me do this one thing. ”

Honestly speaking, someone of Tang Zhiwei's level did not care about co-signature of the SCI thesis. As for Lu Zhou, an entire self-written thesis was extremely valuable. Having Tang Zhiwei's name on it might give Lu Zhou an advantage during the review process, but that wasn't always a good thing for him.

Lu Zhou said sincerely, "I'll do whatever you want."

“Ah, nothing big. Trust me, this is good for you, ” Tang Zhiwei said. He spoke slowly, “In September, there is this national mathematical modeling competition. Our department decided to cooperate with the computer science department and form a super team. I spoke to the dean, Lu Fangping, and you were the one chosen. ”

National mathematical modeling competition?

Lu Zhou felt a little astonished.

He's heard it before. Apparently, the value is very high. That is so important that some HR departments of companies will look twice at your CV if this competition is written in it.

Just what…

As for the legendary mathematical modeling competition, he had only heard of it before.

It was already June, only three months left until September.

Three months of preparation time, is that enough?

Lu Zhou asked softly, "Can I think about it?"

Professor Tang frowned. He reached out his hand, pressed the USB and said, "Think about that? This is a good opportunity! Okay, you can go and think about it but this USB stays here. You can take it back once you're done thinking! "

When Lu Zhou saw how unreasonable Professor Tang's behavior was, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh. He said, “But Professor Tang, I have never entered this type of competition before. If you ask me to represent the department in the competition and I fail ... "

Entering the competition is no problem ...

I just don't want to be a liability!

"Don't worry about that. What's there to worry about? ”Tang Zhiwei said angrily. He paused for a moment then said softly, “Do not exaggerate this competition. Just enter with confidence. Your abilities must be pretty good. I'm sure of it. ”

Given that Professor Tang had already begged her to this degree, it was unreasonable not to accept her.

In fact, if he thought about it, there was no disadvantage to entering this type of competition. The only thing that made Lu Zhou hesitant was that training for the competition would interfere with his work and the completion of the mission.

He had already planned to attend summer school and quickly upgrade his system. He wanted to be at least level 1 math because seeing a row of zeros was too painful. In addition to completing the mission, the remaining time is allocated to work. Not only did he have to pay for summer school, he still had to save up for the living expenses next semester.

As if Professor Tang was looking through Lu Zhou's thought process, he said, “Although there are no monetary prizes associated with the competition, there are gifts from the school. A team that won a gold medal would not only receive a prize of ten thousand yuan, they would also receive priority on the scholarship assessment. "

'Professor Tang, I've thought about it. Let me represent the department in the competition! ”Lu Zhou said with a serious expression on his face.

Professor Tang forced a smile and put down his cup. He waved his hand and said, "I've put your name down. Come here and meet your teammates on Saturday. That's it, don't forget. "

Ten thousand dollars prize! Dividing the three ways would still be about three thousand! Plus adding an eight thousand yuan scholarship, it would be over ten thousand dollars!

That amount was a bit for students with wealthy families, but for someone like Lu Zhou who only had three thousand in his bank account, it was a huge amount of money!

After thanking Professor Tang again, Lu Zhou picked up the USB and returned to his dorm.

The sky is dark. Other than Liu Rui, who was still studying mathematics in the classroom, Shi Shang and Huang Guangming had already returned. They sit in front of the computer and play games intensely.

Although Lu Zhou also wanted to relax with them, he knew that he still had some things to do. In the end, he gave up on this thought. He took his laptop to bed, hooked it up to wifi and started uploading his thesis.

He pondered for a long time. Finally, he selected a journal from the New York University Institute of Mathematical Mathematical Sciences - Theoretical and Applied Mathematics Communication.

As for the reason, it was obvious because there was no shipping cost.

On the other hand, he might have to wait a long time.

Lu Zhou opened the website, filled in his name and email, then spent about ten minutes stuffing the miscellaneous items. He finally reached the final step and handed over his essay.

Status displayed "Delivered to editorial office". Now all he has to do is wait. He just had to wait for the editor to notice his small thesis.

Lu Zhou stretched his back and was about to lie on his bed. Suddenly, the phone shook.

He thought it was Chen Yushan who asked for help again, but instead, he saw the email notification.

Lu Zhou looked at the title of the email and he was stunned.

He thought he read it wrong and he read it again.

"… How is this possible?!"

It was a copyright authorization agreement issued from America!

That said that his thesis had already entered the stage of "proof"!

Although different journals have different rules, but most journals will send a licensing agreement after receiving a thesis, and the process will take one to two weeks.

That said that his thesis crossed the front lines, and went straight to the journal editor's computer.

Maybe it's the power of the system?

Lu Zhou swallowed. He opened the email and downloaded the contract. He signed the license agreement as requested and sent the electronic file back to the address given in the email.

After waiting for five minutes, he refreshed the delivery page.

[So reviewed]

Lu Zhou felt his heart beating very fast.

This means that his thesis has passed the technical format review.

This will be reviewed by a professional academic editor, also called peer review!

The average person will get stuck several times in a technical editor review. However, since Old Tang helped him modify his thesis, he seemed to have graduated the first time. The following review process is the most rigorous stage of SCI journal submission and it is also the slowest stage.

Under normal circumstances, academic reviewers themselves are also researchers. Reviewing is unpaid work and takes a lot of effort. So, after submitting your own work to the academic world, it is entirely determined by the academic reviewer. If you find a busy temperament or reviewer, they may delay submission by a month or two!

Lu Zhou refreshed the courtyard again after waiting for about five minutes.

This time, the delivery status was unchanged.

Lu Zhou did not know why, but he felt relaxed after seeing this.

Although the system's capabilities exceeded its estimates, it seemed to return to common sense at the most critical time. Academic reviewers will not stare at their inbox all day, waiting for unpaid work.

It seems that the system cannot manipulate one's behavior. It seemed to possess some sort of mysterious power as it was able to speed up its submission process within acceptable rules. Maybe it makes his thesis appear in the first line of the academic reviewer's email address. However, this power still encountered certain obstacles.

Lu Zhou was still not sure what exactly that power was. However, no matter what, this is a good thing.

If this system was truly powerful enough to dominate one's behavior, it would be extremely frightening.

Although she enjoyed the knowledge and comfort of the system, she did not want to end up being a puppet of the system. Freedom is precious even in difficult circumstances.

Of course, it would be great if his thesis was accepted before his mathematical analysis exam.

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