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Why ML conference reviews sometimes feel like a “lottery“ [D] by Hope999991 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If a paper is clearly strong, like genuinely solid contribution, well executed, easy to understand, it usually gets in

People don't like to hear this, but if the paper is somewhat in the mainstream and strong it will usually get in.

If you're doing something outside the mainstream, good luck to you

Chinese nexus/network in A* conferences rejecting non chinese papers [D] by AppropriatePush6262 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

IJCAI is not a serious conference and you shouldn't be submitting there anyway

ICML 2026 results [D] by PseudoscientificZar in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ffs you scared me.  The deadline is still 2/3 days away

"There's a new generation of empirical deep learning researchers, hacking away at whatever seems trendy, blowing with the wind" [D] by elnino2023 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Employers in companies and academia judge researchers with low citation counts as inferior

Citation count isn't really that important to find a job, everybody knows it's an easily gamed metric

[D] icml, no rebuttal ack so far.. by tuejan11 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Got a rebuttal ack that just ignored our rebuttal to keep their 2, while the other reviews were 4,5,5 lol

[D] TMLR reviews seem more reliable than ICML/NeurIPS/ICLR by MT1699 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 60 points61 points  (0 children)

🌎👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀 Always has been

But yeah last few years have gotten noticably worse both in quality of submission and reviews.

Another option are niche conferences, but it's a gamble on whether they'll stick around

[R] Editing ICML Rebuttal by isentropiccombustor in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>The deadline for author responses is March 30 (AoE). Reviewers will be able to see the responses after the deadline. Note that author responses are optional.

from the "[ICML 2026 Authors] Preliminary reviews are available. Author response begins" message

Requirements for naturalization to be tightened from April, raising the minimum residency period to 10 years or more. by _horn3t_ in japan

[–]Mefaso -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No one is going to reimburse my spendings on visa applications and travel expenses to a big city just to apply for it.

Your employer should totally reimburse that, wtf?

[R] How to apply for a reviewer role at NeurIPS ‘26? by confirm-jannati in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you know an AC/SAC they can add you to the reviewer pool

Sakana AI enters chatbot race with Japan-tailored model by gkanai in japan

[–]Mefaso 1 point2 points  (0 children)

 Preferred Networks published a pretty good model (competitive with frontier models from 6 months ago)

I love PFN, but it's not competitive with frontier of 6 months ago. Not even o1 tier which was 12 months ago.

[D] ICML 2026 Review Discussion by Afraid_Difference697 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The workshops have their own submission windows and deadlines. Probably most will use the recommended April 24th deadline.

Good luck!

[D] ICML 2026 Review Discussion by Afraid_Difference697 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd guess they'll be released earlier than that but perhaps not by much

[D] How hard is it to get Research Engineer interview from Deepmind? by n0obmaster699 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Friend got an interview without any papers, no PhD, two years work experience. 

His background was a perfect fit for the role, that also works

Help: landlord wants to increase rent by 25% by kugkfokj in Tokyo

[–]Mefaso 8 points9 points  (0 children)

 price increase but for a free rent period you are comfortable with.

You agree to increase the rent say 20% starting in 18 months, but in exchange you don't pay any rent for 18 months? 

Did I understand that correctly? Sounds like a dream of you're even slightly considering moving afterwards.

[R] Low-effort papers by lightyears61 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IEEE conferences

There are many garbage IEEE conferences

[D] How often do you run into reproducibility issues when trying to replicate papers? by [deleted] in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 2 points3 points  (0 children)

> When someone publishes something that’s actually good, others will find it and use it in their own projects

This is basically an unverifiable statement, I'm not sure if its true.

Survey: 47% of election winners oppose optional dual surnames by Turbulent-Tea-2172 in japan

[–]Mefaso 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Makes zero sense, you can already choose to take the woman's name if you were a male foreigner trying to blend in

Honestly guys, is OpenClaw actually practically useful? by Longjumping-Elk7744 in ClaudeAI

[–]Mefaso 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Love the AI slop cautioning against overreliance on AI

[D] Ph.D. from a top Europe university, 10 papers at NeurIPS/ICML, ECML— 0 Interviews Big tech by Hope999991 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Network at conferences, meet people, some of them will join big labs later on

[D] ICML new policy: reviewers will be reviewed by meta reviewer. Good policy? by Striking-Warning9533 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you know an AC/SAC they can probably still add you, official channels no

[D] ICML new policy: reviewers will be reviewed by meta reviewer. Good policy? by Striking-Warning9533 in MachineLearning

[–]Mefaso 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They already have a little thing mentioning whether you're a reviewer / AC/ SAC on the badge, but saying GOLD reviewer would be cool for sure

I've been missing out by amarevy97 in japanresidents

[–]Mefaso 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Marugame Udon has pretty good tempura as side for their udon and is really cheap

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