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Doing A Literature Survey
Doing a literature survey is a bit different than reading a single paper.
- First pass: In the first pass you have to collect potentially useful papers. Find 3 to 5 recent papers. You can now continue with the usual first pass procedure. You can also skim through the references to see if the papers have any citations in common. Common citations are good candidates to include in your survey.
- Second pass: Vist the author's websites and see if you can find any recent work. Download the commonly cited papers.
- Third pass: Try to visit the websites of the top conferences or journals.
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The First Pass: The bird’s-eye view
Goal: To get the big picture of the paper
Duration: Less than 10 minutes.
Activity: Glancing over the following sections of paper:
- Abstract
- Title
- Introduction
- Conclusion
Ignore the content of section and sub-sections.
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Optional extensions(Part 1)
Use this only if you have to read the entire paper.
- Make little boxes: Surround equations, figures and tables with boxes. Do this during the first-pass. It will help to quantify how many details in terms of math equations you can expect.
- Highlighters
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The Three Pass Approach
Srinivasan Keshav describes the three-pass approach which acts as a filtering system. It is an iterative and incremental way of reading a paper. It consists of:
- The First Pass: The bird's-eye view
- The second pass: Grasp the content
- The third pass: Virtually re-impleme...
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The Third Pass: Virtually re-implement the paper
Duration: Can take up to 4-5 hours if you're a beginner(you should carefully consider if this step is worth your time).
Activity:
- Read the paper in its entirety and question every detail.
- Make the same assumptions as the authors and re-create the work from scratch. You ...
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The 5 C's
At the end of the first pass you should be able to answer:
- Category: What is the type of paper? Literature? Prototype?
- Context: What other papers are related to this one? Can you connect it to something else?
- Correctness:
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Optional Extensions(Part 2)
- Pomodoro Sessions: If you feel intimidated by the paper and lack motivation, you can use the pomodoro technique. Start a 25 minute timer without any expectations and read the paper.
- Feynman technique: Choose a concept you want to learn; pretend you'...
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The second pass: Grasp the content
Duration: Can take up to 1 hour.
Activity:
- Read the complete paper.
- Ignore details such as proofs or equations.
- Take some notes at the margins of the paper and write down the key points.
- Look at any type of illustration in the paper like tables and fig...
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Drafting A Mission Statement
Looking through the most important goals, find the common thread and draft a plan of action for your life, a compelling Mission Statement, taking as much time as you want. Let it sit there for a few days and do not think about it.
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