Copied from Advanced Computer Networks, Johns Hopkins University.
Paper Reviews and Presentations
- Each student reviews 1 paper/class; submit reviews before the class
- Each student presents 2 papers; sign up here
How to write reviews
- 4 sections in review
- Summary
- Paper strengths
- Paper weaknesses
- Detailed comments
- Summary (points in sentence or bullet form)
- 1-2 points: What problem?
- 1-2 points: Core novel ideas or technical contributions
- 3-5 points: Summarize approach, mechanisms, findings
- Strengths/Weaknesses: 2-4 points each
- Detailed comments
- Longer exposition. Be constructive. Imagine conversation w/ authors: What would you tell them?
- May include
- Problem: What is it? Is it new? Is it real? Is it important?
- Solution: What is the technique(s)? Is it novel? How is it compared to past solutions? What is the intuition(s)?
- Implementation/evaluation: Does it have a real system prototype? Is the evaluation dataset(s) representative? Does the evaluation cover all aspects?
- Looking forward: Can you come up with a new/different/better solution? Can you find a new/related problem to solve?