A presentation to ProDEI students at FEUP

1. Scientific Research A personal view Francisco Restivo 2010-10-25

2. Summary Introduction Scientific research Research evaluation Ph.D. work Lifelong concerns Conclusions 2

3. Introduction Lic. FEUP 1970 (6 years degree) D.Phil. Sussex 1981 Assoc. Prof. FEUP 1988 Aggreg. FEUP 1998 Retired 2010 3

4. R & TD CEEUP member 1971 BioSistemas project (private) 1982 CIM Centre of Porto founder 1992 IDIT 2000 LIACC 2008 4

5. Research interests Digital signal processing Multiprocessor systems Decentralized decision making Multi-agent systems Bio-inspired systems Social network analysis Complex systems 5

6. Scientific research Search for new knowledge Scientific method collection of data through observation and experimentation formulation and testing of hypotheses Publication of results 6

7. Search for knowledge Driven by a real motivation Curiosity Challenge In a certain topic Not just a professional requirement 7

8. Scientific method Hypothesis Thesis Demonstration Ethics 8

9. Publication of results Reports Conferences Journals Book chapters Books 9

10. Outline of a publication Abstract Introduction Methodology Results Discussion Conclusion References 10

11. The magic words Indexations Citations Impact factors Rankings Management skills Communication skills Marketing skills 11

12. Indexes There are a few ISI Scopus DBLP Commercial interests Difficult to find one for all scientific areas 12

13. ISI Web of Knowledge 13

14. ResearcherID, by Thomson Reuters 14

15. Scopus, by ELSEVIER 15

16. DBLP 16

17. IEEE Xplore 17

18. Piled Higher & Deeper 18

19. Citations Be cited! Not self-citations Not reciprocal citations… Social network analysis is used 19

20. Harzing’s Publish or Perish 20

21. Author impact analysis 21

22. Harzing’s citation metrics 22

23. Impact factors Journals Conferences 23

24. ISI Journal Citation Reports 24

25. 25 ComputerScienceConference Rankings (Universityof Alberta)

26. 26 ERA - Excellence in Research for Australia

27. University rankings There are a few Commercial interests Times Higher Education (ISI) ARWU – Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai) 27

28. THE World University Rankings 28

29. Top European Universities 2010 29

30. ARWU Shanghai 30

31. Top 500 31

32. Research evaluation Fullpicture Intensityandquality 32

33. ARNETMiner 33

34. Brain development 34

35. Research funding Government vs Industry National vs European Data sources OECD CORDIS 35

36. Research directions Think ahead! FP7 ICT workprogramme challenges pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructures cognitive systems and robotics alternative paths to components and systems technologies for digital content and languages 36

37. Ph.D. work Very important commitment Not a lot of time Workplan Conferences Publications 37

38. Research supervisor Not a single model Trust is absolutely essential Co-authorship 38

39. Lifelong concerns Not a researchproject for life Narrowanddeep, to be a specialist Connections Networks Networksofexcellence 39

40. Conclusions Startof a long, longroad Fullofsurprisesandofjoy Nevergiveup Alwayslook for quality Minds are likeparachutes: theydon’tworkunlessthey are open Goodluck! 40

41. Thank you! See here what I’m doing Questions? 41