Nurturing Good Taste There are many mediocre papers published Do not ruin your taste by poor-quality papers Read selectively Highly cited papers and papers from first-tier journals and top top-ranked conferences Classification of papers Type A:80%understanding (main idea,solution method and main results) Type B:50%understanding (idea results) Type C:20%understanding (only introduction) Learn to appreciate good papers and criticize poor papers 1212 Nurturing Good Taste ◼ There are many mediocre papers published ❑ Do not ruin your taste by poor-quality papers ◼ Read selectively ❑ Highly cited papers and papers from first-tier journals and top top-ranked conferences ◼ Classification of papers ❑ Type A: 80% understanding (main idea, solution method and main results) ❑ Type B: 50% understanding (idea & results) ❑ Type C: 20% understanding (only introduction) ◼ Learn to appreciate good papers and criticize poor papers