Head et al. - 2021 - Augmenting Scientific Papers with Just-in-Time, Position-Sensitive Definitions of Terms and Symbols

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fullTitle: "Augmenting Scientific Papers with Just-in-Time, Position-Sensitive Definitions of Terms and Symbols"
authors: ["Andrew Head","Kyle Lo","Dongyeop Kang","Raymond Fok","Sam Skjonsberg","Daniel S. Weld","Marti A. Hearst"]

https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445648

Introduces ScholarPhi, an Augmented reading which adds interactions for understanding the meaning of special symbols/terms (“nonce words”) and acronyms local to a specific paper. Some details:

tooltips which provide definitions and links to their sources
a list of usages of a given symbol, to help infer its meaning from example
when a nonce word is selected, fade everything but segments which reference it (“decluttering”)
“exploded” equation diagrams, showing all the components
a generated glossary of important terms and symbols