01 / Distributed inferenceWhen does coordination across different machines earn its cost?
The question is how to coordinate inference across heterogeneous compute while accounting for communication, latency, memory and operating complexity.
Evidence to seek: a defined workload, a useful single-system comparison and a complete accounting of coordination costs.
02 / Quantum-classical workloadsWhere can a hybrid approach justify the extra machinery?
The question starts with an application, a strong classical comparison and the resources needed to run both. A research direction is not itself a demonstrated advantage.
Evidence to seek: reproducible comparisons with explicit resource budgets, assumptions and application relevance.