I feel like an updated version would involve an LLM assistant somewhere in the loop. The paper "How to Read a Paper" by S. Keshav presents a practical and effi

I feel like an updated version would involve an LLM assistant somewhere in the loop. The paper "How to Read a Paper" by S. Keshav presents a practical and efficient three-pass method for reading research papers, which can also be used for doing a literature survey. The key idea is to read the paper in up to three passes, each accomplishing specific goals and building upon the previous pass. The first pass gives a general idea about the paper, the second pass lets the reader grasp the paper's content, and the third pass helps understand the paper in depth. The paper also provides guidelines for doing a literature survey using the three-pass approach. The author has been using this approach for the last 15 years to read conference proceedings, write reviews, do background research, and to quickly review papers before a discussion.