As a result of a chance encounter, Kocourek met Frank Ying, the dean of the university's Office of International Affairs and a professor of economics. Ying discovered that Kocourek was both naturally gifted at math and also motivated to work hard at solving problems, so Ying invited him to research under him.
在一個偶然機緣下，帕佛遇到了中山大學國際事務處處長兼經濟研究所教授的印永翔，印永翔發現帕佛天資聰穎，而且具有非常強烈的解決問題的動力，就邀請他一起做研究。