Roundtable Talk: Reflections on the research/product design process
Vyas Sekar
IRB 2107 or virtual https://umd.zoom.us/j/6278045369?_x_zm_rtaid=EsyM5UhERGiO1fHGkTRPCw.1736949470612.3de551ac6410d7fedf03b34ca30938cd&_x_zm_rhtaid=231#success
Abstract
In this “meta” talk, we will cover the often intangible part of the systems research and design process in how we can be more effective in problem formulation, choosing problems to work on, devising strategies to tackle problems the right way, and how we can be more effective in communicating our results. This is the sort of talk I wish I had heard 20+ years ago when I was starting out as a junior researcher.
Event: As part of the computing research and education efforts at UMD, Prof. Vyas Sekar, who brings extensive academic and industry experience, will join us to share his insights on the research and product design process, as well as how to effectively communicate research results. We invite you to join the discussion.
Bio
Vyas Sekar is the Tan Family Chair Professor in the ECE Department at Carnegie Mellon University and the Chief Scientist at Conviva. His research is in the area of networking, security, and systems and spans network appliances, network management, network security, Internet video, and datacenter networks. Vyas received a B. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, where he was awarded the President of India Gold Medal, and a Ph.D from Carnegie Mellon University. His research has been recognized with numerous awards including the ACM SIGCOMM Test-of-Time Award, the NSA Science of Security Prize, the Internet Research Task Force Applied Networking Research Award, the Intel Outstanding Researcher Award, and multiple best paper awards at leading academic conferences such as ACM SIGCOMM, ACM CoNEXT, and ACM Multimedia.
This talk is organized by Samuel Malede Zewdu