How to Read a Visualization Research Paper: Extracting the Essentials

challenge：挑战

Reading the many scientific papers and capturing their essential information is a challenge.

Aim:

to discover what research has already been carried out in a given field (solved
problems) and what research hasn’t (unsolved
problems).
Several simple guidelines can help you extract the most important
information from visualization research papers.

diffcults:

However, in visualization and computer graphics, reading a refereed conference or journal paper can be challenging owing to its high level of specialization, complexity, and detail.

特点

Such papers often present a detailed mathematical framework accompanied by algorithms and data structures to carry them out and are usually written by (or with the aid of) experts in the field with many years’ experience.

必要性

Such a report is a helpful way to get an overview of published research in
a subfield of visualization and computer graphics.

concept;implementation;Related work;Data characteristics

Concept—a writing utensil. A writing utensil is a
tool that a person (or animal) can use to communicate with others by drawing symbols

Visualization techniques.Application domain

After the breadth phase of research comes the depth phase.

In addition, multiple passes through a paper will likely be necessary.
Several simple guidelines can help you extract the most important
information from visualization research papers.

It’s difficult to judge how fruitful a research direction or project might be on the basis of just one research paper, unless you’re already an expert in
the field or have a good number of years’ experience.