Research Question Formulation

Bridge the gap between what exists (SOTA) and what you'll contribute.

Prerequisite

Run sota-survey first. You need a gap table before formulating RQ.

Workflow

Step 1 — Gap → Problem Statement

For each gap from SOTA survey, apply this template:

Despite [what exists], [limitation/gap] remains unsolved because [root cause].
This causes [concrete consequence] in [application domain].

Example:

Despite federated learning achieving competitive accuracy, communication efficiency in heterogeneous IoT networks remains unsolved because existing methods assume uniform client capabilities. This causes excessive energy drain in resource-constrained healthcare devices.