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(I know this is an old question; and this answer will be no help to the OP.) Speaking as an academic (with a PhD), it is not unusual for a research paper to end with a section called Future Work, ...
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2019-12-08T04:03:31Z (almost 5 years ago)
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(I know this is an old question; and this answer will be no help to the OP.) Speaking as an academic (with a PhD), it is not unusual for a research paper to end with a section called **Future Work** , which details what else can be done based on this research. This can follow or precede a section called **Summary and Conclusions** which is the take-aways of the paper. A PhD Dissertation is just an extended research paper (usually it has produced multiple peer-reviewed articles). It would be unusual for a PhD Dissertation to NOT have any future work to do; one's publications and dissertation are the #1 calling card for getting a job as a new professor. The same is true for much research. Once in a while a paper just produces a new solution to an existing problem, already complete and self-contained, and there is nothing more to accomplish and no further applications. But most of the time, new ideas or new approaches are more widely applicable; they open new avenues, thus "Future Work" is applicable and the author points out specifically what they think are the most promising additional applications.
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2019-06-11T19:44:36Z (over 5 years ago)
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