Song Way

information from https://course.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/~ieg5120/project.htm and some of my own ideas:

Survey criteria
{
    Top journal/conference paper
    {
        Mobicom/hoc
        ICNP
        Infocom
        anything else?
    }
    Industry
    {
        support/application for standard
        product
    }
}

Goals and questions:
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(a) clearly define the research idea/problem
(b) give an overview of the key papers on that topic and their findings
(c) critique existing work,
(d) list open problems and challenges ahead.
(e) analysis application potential
(f) list active figures, research groups, commnities, companies in this domin and their relation.
(g) If the area is worth doing, come up with a plan to follow the lastest progress.
(h) List collegues in this area that collaborate with.

What are the applications?  
What are the main results?  
Are the main results applicable to only very specific applications or more generally applicable?

What are the fundumantal problems in this area? Do you think they are important?
What are the theorotical problems in this area? What are their implifications, say, can they be used to attack a broader range of problems?
What are the system problems in this area? Are those technologies up-to-date or do they have a bright future?
Are there any more important problems behind the problems we are attacking in this area?
Status of current reseach. Is it at the point of breaking through or in the blind trials?
}



We may need some tools for basic information gathering and filtering. We have Google and online citation databases. But is there some information assistant software for this?
Maybe we can write one, if necessary:)

Where to find information?
{
    Text:
    {
        somebody else’s survey papers?
        paper, talk, spec, book
    }
    Industry
    {
        website of companies;
        business website;
        industry website;
        stock website?
    }
}