Add open problems page #72

kaiserd · 2022-07-14T12:40:28Z

Add open problems page

(Below description a bit out of date)

This PR adds a research collaboration page.

My suggestion for funded positions is to have a JD for each of them and link the JD in the respective section of this research collaboration page.

Also, I'd not put in the "Research Proposal" section because it seems not very attractive for applicants. I just mentioned it for the sake of discussion during the offsite. We could make it more attractive by offering jointly writing the proposal. Still, I'd probably not list that.
Maybe we could write:
" We also offer jointly writing research proposals to relevant funding agencies in the listed research areas."
My opinion: I'd not list this at all and keep that as an unlisted option in case we find an opportunity.

oskarth · 2022-07-29T07:33:09Z

I suggest we take this PR and update it a bit to be in line with #82

Probably best to merge it after #79

kaiserd · 2022-08-02T15:00:20Z

I reworked the open research problems page. It now simply lists open research topics.

removed the "funded positions" as we currently do not have any
removed the anonymity analysis
- Imo, only tasks we are not actively working, and that can be outsourced make sense here
- during working on the anonymity analysis, such more contained topics might emerge and be added to the list

I'd suggest merging this soon and let other team members open their PR's to add more topics.

kaiserd · 2022-08-02T15:02:23Z

NAT traversal might be an interesting topic to list here, too.
It does not have a high priority, but could be easily outsourced.

s1fr0

LGTM! Left some comments

s1fr0 · 2022-08-02T15:09:36Z

open-problems.md

+We are seeking to collaborate with academia in the following topic areas.
+Feel free to join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/DXHGzzGX) for discussion.
+
+### DHT (distributed hash table) security / privacy / anonymity


Suggested change

### DHT (distributed hash table) security / privacy / anonymity

## Privacy/Anonymity:

### DHT (Distributed Hash Table)

I think makes sense to organize topics by tracks/research area

I'd leave that just as a list of topics. The DHT topic, in specific, would be part of the discovery track, too.
No strong opinion here. Does anyone else have an opinion on this?

A list of topics makes sense to me, we can have research areas in () maybe.

Ideally we then have a list of up to 10 somewhat discrete problems. Basically this should be a live and updated version of https://vac.dev/vac-overview#problems-and-rough-priorities (and more detailed probably)

s1fr0 · 2022-08-02T15:13:55Z

open-problems.md

+### DHT (distributed hash table) security / privacy / anonymity
+
+Compared to unstructured P2P overlay networks, DHTs offer efficient and (theoretically) reliable discovery.
+However, they are prone to eclipse attacks and typically offer weak privacy properties.


Maybe worth to point "ecplise attacks" to some reference (also on why DHTs provide weak privacy properties)

I think it is good if for each open research area, we provide 3-4 references to give better context and attract interest in the problem.

added some pointers f45405e

oskarth · 2022-08-03T03:36:32Z

open-problems.md


-For now, please take a look at our open issues. For example in the [vacp2p/research repo](https://github.com/vacp2p/research/issues).
+We are seeking to collaborate with academia in the following topic areas.


Not only academia, also independent researchers - most people in the web3 space are more independent

The phrasing sounds a a bit too... dreary? Maybe say we have a lot of research areas and some specific open problems, and are excited to see contributions from people (affiliated or not)

oskarth · 2022-08-03T03:41:35Z

Can we add more problems to this page? It feels a bit lacking. Perhaps going over with Sanaz (#81 (comment) per offsite) to make sure we capture a reasonable selection of problems that we've discussed previously, both in previous write-ups as well as things that have come up as we've been working on this research (MT optimization, node reputation, etc..)

kaiserd · 2022-08-16T14:09:29Z

I added additional pointers to the information on the DHT topic f45405e .

Imo, it would make sense to merge this into staging now and let others open PRs adding their respective topics.
Wdyt?

staheri14

Looks good as the start.

staheri14 · 2022-08-16T20:28:30Z

open-problems.md


-For now, please take a look at our open issues. For example in the [vacp2p/research repo](https://github.com/vacp2p/research/issues).
+We are seeking to collaborate with researchers in the following topic areas.
+Feel free to join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/DXHGzzGX) for discussion.


The Discord link does not seem to work.

fixed in f45405e

staheri14 · 2022-08-16T20:41:12Z

Can we add more problems to this page? It feels a bit lacking. Perhaps going over with Sanaz (#81 (comment) per offsite) to make sure we capture a reasonable selection of problems that we've discussed previously, both in previous write-ups as well as things that have come up as we've been working on this research (MT optimization, node reputation, etc..)

I have a couple of topics in mind, let me compile their description and add to this page (if ok in a separate PR so that this one does not get blocked)
Some topics headlines:

Privacy-Preserving Incentivizations of waku protocols
Devising applications using Waku protocol stack e.g., a p2p social network, evoting system, etc.

oskarth

We can merge this as partial progress if this makes things simpler, but we need more work on this page before we can close issue (including on research front)

oskarth · 2022-08-17T08:12:54Z

Can we add more problems to this page? It feels a bit lacking. Perhaps going over with Sanaz (#81 (comment) per offsite) to make sure we capture a reasonable selection of problems that we've discussed previously, both in previous write-ups as well as things that have come up as we've been working on this research (MT optimization, node reputation, etc..)

and let others open PRs adding their respective topics.

Can you @kaiserd and @staheri14 please do a sweep over e.g. previous write-ups and offsite discussion and add problems that we've already identified? Instead of it being "let others do it" :P

Doesn't have to be fancy, just that we capture various dimensions we've alluded to in various places.

kaiserd · 2022-08-17T08:55:55Z

Can you @kaiserd and @staheri14 please do a sweep over e.g. previous write-ups and offsite discussion and add problems that we've already identified? Instead of it being "let others do it" :P

@oskarth I added the topic list discussed during the offsite in 74aa8f1
Not trying to escape the work ;); Imo, it is more efficient if the person that came up with the topic, has more background knowledge, and is responsible for the respective track writes the respective description; they will know best what we need.

We can merge this as partial progress if this makes things simpler, but we need more work on this page before we can close issue (including on research front)

~~Ill add a NAT traversal topic in this PR and then close this PR~~

Ill add a new PR for the NAT topic as it is a new topic and somebody might have objections. This PR already got the accepted.

oskarth · 2022-08-17T12:54:34Z

Not trying to escape the work ;); Imo, it is more efficient if the person that came up with the topic, has more background knowledge, and is responsible for the respective track writes the respective description; they will know best what we need.

Right, I guess part of the point is that not everything is well-formulated, and what we want to capture on open problem space are especially things that might not be well-specified enough. I believe between you and Sanaz there's enough knowledge and understand that you should be able to cover most relevant areas, obv with other people reviewing + adding thoughts.

kaiserd · 2022-08-17T13:20:13Z

@oskarth Maybe there is a doc that I am not aware of? I added the captions based on our offsite doc which only lists headings with no content:
(I did not find any formulation regarding these topics.)

DHT security
Incentivise relay
Waku simulator
Halo2 in a browser
RFPs?: Finding applications for Waku and publishing as a paper.
Meshnet transports and libp2p
Applied ZK

I added a description for the first item, and just added NAT traversal as a new topic in #86 (already merged).

edit

Clarified in Discord.
More info and continuation in: "Discussion: Should Open Problems Page Contain our Roadmaps" section in #81

(I assumed, the open problms page should only contain separate / stand-alone research problems and not our roadmaps.)

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	### DHT (distributed hash table) security / privacy / anonymity
	## Privacy/Anonymity:
	### DHT (Distributed Hash Table)


		For now, please take a look at our open issues. For example in the [vacp2p/research repo](https://github.com/vacp2p/research/issues).
		We are seeking to collaborate with academia in the following topic areas.

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