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1、HowtoreadascientificpaperMihaiPopComputerScienceCenterforBioinformaticsandComptuationalBiologyReasonstoreadapaper●Youweretoldto●Describescurrentresearch●Allowsyoutoreplicate/extendtheresults●Providesyouwithusefuldata●Givesyou“pre-digested”thoughts●Todecidewhetherto

2、publishit●Teachesyouhowtowrite.Reading“mechanics”●Removedistractions(RedSoxorpaper-pickone)●Takenotes&savenotesforfuturereference●Jumparoundthroughthetext,don'tjustreaditlikeaHarryPotterbookTypesofpapers●Theoretical–provetheorems–describenewalgorithms●Implementatio

3、n–describenewsoftwaretools●Experimental–describeresultsofexperiments●Survey/Review–reviewcurrentresultsinafieldofresearchTypesofpapers/references●Primary–actualdescriptionofthework/resultsreported●Secondary–describework/resultsofothers–e.g.backgroundsectioninmostpa

4、pers–surveypapers–encyclopedias(e.g.Wikipedia)●Trytoreadtheprimaryreferences(thoughsecondaryreferencesarequiteusefultoo)!●e.g.MozartandbabiesPaperorganization●Title&authorlist●Abstract●Introduction●MaterialsandMethods●Results●Discussion/Conclusion●Openproblems●Depe

5、ndingonthejournal/conference/typeofworkthesecanvaryincontent/orderVenue●Firstthingsfirst:Wherewasthepaperpublished?●Iftheworkissimilartowhatyoudo,thisshouldgiveyouideasaboutwhichjournals/conferencesyoushouldtargetwithyourownwork●Overtime,you'lllearntoevaluatejourna

6、l/conferencequalitybasedonthequalityofpapersyouread.Titleandauthorlist●Title–whatisthispaperabout?●Authorlist–whodidthework?wherearetheyfrom?–trytorememberthenames:thesepeoplemaybecomecollaborators,colleagues,orbossessometimeinthefuture.–alsousefulwhenplanningapost

7、docorfuturejob●Authorlistconventions–alphabetical(traditionalCS)–ranked:firstauthordidmostwork,lastauthor(seniorauthor)ledthestudy(usuallythePI)Abstract●Briefoutlineoftheresultspresentedinthepaper●Readitcarefully–Canyouunderstandwhatthepaperisabout?–Dotheconclusion

8、smakesense?–Canyoucomeupwithasolutiontotheproblemaddressedbythepaper?–Howcomfortablewillyoubereadingthispaper?●Note:fromanypaperyoushouldatleastr