Research
WebCompute proceeds through explicitly gated research phases. The canonical repository now defines the eight foundational research reports, the draft explainer, and the first experiment protocol placeholder. The reports themselves are still planned; this page is the public index, not a substitute for the canonical research.
- Report 1
Prior Art & Landscape
What already exists, and where the remaining research gap may lie.
Planned
- Report 2
Problem Definition
Is this a real platform problem or merely API convenience?
Planned
- Report 3
Use Cases & Workload Taxonomy
Which classes of Web computation are eligible, and which are explicitly out of scope?
Planned
- Report 4
Requirements & Non-Goals
What must the abstraction guarantee, and what must it refuse to become?
Planned
- Report 5
Compute Representation
What structure can describe computation independently of its execution mechanism?
Planned
- Report 6
Execution Mechanism & Capability Model
How can execution strategies and device capabilities be modeled without exposing hardware details?
Planned
- Report 7
Planning Layer, Cost Model & Scheduling
Can execution strategies be selected using costs that are knowable inside a browser?
Planned
- Report 8
Security, Privacy & Web Platform Constraints
Can planning remain useful without creating new fingerprinting surface?
Planned
Explainer draft
Draft
Current phase
Research reports in preparation
Public summaries of individual reports will be published here as they are prepared. Until then, the canonical research files in simplbase/webcompute are the authoritative source. The website summarizes the research record; it does not extend it.