Chapter 232： Turing Award

With the acceleration of reform and opening up in the mainland, Bao Zixuan's companies are making every effort to increase investment in the mainland. In this way, many people do not understand, but only you know that these investments will be earned back hundreds of times in the future. Now the investment may be suppressed by the Hong Kong government, but considering that there is still a great man like Fok Yingdong ahead, Bao Zixuan is at least safe. Moreover, the mainland will not be indifferent to watching patriotic businessmen being suppressed, at least on the surface, it will pass.

Bao Zixuan stayed in Xiangjiang until the early 1980s, at this time he had to return to the United States. Because the Turing Award, the highest honor in the computer industry, was awarded to him, he must return to the United States to receive the award.

In fact, Bao Zixuan's software and contributions to computer hardware have long been awarded this honor, but many people think that he is not a computer professional and is not qualified. Let a layman receive the Turing Award, and who will concentrate on learning computers.

Turing Award (TuringAward), full name "A.M. Turing Award (A.MTuringAward, was established by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in 1966 to reward individuals who have made important contributions to the computer industry. Its name is taken from the pioneer of computer science, British scientist Alan Matheson Turing (M.Turing). Because the Turing Award has extremely high requirements for winning and the awarding procedure is very strict, generally only one computer scientist is awarded each year, and only a few years have two collaborators or scientists who have contributed in the same direction to share the award. Therefore, it is the most prestigious and lofty award in the computer field, and is known as the "Nobel Prize in the computer field".

Because the Turing Award has extremely high requirements for winning and the awarding process is extremely strict, generally only one computer scientist is awarded each year, and only a few years have two collaborators or scientists who have contributed in the same direction to share the award. Therefore, it is the most prestigious and lofty award in the computer field, and is known as the "Nobel Prize in the computer field".

Each year, the ACM will ask nominees to nominate the Turing Award nominee for the year, with an accompanying 200- to 500-word essay explaining why the nominee deserves the award. Anyone can be a nominee. The American Computer Society will form a selection committee to rigorously review the nominees and finalize the year's winners.

Bao Zixuan learned that he won the award only after receiving a call from Professor Harry Roland. Professor Roland is one of the judges of the Turing Award. Having his own special channel, Bao Zixuan is very excited to receive this award, known as the Nobel Prize in the computer industry. This is nothing more than adding chips to his genius and making him more famous. Many things that are not good for him should be taken into account.

Harry-Roland said on the phone: "Boy, this news is shocking enough! It's not wrong to let you learn computers in the first place!"

Bao Zixuan: "Thank you very much for your cultivation. Your teaching will be unforgettable. What should I pay attention to and when will I receive the award."

Harry-Roland: "I just let you know today, and there will be a special staff to contact you. But the award time is March 25th, and the place is at the headquarters of the American Computer Society in New York. You go back to school first, and then we will Let's go together."

Bao Zixuan: "Okay, thank you professor. After I arrange things in Xiangjiang, I will go back to school immediately."

At present, only a few people know that Bao Zixuan won the Turing Award. After all, it has not been announced to the world. It's only spread among the top computer circles, but it's really shocking.

After making arrangements for Xiangjiang, Bao Zixuan returned to the United States again. In fact, he was a little worried about Li Yulin, after all, he spent too little time with his mother in recent years. Li Yulin knew her son's concerns, but she still had to focus on the overall situation. After Dr. Huang Chunqiu assured that there was absolutely no problem, Bao Zixuan boarded the plane to the United States.

In January 1980, Bao Zixuan returned to MIT, and this time he left for a long time. The original plan was to return after leaving for at most 2 months, but because of Li Yulin's illness, she left for 4 months this time.

After coming to Harry-Roland's office, he saw the old professor looking at the data in front of the computer. Seeing that Bao Zixuan was coming, he immediately put down the keyboard and said to him, "Boy, I'll be back so soon."

Bao Zixuan: "You always call me, how dare you not come over right away, but how can I be the winner this time?"

Tomorrow he will go to New York, and the benefits of gold and silver futures will be settled. Although Clay-Clark has been notified on the phone to close the position, he is still a little worried. This is a business involving tens of billions of dollars, and no one dares to be sloppy.

Harry-Roland: "Actually, the jury has had this idea for a long time. After all, the black cloud office software and system software you wrote in the software system can be said to have reached a level that others can't achieve. In addition, the notebook computer you developed has played an important role in computer promotion. key role.”

"There was no nomination before because of your identity as a Hong Kong native, and most importantly, you are not a computer science student. There is no precedent for letting a scholar from another professional win the highest award in the field of computer science. But at the moment you choose to study computer science This thing has not existed since then, which is why you won the award. Also, your influence and achievements in the computer field have a very obvious advantage over other candidates, which is the reason for the award.”

Bao Zixuan did not expect that there are such factors. It seems that the relative fairness of American academics also depends on the region and major. Turing is British, and his main achievements were published in the United States, so this award will definitely take care of Europeans and Americans. It is also difficult to win if you are not a computer major. It seems that there are many benefits to choosing to study computer major!

Bao Zixuan: "Then I still have to thank the professor for his guidance and support. If you didn't speak for me, it would be difficult to win the award."

Harry-Roland: "Fortunately, it's mainly because of your own strength that I'm just the icing on the cake."

Actually, as Bao Zixuan expected, Harry Roland really fought hard for Bao Zixuan to win the award. After persuading many well-known scholars and professors, UU Reading laid a solid foundation for the final award.

Even in the critical review process, Harry Roland did not hesitate to offend other well-known professors to help Bao Zixuan win. This is related to Bao Zixuan's usual demeanor and the school's reputation. After all, in the Turing Award review process, the competition between MIT and Stanford can be said to be very fierce.

With the answer, Bao Zixuan returned to the dormitory, but unfortunately, only Joseph Kane was there, and everyone else was in class.

Joseph Kane: "Bao, come back, this time away is long enough."

Bao Zixuan: "How have you been recently! What are your plans after graduation?"

Joseph Kane: "I'm going to set up a software company by myself, mainly doing software outsourcing tasks. Everything started from scratch, and I also found a few former classmates to come over."

Bao Zixuan: "Good thing! If you need funds, you can come to me. I can be your venture capitalist."

Joseph Kane: "I'm relieved with your words. When the funds are not enough, I will definitely look for you, a rich man."

In fact, when Joseph Kane finished speaking, Bao Zixuan also knew that they were leaving. Even if he himself has to leave MIT, or he will spend less and less time in school in the future. Everyone has to work hard, and there is not much time left to study. That's the reality, everyone has their own way to go. Even I have to think about the development strategy of the company after leaving the United States. After all, I have chosen a path that is not easy to take.

No one can help you in the process of walking, all achievements depend on you. Moreover, the development of the United States in the 1980s can only be regarded as average. It will not develop rapidly until the rise of the Internet in the 1990s. RB will be the next target of Bao Zixuan.

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