found the source code of many AI papers hard to read, partially because the authors are not in the mindset of software engineers, therefore the code is not aligned to software engineering best practices. How to solve this problem? I want to understand the code so that I can master the concetps in the papers more thourougly through code reading
Reading and fully understanding research code can be challenging, especially when code bases donβt follow traditional software engineering (SE) best practices. Here are some suggestions for getting more out of (often messy) AI research code:
- Organize the Context Before Diving In β’ Read the paper thoroughly. Make note of the key steps in the algorithm, the architectural components, and the logic flow. Then map these steps to the filenames, modules, and functions you see in the code.