Will I be Pretty, Will I be Rich? Some Thoughts on Theory vs. Practice in Systems Engineering (Short Summary of Talk)
Summary: Classifies theoretical systems research into Type 1 (deep foundations), Type 2 (pragmatic, application-driven theory), and Type 3 (theory-for-theory), highlighting fuzzy boundaries and differing rewards. Argues theory must both illuminate principles and address real-world system needs. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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- 1. David Harel (Weizmann Institute of Science)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{harel_pods94,
address = {New York, NY, USA},
series = {{PODS} '94},
title = {{Will I be Pretty, Will I be Rich? Some Thoughts on Theory vs. Practice in Systems Engineering (Short Summary of Talk)}},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/182591.182592},
doi = {10.1145/182591.182592},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} Symposium on {Principles} of {Database} {Systems}},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
author = {Harel, David},
year = {1994}
}
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