112: Chapter 112 This guy deserves full marks!

"Look here, he cleverly utilized singular value decomposition to construct an adaptive dictionary. This approach directly solves the issues of excessive computational load and the tendency to produce artifacts in traditional sparse coding! It's simply a stroke of genius!"

"Not only that!"

Another younger associate professor pointed at the experimental data chart, his face flushed with excitement. "Look at this peak signal-to-noise ratio data! It's a full 0.8 dB higher than the current state-of-the-art algorithms! In the field of image restoration, even a 0.1 dB improvement is a huge leap forward. This is practically a dimensional strike! It's just too advanced!"

"And this mathematical derivation is impeccably rigorous; the logical loop is perfect. This doesn't look like the work of an undergraduate at all; even a Doctoral Student from the mathematics department might not do better..."

The old professor responsible for reviewing the mathematical models took off his glasses and rubbed his sore eyes, his tone filled with disbelief.

"Especially the proof regarding non-convex optimization in the third chapter; it's so beautiful it's like a work of art. Have today's undergraduates evolved to this level?"

The professors became more and more excited the longer they looked.

Finally, everyone simultaneously looked at Zhao Libo, who was sitting at the head of the table.

"Dean, is this... really written by that freshman?"

Someone asked the soul-searching question.

Zhao Libo slumped in his chair, a look of extreme complexity on his face.

There was joy that the school had produced such top-tier talent, but also the heartache of failing to poach him for his own school, and even a hint of... jealousy.

Yes, jealousy. Jealousy of such talent!

"It's him, that freshman who refused to come to our school..."

Professor Lin Fusheng sighed and said to everyone nearby.

"I'm sure you've all seen the paper of his I discovered back then. I felt even then that this little guy had exceptional talent, but I didn't expect his talent to be this high..."

Zhao Libo sighed and said in a sour tone.

"Our School of Information has hundreds of Doctoral Students and tens of millions in funding, yet we haven't managed to squeeze out a single TIP Editor's Choice in years. And now, we've been outdone by a freshman who spends every day shaking test tubes and growing bacteria in the School of Life Sciences... This is a slap in the face! A painful one!"

The conference room fell into a dead silence.

Everyone looked at each other, feeling a deep sense of frustration.

Is there really such a monster in this world who is born knowing everything?

He's just a freshman who just started school, and he's already published a paper of this level?

"No!"

Suddenly, Zhao Libo slammed the table, his eyes becoming sharp once again.

"Although we didn't manage to poach him, the listed affiliation on this paper is Beijing Forestry University! This is the school's honor! It's also the honor of our Informatics discipline!"

"Since he is the first author, it means this achievement is genuine. Even though we aren't his home base, we can still be considered his... what's it called, his half-home base!"

"Hurry and publicize this! Put it on the school's official website homepage! Use the largest font!"

"Contact the school's publicity department and send out a press release! Report the good news to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology!"

"I've already thought of the headline: 'Our University's Freshman Undergraduate Zhao Yang Publishes Foundational Paper in Top IEEE Journal, Opening a New Era of Image Processing, Demonstrating the Major Achievements of Our University's Interdisciplinary Talent Cultivation'!"

"Also, Professor Lin, go to the School of Life Sciences again! Be even more polite this time. Even if we can't poach him, do your best to get him to agree to pursue a dual degree in computer science! Let him name his own terms!"

The entire School of Information rapidly mobilized because of this one paper.

...

Meanwhile. North District, School of Life Sciences, Professor Gu Ming's laboratory.

Compared to the chaos in the School of Information, it was much quieter and more peaceful here.

Zhao Yang was just as he usually was, wearing a pristine white lab coat, standing next to the centrifuge. At this moment, he was using [Super Vision] to observe a set of specially treated DNA samples.

"Zhao Yang, your technique is getting steadier and steadier."

Gu Qing, who was nearby, said with a smile while recording data.

"Sometimes I wonder if you're a robot. We both joined the lab at the same time, but your progress is visible to the naked eye; it's just too fast! Talent like yours really makes everyone feel frustrated!"

Zhao Yang smiled: "Practice more, you can do it too."

Just as the two were chatting.

"Bang!"

The laboratory door was shoved open violently, with such force that it almost broke the doorknob.

Senior Brother Liu Jianguo rushed in, panting, waving a printed sheet of paper in his hand with a very strange expression.

"Zhao Yang! Zhao Yang!"

Liu Jianguo shouted, his voice slightly distorted.

"What's wrong, Senior Brother?" Zhao Yang stopped the pipette in his hand and frowned. "Speak slowly, don't contaminate the samples."

"Who cares about the samples now!"

Liu Jianguo rushed in front of Zhao Yang and shoved the paper into his face.

"You... you're on the headlines again! It's exploded! It's completely exploded!"

"What headlines? Is someone taking pictures of me on the forum again?"

Zhao Yang asked calmly.

"Not the forum! It's the school's official website headline!!"

Liu Jianguo was incoherent with excitement,

"That TIP paper of yours has been published! And it's been listed as a Highlight article! Editor's Choice! Do you know what this means?"

"Several Doctoral Students from the School of Information just called me, asking if you need someone to hang onto your coattails..."

Hearing this, everyone else in the laboratory gathered around.

Gu Qing took the printed paper, glanced at the title and the impact factor, and her beautiful eyes widened instantly.

"TIP... This is a top-tier journal in Computer Science!"

Gu Qing looked at Zhao Yang, her eyes full of surprise.

"When did you publish this behind our backs? Didn't you just publish a paper in a Tier 2 computer science journal a while ago? It hasn't been that long, has it? And you've been spending so much time in the lab lately?"

"Just... wrote it in my spare time before."

"..."

The whole room was deathly silent.

Liu Jianguo looked at Zhao Yang's nonchalant demeanor, his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

Big brother! That's TIP!

When we in the School of Life Sciences publish a sub-journal of "Cell", we have to beat drums and set off firecrackers, eager to announce it to the whole school. You published in a top-tier computer science journal, and you just say "wrote it in my spare time"? This flex, I give it a perfect score!

"Good lad! You really do big things without making a sound!!"

Professor Professor Gu Ming heard the commotion and walked out of his office. He had clearly also received the news; his eyes were full of surprise as he looked at Zhao Yang, who was standing to the side.

Meanwhile, Professor Lin Fusheng walked out of the Dean's office of the School of Life Sciences.

He had just received a promise from the Dean of the School of Life Sciences.

As long as Zhao Yang didn't have any objections, the School of Life Sciences had no issues with Zhao Yang pursuing a dual degree in computer science.

Having received the promise from the Dean of the School of Life Sciences, Lin Fusheng hurried towards Professor Professor Gu Ming's laboratory without delay.