Conference: on Emerging Research Opportunities at the Intersection of Statistics and Internet Measurement

对互联网的实证研究为了解基础设施如何部署、运行和使用提供了基础，并使系统、协议和流程得以改进。然而，实证研究在数据收集和分析方面充满了挑战。应对这些挑战对于正在进行的互联网实证研究和扩大基于测量的研究范围至关重要。该项目将计划和指导一个为期两天的讲习班，届时将有来自互联网测量、统计和数学领域的约30名专家汇聚一堂，讨论当前的挑战，并确定未来重要和有希望的研究方向和机会。这次研讨会是由新的NSF互联网测量研究：方法论、工具和基础设施(IMR)计划推动的，该计划是计算机和信息科学与工程(CEISE)和数学和物理科学(MPS)之间的合作，旨在“支持跨越接入(无线和固定宽带)和核心互联网的互联网测量方法、工具和研究基础设施。”该讲习班将为从事互联网测量不同方面工作的研究人员提供一个与统计学家和数学家进行交流和互动的论坛。这些社区之间信息交换和协作的具体机会包括避免管理和分析大型、多样化数据集的陷阱，以及创建收集、匿名、建模和分析互联网测量数据的新方法。面对面研讨会将围绕主旨演讲、焦点小组会议和工作组讨论来组织。在研讨会期间，统计学家和数学家将有机会了解当前互联网测量研究的主题以及与互联网测量研究相关的挑战和实际问题。同样，互联网测量研究人员将有机会了解在收集和分析大型和复杂数据集的统计模型、算法和方法方面的最新发展和进展。研讨会旨在促进参与者之间的互动和鼓励未来的合作。这将为研究项目铺平道路，并将对互联网测量研究的理论和实践产生重大影响，并将推动新的统计和基于学习的技术的发展。讲习班还将有助于教育和培训下一代研究人员和从业人员，使学员接触到涵盖互联网测量、统计和数学的新思想和新技术。总结研讨会的报告将在研讨会结束后发表。研讨会的网站将在http://imrworkshop22.cs.wisc.edu/This网站上提供，该奖项反映了国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Empirical study of the Internet provides a foundation for understanding how the infrastructure is deployed, operated and used, and enables improvements in systems, protocols and processes. However, empirical study is fraught with challenges in the collection and analysis of data. Addressing these challenges is crucial to on-going empirical study of the Internet and to broadening the scope of measurement-based research. This project will plan and direct a two-day workshop that will bring together about 30 experts from the fields of Internet measurement, statistics and mathematics to discuss current challenges and identify important and promising future research directions and opportunities. This workshop is motivated by the new NSF Internet Measurement Research: Methodologies, Tools, and Infrastructure (IMR) program, which is a collaboration between Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) to “support methodologies, tools, and research infrastructure for Internet measurement spanning access (both wireless and fixed broadband) and core Internet.” This workshop will provide a forum for researchers who work on different aspects of Internet measurement to communicate and interact with statisticians and mathematicians. Specific opportunities for information exchange and collaboration between these communities include avoiding pitfalls in managing and analyzing large, diverse data sets, and creating novel methods for collecting, anonymizing, modeling, and analyzing Internet measurement data. The in-person workshop will be organized around keynote talks, focus group sessions and working group discussions. During the workshop, statisticians and mathematicians will have opportunities to learn about the current topics in Internet measurement research and the challenges and practical issues related to Internet measurement research. Likewise, Internet measurement researchers will have the opportunities to learn about the latest developments and advances in statistical models, algorithms and methodologies for collecting and analyzing large and complex datasets. The workshop aims to facilitate interactions and encourage future collaborations between participants. This will pave the way for research projects and will have a significant impact on the theory and practice in Internet measurement research, and will drive the development of new statistical and learning-based techniques. The workshop will also benefit the education and training of next-generation researchers and practitioners by exposing participants to new ideas and techniques spanning Internet measurement, statistics and mathematics. A report summarizing the workshop will be published after its conclusion. A website for the workshop will be available at http://imrworkshop22.cs.wisc.edu/This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.