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发信人: coolreal (真点点令), 信区: Flyingoverseas
标 题: MIT-AI建议2
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2002年03月21日09:20:08 星期四), 站内信件
怎样和别人交流
Getting connected
You, too, can be a cool people. Here are some heuristics for getting connect
ed:
There's a bunch of electronic mailing lists that discuss AI subfields like c
onnectionism or vision. Get yourself on the ones that seem interesting.
Whenever you talk about an idea you've had with someone who knows the field,
they are likely not to give an evaluation of your idea, but to say, ``Have
you read X?'' Not a test question, but a suggestion about something to read
that will probably be relevant. If you haven't read X, get the full referenc
e from your interlocutor, or better yet, ask to borrow and Xerox his copy.
When you read a paper that excites you, make five copies and give them to pe
ople you think will be interested in it. They'll probably return the favor.
The lab has a number of on-going informal paper discussion groups on various
subfields. These meet every week or two to discuss a paper that everyone ha
s read.
Some people don't mind if you read their desks. That is, read the papers tha
t they intend to read soon are heaped there and turn over pretty regularly.
You can look over them and see if there's anything that looks interesting. B
e sure to ask before doing this; some people do mind. Try people who seem fr
iendly and connected.
Similarly, some people don't mind your browsing their filing cabinets. There
are people in the lab who are into scholarship and whose cabinets are quite
comprehensive. This is often a faster and more reliable way to find papers
than using the school library.
Whenever you write something yourself, distribute copies of a draft of it to
people who are likely to be interested. (This has a potential problem: plag
iarism is rare in AI, but it does happen. You can put something like ``Pleas
e do not photocopy or quote'' on the front page as a partial prophylactic.)
Most people don't read most of the papers they're given, so don't take it pe
rsonally when only a few of the copies you distribute come back with comment
s on them. If you go through several drafts-which for a journal article you
should-few readers will read more than one of them. Your advisor is expected
to be an exception.
When you finish a paper, send copies to everyone you think might be interest
ed. Don't assume they'll read it in the journal or proceedings spontaneously
. Internal publication series (memos and technical reports) are even less li
kely to be read.
The more different people you can get connected with, the better. Try to swa
p papers with people from different research groups, different AI labs, diff
erent academic fields. Make yourself the bridge between two groups of intere
sting people working on related problems who aren't talking to each other an
d suddenly reams of interesting papers will flow across your desk.
When a paper cites something that looks interesting, make a note of it. Keep
a log of interesting references. Go to the library every once in a while an
d look the lot of them up. You can intensively work backward through a ``ref
erence graph'' of citations when you are hot on the trail of an interesting
topic. A reference graph is a web of citations: paper A cites papers B and C
, B cites C and D, C cites D, and so on. Papers that you notice cited freque
ntly are always worth reading. Reference graphs have weird properties. One i
s that often there are two groups of people working on the same topic who do
n't know about each other. You may find yourself close to closure on searchi
ng a graph and suddenly find your way into another whole section. This happe
ns when there are different schools or approaches. It's very valuable to und
erstand as many approaches as possible-often more so than understanding one
approach in greater depth.
Hang out. Talk to people. Tell them what you're up to and ask what they're d
oing. (If you're shy about talking to other students about your ideas, say b
ecause you feel you haven't got any, then try talking to them about the real
ly good-or unbelievably foolish-stuff you've been reading. This leads natura
lly into the topic of what one might do next.) There's an informal lunch gro
up that meets in the seventh floor playroom around noon every day. People te
nd to work nights in our lab, and so go for dinner in loose groups. Invite y
ourself along.
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