CSE 246: Computer Arithmetic Algorithms and Hardware Design Instructor: Prof. Chung-Kuan Cheng Winter 2004 Lecture 12 Thursday 02/26/2004

CSE 2462 Research Techniques:  Goals  Methods  Tools  Results

CSE 2463 Goals Aim high: Significant Impact Don ’ t stop at incremental improvements Set the target for (3-5 yrs) Given unlimited resources, what could we achieve in five years? Would we be happy if we get to achieve our goals?

CSE 2464 Why is impact important?  Computers are tools  Computers impact our daily lives  Moore ’ s Law

CSE 2465 Why not long-term research?  No target  No map  No money  Too boring  No IMPACT

CSE 2466 Methods Simplify Start from simplest non-trivial cases Aim high, but start low Be exhaustive on the approaches View the problem from different angles Find the niches Identify the strengths

CSE 2467 Tools Networking External Internal (Adviser) Attitude Parallel Processing

CSE 2468 External Networking Web search IEEE, ACM, research inst., schools, awards Identify the leaders of the field Contact the leaders Discuss ideas Obtain benchmarks & packages The experts of the field will provide feedbacks

CSE 2469 Advantages of an Adviser Apprentice system Authority in the field Encouragement Scheduling Collaboration

CSE The Nature of Research 3-5 years Can be hard Not much light in the beginning Adviser provides encouragement

CSE Chemistry Must have good chemistry with Adviser What if there is bad chemistry? Cannot change the other person Change self to match his style As a last resort, try someone else

CSE No Negative Attitudes  If I tried six different things, and nothing worked, how can I not be negative?  If it worked too soon, it would not be research  If part of it works right away, then you are lucky  AQ is one key ingredient of the success.

CSE Parallel Processing Work in parallel, pipeline More productive Uses all parts of the mind Dream about the research

CSE Results Experiments: Plan ahead Conjectures