OBJETIVES OF PAPER REVIEWS

 To learn how to glean new knowledge from technical papers; harder than
learning from textbooks but more important in the long run.
 To learn how to identify the rally important ideas and concepts in
technical papers.
 To learn how to summarize ideas concisely.
 To learn how engineers with vastly different points of view think and how
they approach problems and solutions.

USUAL ORGANIZATION OF REVIEW

 Heading
Reviewer: (you name)
Date:
Paper: Doe, J.N.:”Paper Title “, Journal (date), pages.
(Use ESP reference style)

 Main Body
Problem: (Problem solved)
Results: (Major conclusions and results)
Importance: (Technical importance of results)
Limitations: (Assumptions, limitations of solutions to real
problems)
Applicability: (Where and how results can be used with
specific applications)

USUAL LENGTH OF REVIEWS

 Rarely more than one typewritten, single-spaced page

 Almost never more than two typewritten pages.