Innovation Discovery System for Networking Research

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Main Authors: Zhang, Mengrui, Huang, Bang, Xu, Yunxin, Huang, Haiying, Zhao, Luxi, Long, Mochun, Song, Qingyu, Xiang, Qiao, Liu, Xue, Shu, Jiwu
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author Zhang, Mengrui
Huang, Bang
Xu, Yunxin
Huang, Haiying
Zhao, Luxi
Long, Mochun
Song, Qingyu
Xiang, Qiao
Liu, Xue
Shu, Jiwu
author_facet Zhang, Mengrui
Huang, Bang
Xu, Yunxin
Huang, Haiying
Zhao, Luxi
Long, Mochun
Song, Qingyu
Xiang, Qiao
Liu, Xue
Shu, Jiwu
contents As networking systems become increasingly complex, achieving disruptive innovation grows more challenging. At the same time, recent progress in Large Language Models (LLMs) has shown strong potential for scientific hypothesis formation and idea generation. Nevertheless, applying LLMs effectively to networking research remains difficult for two main reasons: standalone LLMs tend to generate ideas by recombining existing solutions, and current open-source networking resources do not provide the structured, idea-level knowledge necessary for data-driven scientific discovery. To bridge this gap, we present SciNet, a research idea generation system specifically designed for networking. SciNet is built upon three key components: (1) constructing a networking-oriented scientific discovery dataset from top-tier networking conferences, (2) simulating the human idea discovery workflow through problem setting, inspiration retrieval, and idea generation, and (3) developing an idea evaluation method that jointly measures novelty and practicality. Experimental results show that \system consistently produces practical and novel networking research ideas across multiple LLM backbones, and outperforms standalone LLM-based generation in overall idea quality.
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spellingShingle Innovation Discovery System for Networking Research
Zhang, Mengrui
Huang, Bang
Xu, Yunxin
Huang, Haiying
Zhao, Luxi
Long, Mochun
Song, Qingyu
Xiang, Qiao
Liu, Xue
Shu, Jiwu
Networking and Internet Architecture
As networking systems become increasingly complex, achieving disruptive innovation grows more challenging. At the same time, recent progress in Large Language Models (LLMs) has shown strong potential for scientific hypothesis formation and idea generation. Nevertheless, applying LLMs effectively to networking research remains difficult for two main reasons: standalone LLMs tend to generate ideas by recombining existing solutions, and current open-source networking resources do not provide the structured, idea-level knowledge necessary for data-driven scientific discovery. To bridge this gap, we present SciNet, a research idea generation system specifically designed for networking. SciNet is built upon three key components: (1) constructing a networking-oriented scientific discovery dataset from top-tier networking conferences, (2) simulating the human idea discovery workflow through problem setting, inspiration retrieval, and idea generation, and (3) developing an idea evaluation method that jointly measures novelty and practicality. Experimental results show that \system consistently produces practical and novel networking research ideas across multiple LLM backbones, and outperforms standalone LLM-based generation in overall idea quality.
title Innovation Discovery System for Networking Research
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26496