Yesterday,Ireadabook,thenameofthebookis《DrBethune》.
DrBethunewasafamousdoctorFromCanada.In1938,hecametoChina.Atthattime,ChinawasatwarwithJapan.HeworkedasadoctorintheChinesearmyandsavedmanysoldiers’lives.Heworkedveryhardandbecamesick.DrBethunediedin1939.Hewasonly49yearsold.Hewasagoodmanandwerememberhimtoday.
Ithinkthebookisvery,verygood!
WrittenbyWuQingxiang
Mar.31,2008
Howtodoresearch
readingafterasciencepaper
Thesedays,Iambusypreparingmydissertationwhichisaboutwebusagemining.IreadsomeEnglishpapersandlearntmuchfromthem.Andnow,Iwanttosaysomethingaboutapapertitled“WebUsageMining：DiscoveryandApplicationsofUsagePatternsfromWebData”.
ThisisthefirstEnglishpaperIreadaboutdissertationandgavemegreathelp.
Thispaperisareviewaboutwebusagemining.Itintroducedwebusageminingindetail.Althoughitisalittleoldforitwaspublishedin2000,itscontentsareveryusefultoday.Itisorganizedaccordingtothesequenceofwebusageminingandthesixmainpartsareintroductionwhichtellsmewhatiswebusagemining,thesourcesandabstractionofwebdata,thethreestepsofwebusagemining,taxonomyandprojectsurvey,websiftoverview,privacyissues.Thethirdandfourthpartsaremostimportant.IthadalistofexistingprojectaboutwebusageminingwhichIsawmanytimesinotherpapers,butthispaperistheonecreatingthislist.Besides,ithasbeenreferredformorethentwentytimes.Asweallknowthat,thehigherthereferrednumberis,themoreimportantthepaperis,soIconsiderthispapertobeanimportantandsuccessfuloneinthisregion.
Inmyopinion,thesuccessofthispaperduestothreereasons.Thefirstreasonistheprofoundcomputerknowledgeownedbytheauthors.Webusageminingrelatestomanysubjects,suchasartificialintelligence,ontology,semanticanalysis,butthemostbasicknowledgeiscomputerscience.ThefourauthorsareallprofessorsofdepartmentofcomputerscienceandengineeringinuniversityofMinnesota.Formyself,IamnotmajorincomputerscienceandIamnotverygoodatcomputers,soIfeelalittledifficulttounderstandtechnologiesusedinthisregion.
Second,theyhadreadalargenumberofpapersbeforetheywrotethispaper.Therearefiftyninereferenceslistedaftermaincontents.“Standontheshouldersofgiants”,thissentencetellusatruth:onecanneversuccessfulallbyoneself.Andwhat’smore,learnfromotherscansavealotoftimeandenergy,especiallyforusnewlearner.Howtolearnfromothersisaskillallofusshouldmaster,butlearningdoesn’tmeancopyorplagiary.Otherpeople’sknowledgeandproductionisjustourfoundation,uponthisfoundation,wemusthaveourownthoughtsandcreation.Therearemanyremarksinthispaperwherereferredother’sproduction.
Third,theauthorshadtheexperienceofdevelopingawebusageminingproject.Theydon’tjustengageinidletheorizing,sotheircomprehensiononthisissueisgreatlyprofound.Theyknowwhatwemaymeetinarealprojectdevelopmentandtheyknowhowtoresolvethem.Afterreadingthispaper,IalsoreadsomeotherpaperswritteninChinese.Someofthemarenotbasedonrealprojectandcannotgiveusefulresolution.Websiftisthenameofsystemtheydevelopedwhichcanbeusedtodataminingandanalysis.
Iwrotethisarticlenotonlybecauseitgavememuchhelpinpreparingmydissertation,butalsobecauseittellsmehowtostudyandhowtodoresearch.Honestyandprecisenessaretwoessentialmakingaresearchermusthave.Hard-workingisthenecessaryconditionleadingtosuccess.Thisisjustthebeginningofmydissertation,Ishouldlearnfromthesefourauthors,boththeirknowledgeandtheirattitudetostudy.
DrBethunewasafamousdoctorFromCanada.In1938,hecametoChina.Atthattime,ChinawasatwarwithJapan.HeworkedasadoctorintheChinesearmyandsavedmanysoldiers’lives.Heworkedveryhardandbecamesick.DrBethunediedin1939.Hewasonly49yearsold.Hewasagoodmanandwerememberhimtoday.
Ithinkthebookisvery,verygood!
WrittenbyWuQingxiang
Mar.31,2008
Howtodoresearch
readingafterasciencepaper
Thesedays,Iambusypreparingmydissertationwhichisaboutwebusagemining.IreadsomeEnglishpapersandlearntmuchfromthem.Andnow,Iwanttosaysomethingaboutapapertitled“WebUsageMining：DiscoveryandApplicationsofUsagePatternsfromWebData”.
ThisisthefirstEnglishpaperIreadaboutdissertationandgavemegreathelp.
Thispaperisareviewaboutwebusagemining.Itintroducedwebusageminingindetail.Althoughitisalittleoldforitwaspublishedin2000,itscontentsareveryusefultoday.Itisorganizedaccordingtothesequenceofwebusageminingandthesixmainpartsareintroductionwhichtellsmewhatiswebusagemining,thesourcesandabstractionofwebdata,thethreestepsofwebusagemining,taxonomyandprojectsurvey,websiftoverview,privacyissues.Thethirdandfourthpartsaremostimportant.IthadalistofexistingprojectaboutwebusageminingwhichIsawmanytimesinotherpapers,butthispaperistheonecreatingthislist.Besides,ithasbeenreferredformorethentwentytimes.Asweallknowthat,thehigherthereferrednumberis,themoreimportantthepaperis,soIconsiderthispapertobeanimportantandsuccessfuloneinthisregion.
Inmyopinion,thesuccessofthispaperduestothreereasons.Thefirstreasonistheprofoundcomputerknowledgeownedbytheauthors.Webusageminingrelatestomanysubjects,suchasartificialintelligence,ontology,semanticanalysis,butthemostbasicknowledgeiscomputerscience.ThefourauthorsareallprofessorsofdepartmentofcomputerscienceandengineeringinuniversityofMinnesota.Formyself,IamnotmajorincomputerscienceandIamnotverygoodatcomputers,soIfeelalittledifficulttounderstandtechnologiesusedinthisregion.
Second,theyhadreadalargenumberofpapersbeforetheywrotethispaper.Therearefiftyninereferenceslistedaftermaincontents.“Standontheshouldersofgiants”,thissentencetellusatruth:onecanneversuccessfulallbyoneself.Andwhat’smore,learnfromotherscansavealotoftimeandenergy,especiallyforusnewlearner.Howtolearnfromothersisaskillallofusshouldmaster,butlearningdoesn’tmeancopyorplagiary.Otherpeople’sknowledgeandproductionisjustourfoundation,uponthisfoundation,wemusthaveourownthoughtsandcreation.Therearemanyremarksinthispaperwherereferredother’sproduction.
Third,theauthorshadtheexperienceofdevelopingawebusageminingproject.Theydon’tjustengageinidletheorizing,sotheircomprehensiononthisissueisgreatlyprofound.Theyknowwhatwemaymeetinarealprojectdevelopmentandtheyknowhowtoresolvethem.Afterreadingthispaper,IalsoreadsomeotherpaperswritteninChinese.Someofthemarenotbasedonrealprojectandcannotgiveusefulresolution.Websiftisthenameofsystemtheydevelopedwhichcanbeusedtodataminingandanalysis.
Iwrotethisarticlenotonlybecauseitgavememuchhelpinpreparingmydissertation,butalsobecauseittellsmehowtostudyandhowtodoresearch.Honestyandprecisenessaretwoessentialmakingaresearchermusthave.Hard-workingisthenecessaryconditionleadingtosuccess.Thisisjustthebeginningofmydissertation,Ishouldlearnfromthesefourauthors,boththeirknowledgeandtheirattitudetostudy.