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What Is A Research Question?

A good research question is more than just a topic. It a subject of investigation that can be pursued over time and and which will narrow one's literature search, a spawn succession of testable hypotheses, and permit progress toward a tentative answer.

It need not prove tractable in the near term, as even a presumably impossible goal like Faster Than Light Travel can lead to new theoretical models, improvements in technique, and potential spin off insights and applications.

Technical Questions

How Can We Map Natural Language Expressions to Programming Language Concepts and Vice Versa?

How Can We Graphically Support The Production of Grammatically and Semantically Valid Language Constructs?

What Set of Enabling Technologies Holds the Most Promise to Radically Improve How Computers Are Used?

What Set of Orphaned Technologies Should Be Carried Forward In Future Systems?

How small can we make the core of our new platform?

What Is The Best Security Model to Balance Fair Use and Piracy Prevention Concerns?

Pedagogic, Social, and Economic Questions

What Is the Best Way to Teach Students to Program and Reason Abstractly?

Can System Design Make Computing More Inviting to the Disabled, Women, Minorities, and Citizens of the Developing World?

How Can Advanced Computing Make Democaries More Accountable and Participatory?

How Can We Create A Viable Component Software Marketplace that Fosters Technical Competition Among All Players?