perelgut (05/13/82)
Roughly two weeks ago I submitted a suggestion for net.research to
the net.general group. This was correctly forwarded to net.news.group by
Tim Curry where discussion ensued. To summarize, I proposed that a group
be initiated which provides a forum for outlining recent/current/ongoing
research projects. The response has been overwhelmingly in favour with a
few riders attached.
First, a list of disagreements:
1) net.research would be too large:
suggested by many people
2) many companies restrict technical disclosure
decvax!goutal (Kenn Goutal)
3) too much of a database/archive problem
goutal & watmath!idallen (IAN)
Next, enhancements
1) create net.research and net.research.ongoing (or something appropriate)
useful for separating "finished" works from questions and pleas for
help re: ongoing research projects
2) have a definate format. To wit:
subject line = title (appropriately truncated if necessary)
Authors
Affiliation
Abstract .....
.....
.....
Availability (where to get a copy, available on uucp, etc.)
Keywords (to help in bibliography)
3) have a shell file (via net.sources?) to automatically enforce the above
format.
I agree with all additions and I certainly do not feel that any of the
objections should overrule trying out this group soooooo...
LET'S HAVE SOME INPUT!
I am an M. Sc. student at the Computer Systems Research Group at
University of Toronto. My general area of thesis research is operating systems
and my particular thesis topic (today) is to try and "automate" writing of
device drivers. I would appreciate hearing about research in this area in
particular. I am also particularly interested in software engineering problems,
especially large-system management techniques. So far none of the papers I have
read seem to solve all the problems. In fact, most papers solve a different
class of problems from the class I perceive.
--- stephen perelgut ---
--- decvax!utzoo!utcsrgv!perelgut ---
P.S. submit only those articles which you have express permission to submit.
Don't kill this group by submitting research which belongs to someone or
something else.