I'm old enough to admit this....I don't actually dig into the papers very deeply, unless I have the prerequisite background. if its close enough to my area, I

I'm old enough to admit this....I don't actually dig into the papers very deeply, unless I have the prerequisite background. if its close enough to my area, I can usually get a lot out of reading the exposition, skipping the parts that don't make any sense to me (especially the math). I suppose it's like eating salt crackers with powdered iced tea at a Michelin restaurant...but I've still learned a lot. if you float an area you're interested in, I'm sure people would be happy to give recommendations. a lot of the more influential CS papers are not only novel and interesting, but also very accessible. (I guess except paxos...once you boil away all the stuff its really simple underneath)