I posted in another comment on this thread a list of papers which met these criteria for me at the time and which I learned a lot by implementing.
> it's really hard for me, as a non-expert, to assess which papers are true advancements
Its hard for me too, though I wouldn't consider myself an expert, just someone with a moderate amount of experience. Learning to discriminate important from less-important papers is another skill which takes effort to develop.
> it's really hard for me, as a non-expert, to assess which papers are true advancements
Its hard for me too, though I wouldn't consider myself an expert, just someone with a moderate amount of experience. Learning to discriminate important from less-important papers is another skill which takes effort to develop.