Reading - How to read Fausto Giunchiglia Literature: Bruno Buchberger, Thinking Speaking Writing By Fausto Giunchiglia and Alessandro Tomasi Fausto Giunchiglia 2005

Index: 1. The Role of Literature 2. What is literature. 2 Index: 1. The Role of Literature 2. What is literature 2.1 Classify the results 3. The Documentation of Literature 4. Steps in the Use of Literature

1. The Role of Literature

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

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

1. The Role of Literature There is an interleaving of: Try to solve the problem yourself Read the Literature

1. The Role of Literature Interactive Process of Reading Papers: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 … Quantity Depth

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

1. The Role of Literature To keep Scholarship: go to conference talk to people (best opportunity in conference) journals proceedings web …

2. What is Literature

2. What is Literature Monographs / Books Journal Articles Main Way Articles in Collections Papers in Proceedings of Conference Papers in Proceedings of Workshop Technical Reports Grey Literature (Ex: Web Sites) Main Way to do Career More important than papers

2. What is Literature Each research community has: 1-2 Top Journals 1-2 Top Conference

2.1 Classify the results

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

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Articles: Note: Come regularly Contents: Very good, very crisp, specialized Originality: Full of two years ago (in CS is obsolete) Quality Control: Very High (Many shots)

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Note: Not regularly Contents: Very good, very crisp, specialized Originality: Full of two years ago (in CS is obsolete) Quality Control: Lower

2.1 Classify the results 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)

2.1 Classify the results 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)

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

2.1 Classify the results Grey Literature (Ex: Web Sites) Note: The main way to publish our results Contents: Random Originality: Random Quality Control: Random

3. The Documentation of Literature

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

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

3. The Documentation of Literature Citations Index: defines journals cites titles, authors, abstract of all paper Example: ISI, the most important for Science

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

4. Steps in the Use of Literature

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