Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

Chapter 358 The Last Campus Life - Computer Thesis Defense

On the way back, Bao Zixuan kept thinking about Professor Bowman's true identity. It should not be as simple as Martin Bowman's distant nephew. But after all, it was not a glorious thing. If people knew that he was Martin Bowman's relative, he might have been killed long ago. How could he survive until now, but it opened his mind from another direction.

It is only 35 years since the end of World War II, and many Nazi German officials who have not been caught may still be alive. They more or less hold a lot of secrets, and Nazi German technology is something Bao Zixuan really hopes to get. It seems that we can really dig into this aspect. If there are dates or no dates, we have to hit the mark first.

The top priority was how to go to Poland and bring back the technical information hidden by Martin Bowman in a reasonable manner. Suddenly, Bao Zixuan had an idea and came up with a seamless plan. The more I thought about it, the more feasible it became, so I fell asleep with a smile.

He is about to prepare for a computer thesis defense, but he doesn't need to prove anything now. More importantly, I hope to have a good name during the introduction. It will not be so perfect before graduation. However, as a winner of the Turing Award, it would be embarrassing if he did not have a graduation thesis that would amaze the world, so Bao Zixuan has been actively preparing for it these days.

At the same time, Professor Harry Rowland was also working with well-known scholars in the computer industry to complete the thesis review. He knew that with his own ability, he was no longer qualified to teach Bao Zixuan, let alone independently review Bao Zixuan's thesis. And this is also a grand event for the computer academic community. At this time, it can no longer be said to be a graduation thesis defense, but more like an academic report in the computer industry.

In order to enhance the school's reputation, the school always considers itself the number one school in computer science in the minds of MIT workers. Principal Johansson had already come out of his grief and personally arranged all aspects of Bao Zixuan's thesis defense. It can be said that he tried his best to achieve perfection.

But this time is just a warm-up. There will be a grander graduation celebration at the end of the semester. Famous alumni, dignitaries from all walks of life, and family members of graduates will be invited to participate in the event.

This thesis defense invited scholars who are well-known in the computer industry, and it can be said that it caused a huge sensation in the American Computer Industry Association. After Bao Zixuan won the Turing Award, his status in the computer industry has reached the highest level. No one would treat him as a student, so everyone came to MIT with the purpose of exchange and learning.

Watching the invited people continue to walk into the hall, the school had to arrange some students in the outfield. There will be a link to watch the TV, and the seats in the main venue are already somewhat insufficient at this time.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Bao Zixuan came to the center of the stage wearing a Chinese tunic suit. As for why he didn't wear a doctor's suit, it was more because he hoped to wear it when he graduates. It would be the most beautiful scene for my mother to see her graduate with her doctorate.

Bao Zixuan's attire made people stunned. Most of the people who came here were for academic exchanges. I didn’t pay much attention to it, I just felt that the young man looked quite energetic wearing this. However, when this costume spread to mainland China and Wanwan, it was a different story. After all, this was an unprecedented achievement for the descendants of Yan and Huang in the world's highest university.

Bao Zixuan looked at the crowd below and said: "I am very happy to be able to share my thesis at MIT, the number one university in the computer industry. What I want to share with you today is: the future development of the computer industry - networking."

Bao Zixuan, the "number one university", makes the professors and scholars with Stanford background in the audience very unhappy. Whatever you say is the number one university, it is the number one university. But let's get straight to the point. There is basically no nonsense, so you can listen to what he has to say. If there is nothing interesting for a while, you must not let this kid go.

Bao Zixuan continued: "I think the future development of computers will no longer be a single computer function calculation, but a network matrix composed of multiple computers to jointly accomplish set goals. Just like telephones, every corner of the world can now be connected to each other. The same is true for computers; it just requires more bandwidth and the existing traffic is not enough, so it has not been implemented."

Moreover, the network has unexpected effects on communications, office work, and scientific research. So what are the main functions of computer networks in the future?

1. Data communication

Data communication is one of the most important functions of computer networks. Data communication is a communication method and communication service that uses data transmission technology to transfer data information between two terminals according to a certain communication protocol.

2. Resource sharing

Resource sharing is one of the main purposes for people to establish computer networks. Computer resources include hardware resources, software resources and data resources. Sharing of hardware resources can improve equipment utilization and avoid repeated investment in equipment, such as using a computer network to establish a network printer.

3. Centralized management

The development and application of computer network technology has caused changes in modern office methods, business management, etc. At present, there are many management information systems, office automation systems, etc., through which centralized management of daily work can be achieved, work efficiency can be improved, and economic benefits can be increased.

In fact, the term network is no stranger to these computer masters. At this time, the US defense department has already conducted research and applications in this area.

The U.S. Department of Defense believes that if there is only one centralized military command center, it will be destroyed by the nuclear weapons of the former Soviet Union. The country's military command will be paralyzed, and the consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, it is necessary to design such a decentralized command system. It must be composed of decentralized command points. When some command points are destroyed, other points can still work normally. , and these scattered points can be connected through some form of communication network.

In 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency began to build a network named ARPAnet to connect several military and research computer hosts in the United States. At the beginning, ARPAnet only connected four hosts. From a military requirement, it was under the protection of high-level secrets of the U.S. Department of Defense. Technically, it did not have the conditions for external promotion.

Many of the people sitting here have participated in this military project and are no strangers to networked computers. But even the money spent by the U.S. military to complete the linking of four hosts is enough to build an aircraft carrier. How much money is needed to promote it globally.

Moreover, existing technology simply cannot achieve this, and there is no computer capable of such a huge amount of calculations. Even a computer as powerful as the Heiyun Gy1 is estimated to only be able to power dozens of computers. It is simply unrealistic for cross-city offices, let alone cross-border interconnections; it is completely impossible. But looking at Bao Zixuan's assurance, could it be that he has solved the technical barriers to wide area network transmission and can realize the transmission of information between multiple machines in multiple places.

Cisco was not yet established, and there had been no major technological breakthroughs in network switches. Most of them are transmitted between single machines, or information is transmitted to the transfer station through a large industrial computer. Bao Zixuan's global network is at least five years ahead of its time, and five years is enough to bring about a revolutionary change in the computer industry.

Although many scholars believe that the technology does not meet the requirements, they still strongly agree with many of Bao Zixuan's views in the paper. Just because the existing technology cannot reach it does not mean that it cannot be realized in the future. As a purely academic paper, it is fully qualified. Looking at Bao Zixuan, I feel that this technology is not far away from success. This is the most exciting thing. Heiyun's terrifying financial resources are enough to support this young man to do whatever he wants to do; they say no, what if they can achieve their goals with the support of huge funds! So no one said anything unpleasant, mainly because they didn’t dare!

In fact, Bao Zixuan has many forward-looking topics about computers in his mind. Why should he introduce the Internet? He is playing a game of chess. When the American network is civilianized and networks are set up around the world, Xiangjiang can obtain the qualifications for a sub-server, and the location has been selected and can be placed in Yulin Institute of Technology; for this purpose, he is designing A large constant temperature and humidity machine room was built at the beginning.