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Reading Research Papers Critically

Reading Research Papers Critically. Brad Karp UCL Computer Science. CS 4C38 / Z25 16 th January, 2006. Why are we here?. Learn fundamental problems in networked systems Design for scalability, robustness in large-scale, aggressively distributed systems

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Reading Research Papers Critically

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  1. Reading Research Papers Critically Brad Karp UCL Computer Science CS 4C38 / Z25 16th January, 2006

  2. Why are we here? • Learn fundamental problems in networked systems • Design for scalability, robustness in large-scale, aggressively distributed systems • Gain perspective on competing designs • Learn to think critically about quality of research papers; so you can do good research yourself; acquire taste • Ground rules: • Feel free to criticize or defend a paper, or my take on it! • Any comment can lead to (bounded) discussion!

  3. Evaluating a Paper • Important, relevant problem? Clever? Orthogonal! • Reasonable assumptions and models? • Longer ago published, more you can judge based on impact: • Does everyone now use systems derived from it? • Recent papers: more on cleverness, promise • Other contributions possible: thorough investigation of complex phenomena; comparison that brings sense to an area

  4. Today: Geographic Routing(Ad hoc Routing) • Ad hoc Routing: reachability among nodes in a highly dynamic topology • Your task: “Why?” • Why multi-hop? • Is routing the hard or relevant problem? • Why won’t previous routing algorithms work? • See through fads in research!

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