Each paper will be evaluated along the following axes: (1) the selected research problem, (2) technical novelty of the proposed approach, (3) the empirical results. For some tips on how to read a research paper check the following document by Philip Fong. To generate your paper critique you can use the following template.  Your critiques should concisely cover the following points: 

• What research problem does the paper address? 

• What is the motivation of the research work?

• What are the key technical challenges identified by the authors?

• How significant is the technical contribution of the paper in comparison to prior work?

• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed approach?

• What are some of the key experimental results and what do they signify?

• Are there any weaknesses in the experimental section (i.e., unfair comparisons, missing ablations, etc)?

• Concisely summarize why you like/dislike the paper.