What are the must read academic papers in computer science?

A Mathematical Theory of Communication (1948) by C. E. Shannon [0][1]

Information theory: a Tutorial Introduction (2nd Edition) by James V Stone bit more modern introduction/hands-on approach.

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[0] : paper : https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shanno...

current book version of paper is 16th addition.

[1] : Why [0] matters : https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-claude-shannons-informati...

Engineering & Technology wiki is one place to start [0][1][2]

[0] : https://ethw.org/Category:Computing_and_electronics

[1] : https://ethw.org/Category:Computer_science

[2] : https://history.acm.org/acm-history/

Ideas that Created the Future by Harry Lewis has been a great read, I highly recommend it. It is a book full of the most influential papers for the field of computer science, according to the author. The author is a professor of computer science. He does a great job placing each paper in context and history, as well as explaining any dated concepts that modern developers aren't necessarily familiar with.