Disclaimer (1) Not exactly ideas Id like to see worked on More computing paradigms we ought to pay attention to

Disclaimer (2) Expect to apply these paradigms in my own work Tooting my future horn

Paradigm 1: Autonomic/Adaptive Yes weve looked at it some, e.g.: –Database design advisors –Adaptive query processing But we can be more sweeping –Discard configure-compile-run mentality –Embrace run-monitor-adapt-continue Widely applicable –Traditional query optimization to web-scale information brokering and lots in between

Paradigm 2: Simple Local Decision-Making Provoked by a theory faculty candidate in distributed algorithms If each site makes a locally-optimal decision, how far is it from the globally-optimal decision made by a know-it-all centralized site? (Answer: not far) Forget complicated and expensive distributed protocols –Simple independent decisions are good enough Paradigm 1 Especially if you use Paradigm 1 at the same time