ACM PerCom 2022 Panel Moderator

I was the panel moderator at PerFail 2022 discussing lessons from failures in research

The panel was hosted as part of the PerFail 2022 which aimed to discuss and normalize negative results in computer science research.

The panelists included experienced computer science academic and industry researchers such as Jon Crowcroft, Keith Winstein, etc.

I believe that research community will benefit significantly if negative research results were appropriately distilled and highlighted so others can learn from the mistakes. The panel discussed how should researchers at different stages deal with negative results and failures (both in research and career). We also compiled and published a paper in IEEE Pervasive (Peltonen et al., 2023) which summarizes key findings from the workshop (especially the panel).

Following this, I also joined the PerFail organizing team which continues to grow strong.

Perspectives on Negative Research Results in Pervasive Computing

Ella Peltonen, Nitinder Mohan, Peter Zdankin, Tanya Shreedhar, Tri Nguyen, Suzan Bayhan, Jon Crowcroft, Jussi Kangasharju, and Daniela Nicklas

IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2023

Impact Factor: 3.175

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Not all research leads to fruitful results; trying new ways or methods may surpass the state of the art, but sometimes the hypothesis is not proven or the improvement is insignificant. In a systems discipline like pervasive computing, there are many sources of errors, from hardware issues over communication channels to heterogeneous software environments. However, failure to succeed is not a failure to progress. It is essential to create platforms for sharing insights, experiences, and lessons learned when conducting research in pervasive computing so that the same mistakes are not repeated. And sometimes, a problem is a symptom of discovering new research challenges. Based on the collective input of the First International Workshop on Negative Results in Pervasive Computing (PerFail 2022), co-located with the 20th International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2022), this paper presents a comprehensive discussion on perspectives on publishing negative results and lessons learned in pervasive computing.
@article{perfail-pervasive2023, author = {Peltonen, Ella and Mohan, Nitinder and Zdankin, Peter and Shreedhar, Tanya and Nguyen, Tri and Bayhan, Suzan and Crowcroft, Jon and Kangasharju, Jussi and Nicklas, Daniela}, journal = {IEEE Pervasive Computing}, title = {Perspectives on Negative Research Results in Pervasive Computing}, year = {2023}, volume = {22}, number = {3}, pages = {63-72}, doi = {10.1109/MPRV.2023.3273718}, note = {<i>Impact Factor: 3.175</i>} }