Reading - How to read

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Reading - How to read

• Fausto Giunchiglia
• Literature
• Bruno Buchberger, Thinking Speaking Writing
• By Fausto Giunchiglia and Alessandro Tomasi

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Index1. The Role of Literature2. What is
literature 2.1 Classify the results 3. The
Documentation of Literature4. Steps in the Use
of Literature
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• 1. The Role of Literature

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1. The Role of Literature

• Keep Re-Inventing the wheel

• For many problems
• the solutions is already in the literature
• the literature has solutions in similar problems

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1. The Role of Literature

• It is necessary to know
• how the literature is organized
• within your research community
• outside your research community
• translate other concepts
• in our community

Necessary
Useful but not Necessary
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1. The Role of Literature

• There is an interleaving of
• Try to solve the problem yourself
• Read the Literature

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1. The Role of Literature
Interactive Process of Reading Papers Step
1 Step 2 Step 3
Quantity
Depth
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1. The Role of Literature
How do I know when I can stop reading?
When I know the 90 of the papers cited by
relevant papers
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1. The Role of Literature

• To keep Scholarship
• go to conference
• talk to people (best opportunity in conference)
• journals
• proceedings
• web

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• 2. What is Literature

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• 2. What is Literature

1. Monographs / Books
2. Journal Articles
3. Articles in Collections
4. Papers in Proceedings of Conference
5. Papers in Proceedings of Workshop
6. Technical Reports
7. Grey Literature (Ex Web Sites)

Main Way to do Career
More important than papers
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2. What is Literature

• Each research community has
• 1-2 Top Journals
• 1-2 Top Conference

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• 2.1 Classify the results

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• 2.1 Classify the results

1. Monographs / Books

Note the research is finished
Contents extensive/complete description of
research
Originality None (2/3 years old)
Quality Control Very Good
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• 2.1 Classify the results

1. Journal Articles

Note Come regularly
Contents Very good, very crisp, specialized
Originality Full of two years ago (in CS is
obsolete)
Quality Control Very High (Many shots)
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• 2.1 Classify the results

1. Articles in Collections

Note Not regularly
Contents Very good, very crisp, specialized
Originality Full of two years ago (in CS is
obsolete)
Quality Control Lower
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• 2.1 Classify the results

1. Conferences

Note Is Refereed
Contents New results, almost complete, semi-final
Originality Good (6 months ago)
Quality Control Medium (only one shot accept or
reject)
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• 2.1 Classify the results

1. Workshop

Note Is Not Refereed
Contents New results, almost complete, semi-final
Originality Good (6 months ago)
Quality Control Medium (only one shot accept or
reject)
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• 2.1 Classify the results

1. Technical Reports

Note ---
Contents Detailed about a specific topic
Originality Maybe
Quality Control Low (No Refereeing Process)
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• 2.1 Classify the results

1. Grey Literature (Ex Web Sites)

Note The main way to publish our results
Contents Random
Originality Random
Quality Control Random
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3. The Documentation of Literature
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3. The Documentation of Literature

• Library
• - author files
• - keywords files
• Review Journals
• - Computing Journal
• - Artificial Intelligence Review
• - Scientific Magazines
• - Scientific Magazines for Spreading
  Communications
• - Journal for Publish new Results
• Bibliographies
• Citation index
• Research index

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3. The Documentation of Literature
Research Community are organized into
societies Produce Organized Conferences,
Journals, Magazines Examples of Societies ACM,
IEEE, ECCAI, VLDB,
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3. The Documentation of Literature

• Citations Index
• defines journals
• cites titles, authors, abstract of all paper
• Example
• ISI, the most important for Science

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3. The Documentation of Literature

• Research Index
• the new game
• is on line
• how many times you are cited in Internet
• Example
• http//citeseer.nj.nec.com

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4. Steps in the Use of Literature
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4. Steps in the Use of Literature

• Use CiteSeer (http//citeseer.nj.nec.com)
• Ask to Colleagues, Advisor,
• Friends, by e-Mail
• Consult References
• Consult Review Journals
• Ask Authors