Since we didn't have class this past Thursday, I thought I would discuss an idea that has been consistent throughout my blog for this week's post. I believe I may have been overly cynical about research in networking up to this point. After discussing this with a co-worker, I better understand the motivations behind the research I have been reading about.
Firstly, my co-worker brought to my realization that all research, not just research focused on networking, has projects that are never brought to fruition. In fact, the majority of research in general seems to be done more in a hope that it will be useful to someone at sometime. In many cases, substantial research is done by building upon the work of others, whose individual contributions may not have made the same impact.
I will try and be less cynical towards networking research, after all - in the near future the Internet may need an incredible overhaul and all the current research will be very useful indeed...
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