Great Country Academician

Regarding the management of Xinghai Research Institute, except for the major departments organized when it was first established, Xu Chuan has not had much involvement.

Although under the management of Wen Yuanhang and the heads of the four major research institutes, there are no problems with the current operation, and it also has certain research and development capabilities.

But if we dig deeper, there are many problems in the organizational structure, management system, decision-making efficiency and other aspects organized by the institute.

For example, the current research institute is divided into four major research institutes. It seems that each of them performs its own duties and can cooperate with each other, but in fact it lacks an effective organizational structure and consistent management strategy.

At present, the four major research institutes are basically working independently in terms of scientific research work, and they are even divided into project teams. Some reviews during the research and development process are quite chaotic.

This leads to overlapping work, waste of resources, and neglect of opportunities for complementary advantages between various teams or laboratories in the institute, reducing overall work efficiency and innovation capabilities.

The second is the management system. Currently, the management of Xinghai Research Institute basically relies on manual labor. All materials and spare parts required for the project need to be submitted by researchers for layer-by-layer review. After passing, they will be connected with the corresponding manufacturers.

This review system is very routine and is used by many scientific research institutions or units.

But overall, this method lacks flexibility and operability, causing researchers to encounter various administrative restrictions and cumbersome procedures in their daily work, which affects their research time and energy.

And what's more critical now is that many of the middle and senior managers at Xinghai Research Institute have been converted from top scientific researchers.

When Qixia's controllable nuclear fusion project was being built before, there were indeed a group of managers dispatched from the State Grid, Nuclear Industry Group and other places. However, with the establishment of the Fusion Energy Company, the future was obviously greater than that of the Xinghai Research Institute. When making the choice , more willing to go to fusion energy.

After the establishment of the Xinghai Research Institute, Xu Chuan did not add any more personnel to management positions. Instead, he screened and selected from the original team and distributed according to their work to build four major research institutes.

The advantage of using scientific researchers as administrators is to understand relevant scientific research projects and make better control and decisions.

The disadvantage is that sometimes he gets into trouble and stubbornly sticks to a project that he thinks may be successful.

This is normal. After all, those engaged in academic research are basically very confident in themselves, and they are more or less stubborn.

This is on the one hand, and on the other hand, scientific researchers are responsible for management positions, which will greatly delay their own research time and energy.

In Xu Chuan's opinion, this is the most wasteful thing.

After all, the golden career of scientific researchers often only lasts for a few years. It is a pity to spend time in fields other than academics.

However, Xu Chuan does not want to introduce external management positions to make adjustments. On the one hand, the current structure is already complete. Introducing external personnel may be suspected of 'seizing power' for the current management. After all, they have also established a system of merit before. .

On the other hand, ‘layman’ managing an expert is not without its drawbacks, and the disadvantages are even greater than when an expert leads an expert.

Resource allocation, evaluation systems, academic leadership, interdisciplinary vision, professionalism, etc. are all issues.

However, problems must be solved. Xu Chuan believes that if artificial intelligence and big data are used to control this aspect and serve as an 'assistant', it should be able to save a lot of time and improve a lot of efficiency.

For example, the allocation and mobilization of scientific research resources can provide decision makers with more comprehensive and accurate information through big data collection, organization and analysis, and effectively solve problems in scientific and technological project management such as insufficient construction of scientific information networks, unscientific allocation of scientific and technological resources, Problems such as imperfect processing of scientific and technological intelligence data.

In the office, Xu Chuan was thinking about a solution.

If a problem arises in his hands, he must find a way to deal with it given his character.

"Internal management can be done through big data and intelligent control similar to the OA system, which is also necessary. What about external contact?"

For Xinghai Research Institute, it is currently impossible to build a self-built production industrial park because the research scope is too broad.

However, it is impossible not to purchase materials, equipment, parts and other things needed for research experiments.

But the connection between procurement and resources is often the most inefficient and time-consuming.

There is no way, various problems such as artificial uncertainty and communication efficiency will naturally cause this problem.

“Is big data also used to deal with this problem?”

While thinking, something an old man said to him suddenly flashed through Xu Chuan's mind.

"If one thing is troublesome to consider from the perspective of an individual or a research institution, it is better to consider it from a higher level and from a national perspective."

These are not the original words, but they are the meaning of what the old man said to him when he was racking his brains to think about how to buy Helixite-7X from the Planck Plasma Institute.

Sometimes, for individuals or individual research institutions, some things are difficult to handle.

But if the perspective is expanded to a national level, it may be easy.

"Maybe I know how to optimize this problem."

A bright light flashed in his eyes, and Xu Chuan's lips curved into a smile.

From a national perspective, how to solve the problems of materials, equipment, parts and components?

The "standard" without a doubt!

That's right, if you think about it from a national level, the top management will not directly intervene in the market economy.

But the country will set a standard!

Whether it is raw materials, parts, or various equipment, they all need to pass the "standard system" established by the country before they can flow into the market.

He can regard Xinghai Research Institute as an 'alternative' national system, with a set of standards surrounding the institute and scientific research.

Such as materials.

Xinghai Research Institute has a huge demand for various raw materials and there are many types, so purchasing is quite troublesome.

If a standard is established for all materials required for research, and the country's methods are learned through big data control, manufacturers that meet the standard are included in a "standard list", and control is automatically carried out through big data and intelligence.

In this case, when the researcher is working on the project, he only needs to list the requirements on this "intelligent system", and the system will help with selection and judgment, which can save a lot of manpower and time.

"No, it's not just that. Purchasing and orders can even be handed over directly to this 'intelligent system'. The institute only needs to set up a 'quality control' department to conduct regular random inspections of the manufacturer's products to ensure that the quality is not Just questions.”

"On this basis, we will link up the internal control of the previous research institute and directly implement a set of 'monopoly-style' intelligent research control. If this is done, all the steps for the management and control of the research institute will be greatly simplified!"

A complete line gradually connected in Xu Chuan's mind.

I have to say that this is a very large project, and just establishing its own set of 'standards' around the institute is a very cumbersome matter.

But compared to the self-built industrial park for Xinghai Research Institute, it is completely promising, the funds and investment required will not be that large, and it is entirely possible to realize it.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Thousands of miles away in the capital, not long after Wen Yuanhang left Beihai on Chang'an Street, a black Hongqi car quietly drove away from the small island in Beihai.

Under the escort of national security personnel, the technical parameters of the miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion reactor brought by Wen Yuanhang, as well as some application technical issues explained by Xu Chuan, were sent to a military equipment research institute on Fuxing Road.

Here, the miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion technology developed by Xinghai Research Institute will be comprehensively researched and developed and matched to various military equipment such as aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, and heavy bombers.

As for other uses other than military, except for the manned space and lunar exploration project at the Xinghai Research Institute, all are currently prohibited.

After all, it is too difficult to keep a non-military application secret.

After receiving the technical information and parameter information of the miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion reactor, this unknown research institute quickly started operation.

In a laboratory specially used for confidential meetings, national security escorts stood quietly waiting inside.

After a while, several researchers and managers from the institute hurried over.

"Dean Ji, Academician Liu." The leader of the escort team stood straight and saluted with a military salute and said hello.

"Where's the stuff?"

Wearing a pair of inconspicuous black-rimmed glasses and with gray temples, old academician Liu Xuemin asked quickly without taking a breath.

"It has been brought over. Please check and verify it, Academician Liu."

The middle-aged man nodded, placed the information documents he brought over on the conference table, and pushed them gently.

"Let me consider."

Liu Xuemin quickly stepped forward, picked up the information files from the table, and directed another core researcher who came with him to go to the small room on the other side of the conference room to print out the information on the confidential USB flash drive.

A long time passed in this small conference room. A few hours later, Liu Xueming checked the information and handover documents about miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion technology completely. After confirming that there were no problems, he did not He signed his name immediately and looked up at the national security personnel escorting the documents.

"Is all the information here?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said expressionlessly: "If there are no problems, please confirm and sign the handover information sheet, Academician Liu and Dean Ji."

Nodding, Liu Xueming picked up the special signature pen from the table and signed his name in the person in charge column.

Later, Ji Xiuming, director of the Equipment Research Institute, also signed his name.

The middle-aged man took the handover form solemnly, checked it carefully, put the document in his arms, saluted, and turned around without stopping and walked toward the conference room.

The people from the National Security Bureau left, and the only ones left in the conference room were the members of the Equipment Research Institute.

Looking at the information in his hands, Ji Xiuming, the director of the institute, still looked shocked and incredulous.

Looking at the information in his hand, and then at Academician Liu Xueming who was wearing glasses and continuing to read the documents, he couldn't help but said: "Old Liu, are these information really true?"

Even though he is the director of this research institute, like other researchers, he does not have detailed information on miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion technology, and can only see part of the information.

Only Academician Liu Xueming has complete information, such as design drawings, detailed data, etc. Others can only see their own part after subsequent work assignments.

So even though the information was escorted over by people from the National People's Government, he still felt a little unbelievable and suspicious.

It's human nature, this is normal.

After all, this achievement is really shocking based on the only information available.

The fusion reactor, which is less than ten cubic meters in size, can be said to be smaller than a family SUV. How can this result not make people doubt its authenticity.

On the side, Liu Xueming glanced at him, said nothing, and continued to look down at the information in his hand.

Is there any problem with the confidential information specially escorted here by the personnel from the National Security Agency? What are you thinking about?

On the side, a middle-aged researcher with M-type hair loss that was almost like the Mediterranean Sea said: "If this is true, it would be unbelievable and unbelievable. You must know that from the official acceptance of the Dawn Fusion Reactor to now, there is a lot of time. Just one year.”

"In one year, Jinling has made a breakthrough in miniaturization, and it is not the tokamak device route. It is really surprising. I didn't expect that Academician Xu actually gave up the tokamak route that has been maturely applied. He turned to the stellarator."

"This should be related to the tearing problem of the plasma magnetic surface along the route of the tokamak device."

Standing in the conference room, another middle-aged researcher pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and continued: "I have studied the dawn fusion device before. On the tokamak route, the internal current of the plasma in the reactor chamber generates Problems such as magnetic surface tearing, distortion, and magnetic islands have not been completely solved.”

"The Daybreak Reactor has enlarged the volume of the fusion reactor several times to provide enough space inside the chamber, and then combined with mathematical models and high-critical magnetic fields to forcefully suppress this problem."

After a pause, he continued: "I thought they would find a way to solve this problem, but I didn't expect that person to be so courageous and directly change the entire research route."

"If it were me, at least I wouldn't be able to make such a decision in such a short period of time, after all."

He didn't finish his words, but everyone in the conference room knew what he meant.

After all, Daybreak has been successful, and it is obviously more worthwhile to continue research on this basis.

Changing the research direction rashly, although the tokamak device and the stellarator both belong to magnetic confinement, the difference between the two is still very big.

Not to mention anything else, this courage alone is worthy of admiration.

Projects worth billions or tens of billions can be changed if the research direction is changed.

More importantly, he actually made it!

All I can say is that he is worthy of being the legendary person.