Chapter 786: The Conception of the Advanced Ding Liyan

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"This is just a general framework; the details still need to be deliberated."

"In addition to these academic departments, there are also characteristic platforms, a computing and data science platform, an academic exchange center, and so on."

Xu Qingzhou slowly told Ji Yunshi about his conception of the Advanced Ding Liyan.

At present, Ren Nan, Zhao Shengwen, and others were each responsible for corresponding sections, and everyone was performing their own duties. He, on the other hand, wasn't that busy, only needing to control the overall progress and act as a brick, going wherever needed.

Ji Yunshi put down the materials Xu Qingzhou had given him and said in a deep voice: "Alright, I'll organize experts to come up with a plan."

The operation of a large research institute was much more complex than that of a laboratory.

Just talking about the management structure design, for example, it needed a board of directors, composed of top global scientists, government representatives, and corporate donors, to ensure academic independence and resource support.

It also needed an academic committee; although department settings had been carried out, a committee was still needed to break down disciplinary barriers.

The current administrative departments of the institute would be merged into the future operational support department.

Xu Qingzhou poured tea for Ji Yunshi and smiled at the same time, saying: "Preparatory work can be slow, but it must be stable. I don't want to follow in the footsteps of Tsinghua University."

Domestically, quite a few universities were drawing lessons from the Princeton IAS model. Tsinghua University had one, aiming to build a pure academic research highland and attract top global scholars, but the effect was not ideal.

The establishment and resource allocation of university research institutes were subject to dual management by the Ministry of Education and the universities, making it difficult to get rid of bureaucratization, and they were mostly attached to the university system, lacking independence.

In short, restricted by various factors, even if domestic advanced research institutes were built in imitation, they only had the form but not the spirit, unable to learn the true essence.

"This is something that needs to be guarded against. As a new institution, we have unique advantages, such as having extremely high autonomy and no heavy burdens."

Ji Yunshi nodded in agreement and said slowly: "But wanting to build an advanced research institute that can truly rival Princeton's, and building our own academic holy land in the Xia Nation, I'm afraid there really are many thorny paths to walk."

"In the 1930s, during the war in Europe, the IAS received Jewish scientists like Einstein and von Neumann (Data 4). This concentration of talent has a historical contingency that cannot be replicated. Let alone us, even the Americans themselves are probably very difficult to create such a myth again."

"Yes, it's very challenging. But looking at it from another angle, isn't that quite interesting?"

The core advantage of the IAS was that it was completely independent of the university, supported by a private foundation, and free from administrative interference.

When the Materials Ding Liyan was established, it took a path completely independent of the Xia Nation's research institute system, deciding its own development autonomously, similar to a private enterprise, and could fully exert its subjective initiative.

Compared to old-established institutions, this was their biggest advantage: no burdens and huge potential.

But even so, the task was still incomparably arduous.

No teaching tasks, no pressure for scientific research funding—this purity was almost impossible to replicate in the modern scientific research environment, and it was almost utopian in today's highly utilitarian scientific research environment.

Which institution now could completely not consider output of achievements and funding applications?

Moreover, even if there were really no teaching tasks and pressure for scientific research funding, whether the scholars themselves could sit on the cold bench was also a problem.

Previously, the Fudan Xianghui Ding Liyan tried to implement 10 years without assessment, but some scholars frankly said that no assessment actually brought more pressure; this was inertial anxiety formed under a long-term quantitative assessment environment.

Everyone was rolling, and suddenly being told you didn't need to roll anymore would make anyone panic.

In short, preparing for the Advanced Ding Liyan was quite troublesome, involving too many aspects.

Days passed one by one, and Xu Qingzhou circulated among the various experimental groups.

In addition to the more than 400 people already in the institute, the Institute of Plasma Physics had also delegated 4 support groups, totaling 72 people.

The support group from the Institute of Plasma Physics was led by Professor Xiao Chenghan, which could be considered to fully explain their attitude of full support.

After all, Professor Xiao Chenghan was considered a veteran of EAST, and the researchers who came to support this time had, on average, worked in the fusion field for 10 years. ===== CHAPTER 787 =====