And didn't make him wait long.

Half a cup of coffee, a printed document was placed in front of him by a thick robotic arm.

As always, he was satisfied with Xiao Ai's execution efficiency, and Lu Zhou, who picked up the information, flipped through two pages casually, and a trace of surprise quickly appeared in his eyes.

Before getting this information, he had made a lot of brain-opening speculations in his heart, but he didn't expect his academic resume to be so clean, even so clean that it made people feel a little distressed.

How so?

He has published a lot of papers, and judging from the image factor and the number of citations, it is not the kind that comes out casually. His research interests are also quite extensive, covering both biological neural networks and mechanical neural networks, and he has made outstanding achievements in both fields.

The problem, however, is that he seems to be a bit mixed up at the Swiss National Research Center for Neural Networks......

Not so good?

Ten years have been in the position of a researcher, although there is an office that is considered his own laboratory, but neither the research funds nor the living expenses are very rich.

This is extremely unusual for a scholar who has been working in the field of neural network algorithms and biological neural networks for decades. Even if the research direction he chose was indeed a little unpopular, it would not be so shabby even in the laboratory.

Unless......

It's because the issue of academic misconduct has been dealt with by the institute, or because it has offended someone.

In short, Lu Zhou can conclude that the strength reflected in this guy's paper is still good, but he is very average in the academic world.

It reminded him of a collaborator from a long time ago.

The disheartened Professor Sarot left Silicon Valley and Cornell University to return to his hometown of Amsterdam to teach.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Zhou spoke.

"Xiao Ai."

Ai: [Huh? 0.0】

"Edit an email for me and send it to Professor Mitre's mailbox," after a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "I want to talk to him." ”

……

Swiss National Centre for Neural Network Research.

Coming out of the classroom with his textbook in his hand, Professor Miel, who had finished his class with the graduate students, hummed a little song and walked towards his office.

He turned on the computer as usual, but just as he was about to check if the order he had offered was unsuccessful, there were suddenly two more unread emails from an unfamiliar address in his mailbox.

He opened the email with doubt, but when his eyes fell on the text, the whole person was startled.

I saw only one sentence in the text.

[I heard you're looking for me? 】

A cold sweat broke out from his forehead, and the expression on Professor Miel's face was as if he had bumped into a ghost.

Someone was able to hack into the site where he was offering a bounty?

Not only did they get his real IP and lock his identity, but they even got the email address he used for work?!

Although that website doesn't have a deep background, it can't hide from the eyes of the international police, engage in illegal transactions for so many years, and don't have any cybersecurity protection skills, so it is impossible to live until now.

What's more, the users of that website are still the most proficient in server attacks and the kind of people who like to make a sense of existence by doing things......

In fact, Miel didn't know that for Lu Zhou, who has a quantum computer, the network security protection measures based on traditional encryption technology are basically no different from no defense.

There is only that kind of physically isolated database, Xiao Ai can't get in, and for that kind of open network, it basically comes and goes freely, and it makes no difference whether there is a door or not.

The vest felt like it had been stripped naked and thrown on the street.

With a trembling index finger, Miel clicked on the second email.

This time, he was stunned.

[Want to talk?] On the topic of virtual reality. 】

At the end of the email, a 20MB attachment is also attached.

Looking at this attachment, Miel hesitated.

But thinking that the other party could even break through the security system of the black market on the dark web, and he wouldn't play these little tricks if he wanted to harm himself, he still downloaded the attachment and double-clicked the program to run.

The program starts.

As he expected, it was something like a messaging app.

Although the interface is very amateurish, there is no problem with making audio calls.

Soon, the processed electronic sound came from the computer opposite.

"Hello, Professor Miel."

"Hello...... Dr. Z," said Professor Miel, who looked at the pitch-black video window with helplessness on his face, "Looks like you've already investigated my personal information." ”

Lu Zhou: "I prefer to call it a kind of courtesy. ”

Miel: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to accuse you...... As for the bounty, trust me, I don't have any ill intentions, I just want to talk to you about your paper. ”

As if to bolster the persuasiveness of his words, Professor Miel cleared his throat and continued.

"In fact, I'm working on this as well, and I've made some good progress. But you know, it's so unpopular, and while there's a lot of people doing it, especially the Internet companies in Silicon Valley, the vampire doors just want to sit back and enjoy it, counting on us to give them fresh gimmicks but don't want to pay for our research. ”

Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows and asked, "So, you are very tight now?" ”

"Not really, in fact I have a lot of money for my research."

Immediately denied Lu Zhou's statement, Professor Miel suddenly changed his words and continued, "Are you coming to Switzerland?" I can help you with your job, where you live, and your green card. There is one of the most advanced research centers for neural networks in all of Europe, and I am here ...... Here's ...... Supervisor. What you're looking at now is my lab, there's a lot of space here, and I'm sure you'll like it—"

"Alright, Professor Miel, I'm not here to listen to your bragging."

Hearing this somewhat playful voice, Professor Miel's old face suddenly turned red and argued.

"I'm not bragging, I'm talking about-"

Lu Zhou: "Whether you tell the truth or not, I don't have much interest in a research institute in the countryside, let alone the director there. I have my own laboratory and I don't have any problems with funding, do you think I need to come to Switzerland? ”

"Do you have your own lab? Where is it? Miel was slightly stunned, and immediately added, "Of course, if the conditions on your side are good enough, I can also give up my job here and go to you...... Although I will soon be promoted to director, I am willing to make sacrifices for the sake of science. ”

In a word, the director has been demoted to the director reserve.

Listening to these two-and-five-boy speeches, Lu Zhou couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

In a somewhat mocking voice, he spoke.

"Not all sacrifices are worthwhile, you know what I mean? Professor Miel. ”

"I understand," Professor Miel shrugged his shoulders after a moment of silence, "you're doubting my strength, am I right?" ”

Lu Zhou didn't answer, which was a tacit acquiescence to his statement.

Sensing this, Professor Miel was not angry and continued to speak patiently.

"This is normal, after all, you are the Dr. Z who saved the world in the mouth of the media, and I am just a little-known researcher...... I'm guessing that's what you think in your heart. So I suggest we'd better talk in person, and if you're willing to reimburse me for my ticket, I can—"

Lu Zhou: "There's no need for that, I'll ask you a few questions to know if you have that ability." ”

Miel immediately said, "You ask." ”

Hearing this confident speech, Lu Zhou smiled.

Clearing his throat, he spoke.

"As we all know, the core components of neural access virtual reality technology can be divided into three, one is the acquisition of neural signals, one is the processing of neural signals, and finally the output of the nervous system...... In other words, the 'language' that the brain can read is transmitted directly to the relevant brain region in the form of electrical signals. ”

Miel: "I'm sure it's not something that is well known......"

Lu Zhou: "If you have any comments, we can talk about it next time." ”

Miel hurriedly said: "No, no, you continue." ”

Seeing that he confessed so directly, Lu Zhou didn't bother with him and continued.

“…… I won't go into the conceptual part one by one, at present, I have found a good solution for the acquisition of neural signals and the transmission of electrical signals, but for one of the most critical problems...... That is, the direct output of information to the brain, but there is an extremely complex difficulty. ”

"When the brain is interpreting the neural microcurrent signals, it is difficult to ensure that each individual receives the same information from the same message."

Lu Zhou repeated the principle of "brain imaging" that he had told his senior sister about in a slightly professional language with Professor Miel.

The conceptual stuff doesn't involve too many sensitive issues, so much so that there's nothing to hide.

In contrast, he wants to know more about how this bull engaged in the research of biological neural networks and machine neural networks views this academic problem.

After listening to Dr. Z's question, Miel thought with a frown.

Seeing that he didn't react for a long time on the other end of the video, Lu Zhou said casually.

"You don't have to give me an answer right away, in fact I'm thinking of a solution to this problem myself. If you have any good ideas, you can send them to my mailbox. ”

Professor Miel said with a headache: "If you want me to solve this problem, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult, after all, your question is too abstract. But just the idea of solving the problem......"

Lu Zhou: "Do you have any good ideas?" ”

"It's a little ......"

Nodding, Professor Miel continued, in a serious tone, "Why not consider distributed computing? ”