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Henry Baker's Archive of Research Papers

62 points by geocar 11y ago

ajcrush 11y ago
For other CS collections, there's: Matt Might's archive of books grad students should read http://matt.might.net/articles/books-papers-materials-for-graduate-students/ http://matt.might.net/articles/books-papers-materials-for-gr... Jeff Huang's best paper award winners from the last 20 years http://jeffhuang.com/best_paper_awards.html http://jeffhuang.com/best_paper_awards.html
- jamessb 11y ago
  Also Papers We Love: http://paperswelove.org/ http://paperswelove.org/ https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love But I think these are papers written by Baker, rather than recommended by him.
- amelius 11y ago
  Interesting to see that Microsoft is on top of the best-paper award list with 43 points, and MIT is third on the list with 30 points. IBM and Google are way further down the list, just to name a couple. This is why Microsoft deserves much more credit than it gets. Especially compared to Apple, which isn't even to be found on this list.
  - Someone 11y ago
    They probably would have, if the list went ten to fifteen years further back. The Advanced Technology Group was closed down in 1997 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Advanced_Technology_Group https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Advanced_Technology_Gr...). One could argue that neglecting fundamental research will be their downfall in the long term, and that may be true, but looking at what happened to Apple since 1997, one could also argue that focusing on the shorter term gave them enough resources to buy technology, if needed. So, instead of having to guess what technologies will become important, they can wait and see and then buy them (of course that has its risks, too; they may have to place too many less risky bets to ensure that they have the winning bet, or someone might not want to sell a truly disruptive invention)
thesz 11y ago
Articles on linear logic are must read. Quite clear explanation of relatively complex concept. Also I like his "cross-science-field" papers, like one about garbage collector and thermodynamics.

62 points by geocar 11y ago

For other CS collections, there's: Matt Might's archive of books grad students should read http://matt.might.net/articles/books-papers-materials-for-graduate-students/ http://matt.might.net/articles/books-papers-materials-for-gr... Jeff Huang's best paper award winners from the last 20 years http://jeffhuang.com/best_paper_awards.html http://jeffhuang.com/best_paper_awards.html

jamessb 11y ago
Also Papers We Love: http://paperswelove.org/ http://paperswelove.org/ https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love But I think these are papers written by Baker, rather than recommended by him.
amelius 11y ago
Interesting to see that Microsoft is on top of the best-paper award list with 43 points, and MIT is third on the list with 30 points. IBM and Google are way further down the list, just to name a couple. This is why Microsoft deserves much more credit than it gets. Especially compared to Apple, which isn't even to be found on this list.
- Someone 11y ago
  They probably would have, if the list went ten to fifteen years further back. The Advanced Technology Group was closed down in 1997 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Advanced_Technology_Group https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Advanced_Technology_Gr...). One could argue that neglecting fundamental research will be their downfall in the long term, and that may be true, but looking at what happened to Apple since 1997, one could also argue that focusing on the shorter term gave them enough resources to buy technology, if needed. So, instead of having to guess what technologies will become important, they can wait and see and then buy them (of course that has its risks, too; they may have to place too many less risky bets to ensure that they have the winning bet, or someone might not want to sell a truly disruptive invention)

thesz 11y ago

Articles on linear logic are must read. Quite clear explanation of relatively complex concept. Also I like his "cross-science-field" papers, like one about garbage collector and thermodynamics.