How to Read Scientific Papers: A Discussion with David Evans

<p>Listen to this interview of David Evans, Professor of Computer Science, University of Virginia. We talk about what makes scientific reading different.</p><p>David Evans : "Most scientific papers are making some claim. So, the real goal as a reader is to understand, Do I believe them? Have the authors done what's necessary to make that claim and make it convincing? But there's another goal, too, and that is to understand, What can I learn from this paper technically — have the authors done something that might inform work that we're doing — do they have something that might provide understanding or pro...