Encouraging Reproducibility in Scientific Research of the Internet (Dagstuhl Seminar 18412)

Abstract

Reproducibility of research in Computer Science and in the field of networking in particular is a well-recognized problem. For several reasons, including the
sensitive and/or proprietary nature of some Internet measurements, the
networking research community pays limited attention to the of reproducibility
of results, instead tending to accept papers that appear plausible.

This article summarises a 2.5 day long Dagstuhl seminar on Encouraging
Reproducibility in Scientific Research of the Internet held in October 2018.
The seminar discussed challenges to improving reproducibility of scientific
Internet research, and developed a set of recommendations that we as a
community can undertake to initiate a cultural change toward reproducibility
of our work. It brought together people both from academia and industry to set
expectations and formulate concrete recommendations for reproducible research.
This iteration of the seminar was scoped to computer networking research,
although the outcomes are likely relevant for a broader audience from multiple
interdisciplinary fields.