Chapter 768

Before Trevor could respond, Wynn answered gracefully, “I’m flattered.”

Philip smiled and nodded before asking what she was working on these days.

“I’ve been managing InnovaTech since Trevor handed it over to me last year, as a way to gain experience. But I’m ashamed to say I haven’t achieved anything particularly noteworthy yet,” Wynn replied.

Philip smiled. “Research doesn’t produce results overnight. It’s perfectly normal not to see major breakthroughs right away.”

The conversation continued, revolving around various Al-related topics. As more people joined in, the discussion remained lively and engaging.

Some of those present had heard of Wynn before but had never really known much about her. After chatting with her, several of them couldn’t hide their surprise.

“I didn’t expect Ms. Locket to have such an in-depth understanding of so many different Al disciplines. Very impressive.”

Wynn smiled modestly, “You’re too kind.”

Harvey and Lilian were standing not far away. Smiles finally appeared on their faces after hearing others praise Wynn.

In truth, they had long hoped Wynn could join Philip’s research team. After all, he led one of the world’s top Al research teams. If Wynn could study under him for a few years, she would surely achieve great things of her own.

Although Philip’s standing in the country wasn’t quite on Zachary’s level, he had significant international influence. More importantly, his extensive connections around the world were unmatched.

Not to mention that two scientists trained under him before had already gone on to become internationally renowned researchers.

They had brought this idea up with Trevor several days earlier, and he had agreed to help.

Now, seeing how highly Philip and the others regarded Wynn’s professional knowledge, they felt increasingly confident that the plan would succeed.

However, Trevor didn’t raise the subject in front of everyone. Instead, he brought it up privately after the others dispersed and the three of them headed upstairs together.

Philip smiled after listening to him.

“Ms. Locket has a solid academic background, and since she studied under Professor Sweeney before, she’d certainly be welcome to join my team.”

After a brief pause, he asked a few more detailed questions about her doctoral research-her

specialization, when she graduated, and what kind of research she had focused on over the past two years.

These questions were much more probing.

Wynn answered by explaining the topic of her doctoral dissertation. As for her work over the past two years…

“I’ve mainly been working with my team on multimodal fusion research.”

Philip nodded. “Multimodal fusion remains one of the biggest technical bottlenecks in autonomous driving.”

He then asked in detail what progress she had made during those two years.

InnovaTech had achieved some results over that period, so Wynn described them.

However, perhaps because Trevor was standing beside her, she added, “But, to be honest, none of those è achievements were actually mine. I was mainly following the team and haven produced any substantial research results of my own.”

learning from them team and

Something seemed to dawn on Philip after hearing that. He lowered his eyes to the wine glass in his hard paused for a moment, then glanced sideways at Trevor before

turning back to Wynn.

“If you’ve been out of your PhD for nearly two years and still haven’t produced any breakthrough work of your own… That’s honestly not quite enough,” he said carefully.

After all, among the PhD graduates in his institute, most had already established a clear research direction and made tangible progress within six months of graduating.