Read research papers and career advice | 怎么读论文/职场建议

视频链接：Stanford CS230: Deep Learning | Autumn 2018 | Lecture 8 - Career Advice / Reading Research Papers

Read research papers｜如何读论文

General ideas｜怎么开始读

• Compile a list of papers, mediums, or blog posts｜创建一个论文/博客/文章列表
• Skip around list, no need to read 100% for all the papers｜大致扫一眼所有的论文，挑选自己感兴趣的读下去
• Amount of papers｜论文数量
  • 5-20: beginning to understand｜开始大致了解
  • 50-100: very good understanding｜有了很好的理解

Read one paper｜如何读一篇论文

Multiple passes｜好几轮

1. Title, abstract, figures｜标题，概要，图标
2. Intro, conclusion, figures, skim the rest (skip related work)｜简介，结论，图标，扫一眼剩余内容
3. Read but skip/skim maths｜读整篇但跳过数学部分
4. Whole thing, but skip parts that don’t make sense｜读整篇但跳过不懂的部分

Answer these questions｜尝试回答这些问题

1. What did authors try to accomplish?｜作者想做什么
2. What were the key elements of the approach?｜用了什么方法
3. What can you use yourself?｜你学到了什么，对你有用的部分
4. What other references do you want to follow?｜还想深究什么

Sources of papers｜论文资源

• Twitter
• ML Subreddit
• NIPS/ICML/ICLR
• Friends

Math｜怎么理解数学部分

• Rederive from scratch｜自己重新推导

Code｜理解代码

• Run open-source code｜下载并运行开源代码
• Reimplement from scratch｜重新实现代码

Long-term advice｜长期阅读建议

• Steady readings, not short burst｜不要一次性读很多就不读了，保持长期阅读

How to get a position｜怎么找工作

What do recruiters look for?｜招人看啥

• Technical skills (ML quiz, coding)｜硬技能
• Meaningful work, experience｜项目经验，确保你会干活
• Build depth｜练就T字型人才
  • Foundation skills: courses, read papers｜基础知识：网课，论文
  • Relevant projects｜做相关项目

      <--------------- area --------------->
^     | ML | DL | PGM | NLP | CV | ...
|          | __ | project
|          | __ | open-source
depth      | __ | research
|          | __ | internship
|          | __ | ...
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• Saturday morning problem (no short-term reward, do this consistently for months/years!)｜周六早晨，你可以干嘛
  • Read paper｜读论文
  • Work on research｜做科研
  • Open source｜贡献开源代码
  • TV｜看电视，Andrew说他和他老婆没电视机

Select a position｜怎么选offer

• Work with great people / projects｜他最重视和什么样的人工作以及做什么样的项目
  • Focus on the team (10-30 persons) you’ll interact with, how much they know, how much they learn｜评估一下同事水平
  • Manager｜manager是最能直接影响你的人
  • Not on "brand"｜别太care brand（个人认为对职场小白来说，有好的brand的工作经历没什么损失）
• Be careful of rotation programs, or if recruiters don’t tell you what you will be working on, that project might be boring｜小心轮岗制度
• Learn the most + do important work｜他自己会选择可以学到很多以及可以做有影响力/重要的工作的岗位