Course Papers - PDF Library

This directory contains PDF files of papers used in the course.

📁 Organization

papers/
├── week01/          # Week 1 papers
├── week02/          # Week 2 papers (bootcamp)
├── week03/          # Week 3 papers (SSL/objectives)
├── week04/          # Week 4 papers (scaling)
├── week05/          # Week 5 papers (Prediction vs understanding)
├── week06/          # Week 6 papers (Rep. interpretability)
├── week07/          # Week 7 papers (Mech. interpretability)
├── week08/          # Week 8 papers (Neural alignment)
├── week09/          # Week 9 papers (Behavioral/cognitive alignment)
├── week10-15/       # Later weeks
├── classics/        # Classic/foundational papers
└── optional/        # Optional reading materials

📝 Naming Convention

Format: FirstAuthorYear-ShortTitle.pdf

Examples:

• Doerig2023-Neuroconnectionist.pdf
• Chen2020-SimCLR.pdf
• He2022-MAE.pdf
• Krizhevsky2012-ImageNet.pdf

🔄 How PDFs Get Added

Collaborative workflow with AI assistant:

1. You tell me: “Add paper X to Week Y”
2. I download PDF from arXiv or source
3. I add to appropriate week folder
4. I update readings.yml with:
   • Official journal link
   • arXiv link (if available)
   • PDF download link: /cpsy1950/papers/filename.pdf
5. I sync to website

Students see:

• 🔗 Journal link (official source)
• 📑 arXiv link (open access)
• 📄 PDF download (direct access, no paywall)

📦 Current Status

Week 02 (Bootcamp) - Ready

• Doerig2023-Neuroconnectionist.pdf
• Cichy2019-DeepNeuralNetworks.pdf

Week 03-09 - To Be Added

Paper pools will be added as you curate them.

💾 Storage Guidelines

• ✅ Keep PDFs under 10MB when possible (compress if needed)
• ✅ Use institutional access for downloading
• ✅ Prefer open access / arXiv versions
• ✅ Always include both official link AND PDF
• ⚠️ Files >50MB: Consider using Git LFS

🔍 Finding PDFs

Priority sources:

1. arXiv (open access)
2. OpenReview (open access)
3. Conference open access (CVPR, ICCV, etc.)
4. Journal via institutional access
5. Author’s website

📊 Website Display

Each paper shows all available links:

Paper Title
Authors • Journal • Year

🔗 Official Paper | 📄 PDF Download | 📑 arXiv

Students can choose:

• Read on journal site (with access)
• Download PDF directly (always available)
• Check arXiv version (preprint)

🎓 Copyright & Fair Use

Educational Use:

• Course materials fall under fair use
• PDFs for enrolled students only
• Not publicly distributed beyond course site

Best Practices:

• Always cite original source
• Provide official links
• Use institutional access for downloads
• Respect publisher policies

🔧 Management Commands

# View all PDFs
ls -lR ~/Projects/cpsy1950/readings/papers/

# Check total size
du -sh ~/Projects/cpsy1950/readings/papers/

# Find a specific paper
find readings/papers/ -name "*SimCLR*"

# Sync to website
make sync

📚 Adding Papers Manually

If you have a PDF:

# Copy to appropriate week
cp ~/Downloads/paper.pdf readings/papers/week03/AuthorYear-Title.pdf

# Then ask AI assistant to update YAML files

✨ Collaborative Workflow

You focus on: What papers you want
AI assistant handles: Downloading, organizing, YAML updates, syncing

Just say: “Add [paper] to Week [N]” and everything else is automatic! 🚀