A Strategy for Advancing Research and Impact in New Computing Paradigms

TL;DR

This paper proposes a strategic approach to advance research and community development in emerging computing paradigms, emphasizing tools, publications, and education, illustrated through cloud computing.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive strategy for fostering research progress and community building in new computing paradigms, including the use of simulators and targeted dissemination.

Findings

Simulators accelerate system design and validation.

Strategic publication and conference engagement promote community growth.

Case study demonstrates effective progression in cloud computing.

Abstract

In the world of Information Technology, new computing paradigms, driven by requirements of different classes of problems and applications, emerge rapidly. These new computing paradigms pose many new research challenges. Researchers from different disciplines are working together to develop innovative solutions addressing them. In newer research areas with many unknowns, creating roadmaps, enabling tools, inspiring technological and application demonstrators offer confidence and prove feasibility and effectiveness of new paradigm. Drawing on our experience, we share strategy for advancing the field and community building in new and emerging computing research areas. We discuss how the development simulators can be cost-effective in accelerating design of real systems. We highlight strategic role played by different types of publications, conferences, and educational programs. We illustrate effectiveness of elements of our strategy with a case study on progression of cloud computing paradigm.