Michael R. Lyu

Does Industry Use Research Findings?Does Industry Use Research Findings?

4. Compare and contrast the priorities of the research and practitioner communities.

5. How can we increase the impact of our community's research?

ISSRE Impact Panel

Dec. 30, 2011

Michael R. LyuThe Chinese University of Hong Kong

Michael R. Lyu

Does Industry Use Research Findings?Does Industry Use Research Findings? Compare and contrast the priorities of the

research and practitioner communities Technical impact

Publication-oriented Abstract ideas

Innovation Completeness

Only dedicated to solve self-defined research challenges Biased experimentation

Complexity, Effectiveness, Efficiency Cost

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Michael R. Lyu

Does Industry Use Research Findings?Does Industry Use Research Findings? Compare and contrast the priorities of the

research and practitioner communities Effectiveness and Efficiency

Application-oriented Concrete solution

Cost data collection, system maintenance, …

Completeness Specific systems and mechanisms, not general ideas

Complexity Technical impact, Innovation

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Michael R. Lyu

Case Study: Software Defect ClassificationCase Study: Software Defect Classification

Research Practitioner

Object General software Specific products

Defect Class Abstract, comprehensive Concrete, aspect-oriented

Solution N/A Various avoidance, detection, recovery, and tolerance approaches

Case Study N/A In-field failure reports and detailed analysis

Audience Researchers Engineers with strict performance evaluation

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Michael R. Lyu

Does Industry Use Research Findings?Does Industry Use Research Findings? How can we increase the impact of our

community's research? Understand what practitioners need

The feasibility of our research goals Simplified assumptions?

The creditability and reproducibility of our research results The applicability of our research approaches

cost burdens of data collection and system maintenance additional benefits …

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Michael R. Lyu

Does Industry Use Research Findings?Does Industry Use Research Findings? How can we increase the impact of our

community's research? Enhance collaboration

Jointly apply for projects Participate in company-funded projects

Collecting and analyzing in-field data

Improve communication Work as practitioners’ advisors Invite practitioners to participate in application-oriented reliability

conferences

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