Does Anyone in IT Read Academic Literature?

Posted by Cliff on Friday May 13, 2005 @10:22AM from the where's-your-head-at dept.

digital book worm asks: "I'm a soon-to-be fresh-out with a Masters degree in Computer Science. For the last several years I've had paper after paper shoved in my face, and following some of the major publications (such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Software, and some of the IEEE Transactions series) and conference proceedings has become second nature. I can't help but wonder though: For those of you outside of academia, do you find that there is any benefit to following the latest research on a regular basis? Clearly there are times when it is appropriate to go back and look for papers that solve a particular problem you're working on, but I'm finding it a little difficult to believe my professors' hype that the latest and greatest is the stuff that goes on in these papers, and that I should make it a life-long goal to keep current on many of the publications listed above."

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Re:Digests by AtrN · 2005-05-13 11:54 · Score: 3, Informative

I find the ACM's Computing Reviews to very useful.
Re:Digests by Mentally_Overclocked · 2005-05-13 17:58 · Score: 2, Informative

Try this http://www.eurekalert.org/. It isn't perfect ... but neat all the same. Cheers

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