Surveys and Roadmaps

Survey papers are maps. Use them when entering a new area, when terminology is unclear, or when many isolated methods need to be placed into a larger structure.

Survey Database

Year	Paper	Topic	Note
2015	Deep Learning	General deep learning	Broad overview of representation learning and deep architectures.
2019	A Comprehensive Survey on Graph Neural Networks	GNNs	Taxonomy of graph neural network families.
2021	A Survey of Transformers	Transformers	Taxonomy of Transformer variants and applications.
2021	Geometric Deep Learning	Geometric DL	Unifying view of grids, groups, graphs, geodesics, and gauges.
2022	Diffusion Models: A Comprehensive Survey of Methods and Applications	Diffusion models	Overview of diffusion methods, samplers, and applications.

How to Use This Page

Step	Action
1	Read a survey quickly, without trying to master every detail.
2	Extract the major categories and recurring technical terms.
3	Move to the focused paper collection for that area.
4	Return to the survey later to place individual papers into the larger map.