CSE 210 - Principles of Software Engineering: Required Note-taking Annotations
Bill Griswold
You must use the following annotations in your notes so that the TA can precisely grade your markings of the paper. These all apply to the author's view, not
yours. Your views are provided as writing in the margin. Not every paper
has all of these elements (especially the last two). When the author doesn't
provide it (or you disagree with it), you should (also) provide your own.
- PP: People Problem
- TP: Technical Problem
- RQ: Research Question
- S: Solution, idea, hypothesis, or claim
- E: Evaluation
- C: Contributions
- A: your Analysis/Assessment
- TA: Take-aways (authors')
- FW: Future Work
- Q: Question
Every paper must also include:
- Three questions of your own about the paper or topic. (Answers should
not be easily findable via Google.)
- Your take-away