- Link to the paper - Outline - What is the research and why does it matter? - How does it work? - How is the research evaluated? - Conclusion - Overview - [[The Five C's]] - [ ] **Category**: What type of paper is this? A measurement paper? An analysis of an existing system? A description of a research prototype? - [ ] **Context**: Which other papers is it related to? Which theoretical bases were used to analyze the problem? - [ ] **Correctness**: Do the assumptions appear to be valid? - [ ] **Contributions**: What are the paper’s main contributions - [ ] **Clarity**: Is the paper well written? - Notes - Questions - [[What is the motivation for the paper?]] - [[What are the paper's contributions?]] - [[How does the paper relate to existing solutions?]] - [[How does the paper evaluate it's solution?]] - Worklog - Checklist - [ ] First pass <15 minutes> - [ ] Carefully read the title, abstract, and introduction - [ ] Read the section and sub-section headings, but ignore everything else - [ ] Read the conclusions - [ ] Glance over the references, mentally ticking off the ones you’ve already read - [ ] Answer [[The Five C's]] - [ ] Second pass <60 minutes> - Read the paper with greater care, but ignore details such as proofs - [ ] Look carefully at the figures, diagrams and other illustrations in the paper. Pay special attention to graphs. Are the axes properly labeled? Are results shown with error bars, so that conclusions are statistically significant? Common mistakes like these will separate rushed, shoddy work from the truly excellent - [ ] Remember to mark relevant unread references for further reading (this is a good way to learn more about the background of the paper). - [ ] Third pass - 4 hours <optional>