Inspired by the 180 websites I will understand 52 academic papers in 52 weeks
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Re: Inspired by the 180 websites I will understand 52 academic papers in 52 weeks
#2And in turn, you have inspired me to do something similar. I read (to varying degrees of attentiveness) many, many papers per week, but I never write about them other than to take notes, write questions to the authors etc.
For the next 52 weeks, I'm gonna try to write a layman's explanation (with some amount of appropriate background) about a paper every week. I suspect these will center around my work, but I also suspect the act of thinking about the kind of stuff I do in a more general sense will be a valuable learning experience, and who knows, maybe someone else will learn something too!
Re: Inspired by the 180 websites I will understand 52 academic papers in 52 weeks
#3And in turn, you have inspired me to do something similar. I read (to varying degrees of attentiveness) many, many papers per week, but I never write about them other than to take notes, write questions to the authors etc. For the next 52 weeks, I'm gonna try to write a layman's explanation (with some amount of appropriate background) about a paper every week. I suspect these will center around my work, but I also su…
Any interesting papers on your list you do not mind sharing?
Re: Inspired by the 180 websites I will understand 52 academic papers in 52 weeks
#4Are you planning to reproduce the experiments in every paper too?
Re: Inspired by the 180 websites I will understand 52 academic papers in 52 weeks
#5This sounds like a really great idea! What are the go to resources for academic papers?
Re: Inspired by the 180 websites I will understand 52 academic papers in 52 weeks
#6Are you planning to reproduce the experiments in every paper too?
I do not. While I would really like to be able to do that, the reality is that I just can't. I mean, I have a biologist friend who regularly clones bacteria and implements binary functions in their DNA. Not only do I not know how to hold a pipete, I just don't have the equipment to perform experiments like that.
The goal is to get a functional understanding of as many different topics as possible. Enough to explain things in layman's terms, but I could not possibly become an expert in everything.
Re: Inspired by the 180 websites I will understand 52 academic papers in 52 weeks
#7This is all lame, building websites, reading papers. These activities are good in their own stead but they don't help the world or achive something spectacular.
Why do people want such quick returns.
I give you 2 decades, win me a Noble prize.
Re: Inspired by the 180 websites I will understand 52 academic papers in 52 weeks
#8This is all lame, building websites, reading papers. These activities are good in their own stead but they don't help the world or achive something spectacular. Why do people want such quick returns. I give you 2 decades, win me a Noble prize.
Reading papers will be your first step in winning a Nobel Prize (unless, of course, you’re aiming for some other, specifically noble, prize :)).
Re: Inspired by the 180 websites I will understand 52 academic papers in 52 weeks
#9Hey I started doing the exact same thing. Only for CS. Minus the understanding part. I think if I can grasp even 20% of it, then the time spent pays off.
Re: Inspired by the 180 websites I will understand 52 academic papers in 52 weeks
#10And in turn, you have inspired me to do something similar. I read (to varying degrees of attentiveness) many, many papers per week, but I never write about them other than to take notes, write questions to the authors etc. For the next 52 weeks, I'm gonna try to write a layman's explanation (with some amount of appropriate background) about a paper every week. I suspect these will center around my work, but I also su…
This is an excellent idea! I would definitely love to read your primers on various subjects. Will you share the URL where you will publish your stuff?
Edit: Ah, okay, I just found your homepage. I look forward to reading your writings!