How to read a paper

“Learn steadily rather than short burst for longevity.“ — Andrew Ng

Questions To Ask Yourself

Andrew provides a set of questions that you should ask yourself as you read a paper. These questions generally will show you understand the critical information presented in a paper. I use the questions below as beacons to ensure I don’t stray from the aim of understanding vital information.

They are as follow:

1. Describe what the authors of the paper aim to accomplish, or perhaps did achieve.(写作的Motivation是什么？即当前存在什么样的问题？)
2. If a new approach/technique/method was introduced in a paper, what are the key elements of the newly proposed approach?(论文中提出的方法，关键点是什么？)
3. What content within the paper is useful to you?(对自己当前的研究，有用的内容或者启发)
4. What other references do you want to follow?(好的参考文献进一步阅读)

参考文献：How You Should Read Research Papers According To Andrew Ng (Stanford Deep Learning Lectures)