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Title: Excellence and Impact of Research and Publications

Prof. Rajkumar Buyya
Director, Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems (CLOUDS) Lab,
The University of Melbourne, Australia

CEO, Manjrasoft Pvt Ltd, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract

Researchers are expected to be forefront of their fields and publish
their findings/inventions/discoveries in global forums. They need to
continuously create and communicate new knowledge and discoveries to
their peers, public, and funding bodies. Research publications play a
critical role in international ranking of Universities, hiring and
promotion of academics, allocation of funding, and assessment of
research quality and excellence. We often hear a phrase "Publish or
Perish", which highlights the pressure in academia to rapidly and
continually publish research work to advance one's career or sustain it.
With time this pressure is changing. Now researchers are also expected
to produce innovative and high impact outcomes and lead
commercialization of their research outcomes.

This keynote talk will present key elements of research and research
publications along with how to enhance their visibility and impact.
Primarily based on my own research and innovation experience in Cloud
Computing and Software Engineering, the talk covers various aspects of
research such as the selection of research problems, research methods,
categories of research outputs, publication process, and development of
community around artifacts of research for enhancing the visibility and
impact.


Slides: http://www.buyya.com/talks/Research-Publications-Journey-Reflections-2018.ppt

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