Top10 list: reflections on a career in research

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Top-10 list reflections on a career in research

• Jim Kurose
• Dept. Computer Science
• University of Massachusetts, USA

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• Top10 list
• 10 good theory outlasts good systems outlasts
  good measurement
• .but it must be very good theory
• 9 mix of problems with short- and long-term
  horizons
• 8 focus on fundamentals in a world with an
  increasingly short attention span
• P2P focus on fundamentals
• 7 you are never too old to learn!
• 6 identify role models

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• Top-10 list
• 5 avoid point solutions
• what is space of solutions?
• whats the underlying principle?
• 4 avoid crowded research space unless you have
  unique capabilities, viewpoint
• 3 quality over quantity
• taking time to think
• 2 meet people, collaborate, listen
• good students, colleagues, friends
• 1 have fun enjoy what you are doing