The national college student physics competitions organized by China include the National College Student Physics Academic Competition, the National College Student Mechanics Competition, the National College Student Experimental Physics Competition, etc.

But in Chen Zhou's impression, the time for these competitions is not now.

The competition he was thinking of was called the National College Students Physics Competition in Certain Regions.

Registration for this competition begins in November.

It is divided into three regions: Yanjing area, Qingshi area, and Shanghai area. Colleges and universities in Yanjing, Shanghai, and Qingshi hold offline examinations.

However, according to the information Chen Zhou knew, this physics competition for college students in some parts of the country is often hosted by the physics associations in various regions, and its influence and value are not high.

Chen Zhou felt that it was impossible to say that Yan University of Science and Technology specially organized 24 people to participate in this competition.

But he really couldn't think of anything else.

Chen Zhou then said: "Yiyi, are you going to participate in the physics competition for college students in Yanjing area?"

Yang Yiyi just wanted to tease Chen Zhou, but she didn't expect that Chen Zhou actually guessed the competition, but he guessed the wrong name.

Thinking of this, Yang Yiyi first praised Chen Zhou: "Chen Zhou, it's great. You actually guessed it. It was indeed because of the competition."

Hearing this, Chen Zhou felt a little proud, but then he heard Yang Yiyi say: "It's just that it's not a college physics competition in some parts of the country, but an international college student physics competition, which we often call UPC."

Chen Zhou looked at Yang Yiyi doubtfully: "International University Physics Competition? UPC?"

He really didn't know about this competition. This was the first time he heard the name.

In fact, he had casually looked up the names of domestic physics competitions once, and he had some vague impressions.

Yang Yiyi explained: "the university physics orgpetition, the International College Physics Competition, referred to as UPC."

"Sponsored by the American Physical Society and the American Astronomical Society, it is a physics academic competition open to university undergraduates around the world."

"This competition issues registration notifications in November every year, and then holds the competition on the last weekend of November."

After hearing Yang Yiyi's words, Chen Zhou asked again: "Yiyi, what exactly does this UPC look like?"

Yang Yiyi glanced at Chen Zhou and said: "UPC requires students to work in teams of up to three people, use basic physical principles to analyze actual physical scenarios, complete an academic paper based on the competition topic within 48 hours, and

Submit to the official."

"Well, UPC is also called physical modeling by us, because its competition format is very similar to that of mathematical modeling, except that the time requirement is tighter."

"In terms of gold content, UPC has nearly 500 teams from all over the world participating every year, so the gold content is still very high."

After a pause, Yang Yiyi asked: "Are you interested and want to participate?"

Chen Zhou nodded subconsciously, then shook his head: "If there are three people in a group, aren't the 24 of you already divided?"

Yang Yiyi shook her head: "Not yet. This year, because there are a lot of things in the Institute of Physics, the competition was not notified until recently. The 24 of us are just the students that the Institute of Physics plans to participate in."

"As for team formation, because the UPC topic involves basic modeling, algorithm design, and computational analysis of the model."

"So Dean Yang asked us to form our own teams first and let us find students from related majors. After the team formation is completed, the Institute of Physics will appoint the instructors of the participating teams."

Hearing this, Chen Zhou was overjoyed. This is really a competition, and the competition is here.

He then said to Yang Yiyi: "Yiyi, what do you think of me?"

Yang Yiyi looked at him with a smile and nodded: "I originally planned to find you, but with you, we still have one person missing."

Chen Zhou thought for a while and said, "Leave this to me, I'll go get someone."

Yang Yiyi nodded and suddenly said: "Chen Zhou, we are the first couple to participate in UPC~"

After eating, the two of them went straight back to Yanda.

After Chen Zhou sent Yang Yiyi back to the dormitory, he went to find Shen Jing.

When it comes to finding people, you still have to rely on seniors.

Quiet dormitory.

After Chen Zhou finished talking about asking for help.

"What kind of international college physics competition are you going to participate in?" Shen Jing looked at Chen Zhou in surprise.

"Yes." Zhou nodded and asked, "Is there any problem?"

Shen Jing said: "I heard from Professor Wu and Professor Zhang that you have joined their research groups. If you participate in this competition again, will you be able to allocate your time? And... this is still a physics competition. ..”

Chen Zhou replied: "Senior, what you said is wrong. Physics and mathematics are not separated."

"Furthermore, this UPC is similar to the competition model of mathematical modeling. The basic modeling involved and the calculation and analysis of the model also belong to the category of mathematics and cannot be completely regarded as a competition in physics."

After a pause, Chen Zhou added: "As for Professor Wu and Professor Zhang's projects, they are still in the early stages for the time being. There are not many things going on. I believe I can take care of both."

"Well...wait a minute, I will explain it to the two professors. I believe the two professors will understand."

"Besides, senior, I haven't participated in the competition yet. If I don't participate, I will regret it..."

Shen Jing: "Okay, I happen to have a classmate in the School of Information Science and Technology. I will contact him for help later."

Chen Zhou quickly thanked him: "Thank you, senior, I'll leave this to you. When the competition is over, I'll treat you to a big dinner!"

"Okay, I'll give you an answer tonight." After Shen Jing finished speaking, he added casually, "Actually, you can wait until next year to participate in mathematics competitions, mathematical modeling competitions, and Qiushai competitions. Why do you have to be in a hurry? Want to participate in this international college student physics competition? Time is so tight..."

Chen Zhou replied: "Time is tight, so it is challenging. This UPC can also help me participate in competitions in the future and accumulate some experience."

"The most important thing is that Yiyi invited me to form a team with her to participate in this competition. This is a very meaningful event in our student careers."

"Yiyi..." Shen Jing just repeated the name subconsciously.

Chen Zhou helped Shen Jing recall: "Well, you've seen me, senior. We came to the dormitory area together when registering for school, and we came back from the library together after the first topic discussion..."

Shen Jing glanced at Chen Zhou and quickly interrupted Chen Zhou: "I'm going to go to the professor, let's not talk about it for now..."

As Shen Jing said this, he quickly packed up his things, squeezed Chen Zhou away, and left the dormitory.

After Chen Zhou said hello to the other seniors in Shen Jing's dormitory, he also left.

Back in his dormitory, Chen Zhou began to search for more information about UPC on the Internet.

Tomorrow is November, registration will be soon followed by the competition, time is indeed very tight.
Chapter completed!