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When reading a research paper, answer the following questions:

• In one sentence in your own words, state succinctly the overall problem being addressed in this paper.
• What particular goals do these researchers have in addressing this problem?
• What contribution are they seeking to make to the state-of-the-art?

In a few sentences in your own words, what is the key insight of this group's approach to tackling the stated problem? What is their overall approach/strategy to solving the problem?

• How did the researchers evaluate their efforts?
• What conclusions did they make from their evaluation results?
• What application/useful benefit do the researchers/you see for this work?
• What limitations do the researchers mention with their approach?
• What additional limitations do you think might also occur?
• Write one interesting question to ponder with regard to this paper beyond content understanding.

• Tutorial on Research Methods in Computer Science

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• IEEE Digital Library
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