http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/classes/fa12/cse260-b/Summaries.html
In addition to summarizing the basic facts, your writeup
should
- discuss the contributions of the paper, reflecting, analyzing or criticizing the ideas presented
- offer insight into the authors' motivation
- explore open issues or ideas that you are wondering about after
reading the paper
How to read a research paper:
with contributions of Bill Griswold, Gail Murphy, Cristina Conati, Erica Melis
http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~cs227b/papers/introduction/howToRead.txt
What are motivations for this work?
The paper should describe why the problem
is important and why it does not have a trivial solution; that is, why a
new solution may be required.
What is the proposed solution?
There should also be an argument about why the solution solves the
problem better than previous solutions. There should also be a discussion
about how the solution is achieved (designed and implemented) or is at
least achievable. Are all concepts and notations introduced before their
first usage?
What is the evaluation of the proposed solution?
What argument and/or
experiment is made to make a case for the value of the ideas? What
benefits or problems are identified? Are they convincing?
What alternative solutions exist? Read a paper critically.
What are the contributions? The contributions in a paper may be many and
varied. Ideas, software, experimental techniques, and area survey are a
few key possibilities.
What are future directions for this research? Not only what future
directions do the authors identify, but what ideas did you come up with
while reading the paper?
You may find it productive to try to answer each question in turn, writing your answer
down. In practice, you are not done reading a paper until you can answer all the
questions.
