Today I Read

To summarize paper I read. I am interested in i HCI UX Interaction Emotion Explainable AI Feature VIsualization Vision NLP .

How to Read Paper: Three Pass Approach

FIRST PASS

1. Carefully read the title, abstract, and introduction.
2. Read the section and sub-section headings, but ignore everything else.
3. Glance at the mathematical contents to determine the underlying theoretical foundations.
4. Read the conclusions.
5. Glance over the reference.

   checkpoint for the first pass

6. Category:
   • what type of paper is this?
   • A measurement paper?
   • An analysis of an existing system?
   • A description of a research prototype?
7. Context:
   • Which other papers is it related to?
   • Which theoretical bases were used to analyze the problem?
8. Correctness:
   • Do the assumptions appear to be valid?
9. Contributions:
   • What are the paper's main contributions?
10. Clarity:
    • Is the paper well written?

SECOND PASS

1. Look carefully at the figure, diagrams and other illustrations in the paper.
   • Pay specially attention to graphs.
   • Are the axes properly labeled?
   • Are results shown with error bars, so that conclusions are statistically significant?
2. Remember to mark relevant unread reference for further reading.

   checkpoint for the second pass

   • Grasp the content of the paper.
   • Should be able to summarize the main thrust of the paper, with supporting evidence, to someone else.

checkpoint for the third pass

• To attempt to virtually re-implement the paper.
  • Making same assumptions as authors, re-create the work.
  • Try to identify its hidden failings and assumptions, not only its innovations.

Reference:

• Guide to Reading Academic Research Papers (url)
• How to Read Paper (url)