tags : education, Computation and Computer Theory, Math
How to read paper?
3 approaches
Solution Finding
Immediate solutions for problems at hand, similar to reading SO/reference books.
Discovery
This is basically going down the rabbithole idea but which a aim to improve/optimize find better alternatives to your original idea.
Curiosity
Just reading things out of curiosity! It can surprise you how useful these random ideas can be :)
Other tips
- Avoid reading new papers at all. Focus on the classics, and let time filter out papers that are worth reading.
- Paper writers are mostly one of these three: Academics, Engineers, Industrial Labs
- Identify the methods used. They are the primary metric when analyzing results.
- Long term learning is a good way to get time for reading research papers.