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1、FindingGoodIdeasandProblemsNickFeamsterandAlexGrayCS7001August28,2006Questions•What’sagoodidea?•Whatmakesagoodresearchproblem?•Howtofindagoodresearchproblem?What’sagoodidea?•Advanceinthefield•Needstoaddresssomeneed(realproblem)–Needcouldbeimmediateorlong
2、erterm–Specificneed,connectedtopractice–Canaddresstheneedsofsomespecificgroup–Maynotbeimmediatelyobvioustodaythatit’suseful•Needstooffernewperspective/angle•“Ishouldhavethoughtofthat!”(strongemotions)•Marketvalue•Canyouexplainittomom?(shouldbesimpleandco
3、herent)•Elegance,simplicity,generality,practicality•Opensanewdirection•Manyinterpretations,applicationstootherareasnotpreviouslythoughtofWhat’saBadIdea/Problem?(andwheretofindthem)•Yourimagination–Comicbooks,cartoons•Ideas/Problemsthataresolved–Literatur
4、ereviewsareimportant•Thosethatcan’tbesolvedorvalidated•Whenyouradvisortriestotalkyououtofit…whenshouldyoulisten?–“Problemistoohard.”Canyoufigureouthowtoleveragehelp,makesomenewassumptions,newsubproblemthatpeoplehadn’tthoughtof,anewperspectivetotheproblem
5、(newtechnique,approach,etc.)…?–“Field/problemareaisdead.”Don’tcompletelyacceptthis.Youmayknowsomethingthatyouradvisordoesn’t.Findaconnectionwithanotherfield…Askyourself:Hasthesituationchanged?(e.g.,memorycheaper,CPUfaster,etc.)–“Problemareais‘toocrowded’
6、.”Canyousaysomethingnew?•Whentobailoutonanidea?–SolutionisimpracticalWhat’sagoodidea?•Lookingbackward,fromnyearsfromnow•Opensupnewthinking•Treatsfundamentalissuesbetter•EleganceWhatMakesaGoodResearchProblem?•Problemneedsasolution/mustbetractable–Solution
7、sneednotbecomplete,buttheyshouldoffernewinsight–Solutionsometimesdistillsaproblemtoitsessence•Problemshouldbechallenging•Clearlydifferentiatedfrompreviouswork.Contextisclearlydefined.TheProblemMustbeImportant•Howtojudgethis?–Matteroftaste(maybe)–Requires
8、seeinggoodandbadtohelpgetasense•Test1:criticalmass–Istheresomegroupofpeoplethatwouldbenefitfromasolution?Isitagroupyoucareabout?–Examples:networkoperators,citizensindevelopingcountries,otherresearchers,etc.•Test2:timetrave
