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SC&SS is organising a talk by Prof. Rajkumar Buyya

SC&SS is organising a talk by Prof. Rajkumar Buyya

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School of Computer and Systems Sciences

Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

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Excellence and Impact of Research and Publications
 

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

 



On November 6, 2017, 3:00-4:00 PM

Venue: Seminar Hall, School of Computer and Systems Sciences, JNU

 

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.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.