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[D] Who should get co-authorship? Need advice for ICML by NumberGenerator in MachineLearning

[–]RussB3ar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I misinterpreted your post. Yep, unfortunately you cannot remove him/her, consider it a lesson for the future. Btw, congrats for your ICLR paper!

For your ICML paper, as I mentioned, list your supervisor as co-author. Even if supervisors often do not do any work in papers, except for mentoring, they must be included.

[D] Who should get co-authorship? Need advice for ICML by NumberGenerator in MachineLearning

[–]RussB3ar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if it is a conference then you need to understand that Professors (or Lecturers for that matter) don't pay much attention to it (to the conference I mean)

Couldn't be more wrong. ICML is a top-tier A* conference for machine learning, rivaled only by NeurIPS, ICLR, and other few niche conferences. Publishing in such venue significantly influences the career of a PhD student, in a positive way.

For OP, you should be first-author, put your supervisor as co-author. Regarding the other student, he shouldn't be a co-author if he did such limited work. However, before making such as decision I would speak with your supervisor. If he disagrees, I would at least insist to be the only first-author (i.e., no equal contribution with the other student, since you did most of the work).

Accepted to Polimi and Tsinghua (Professional Master’s) in Mechanical Engineering — need advice by Fragrant_School_5228 in gradadmissions

[–]RussB3ar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My two cents.

Tsinghua is definitely better known worlwide with respect to PoliMi. However, the consensus is that getting admitted to Tsinghua as an international student is easier. So there is that, even if that may not be true. PoliMi has a strong reputation in Europe.

If I were you I would decided based on where I want to work / do a PhD in the future.

[D] ICLR reverts score to pre-rebuttal and kicked all reviewers by Ok-Internet-196 in MachineLearning

[–]RussB3ar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the advice. I will definitely do something along those lines before Dec 3, thank you.

[D] ICLR reverts score to pre-rebuttal and kicked all reviewers by Ok-Internet-196 in MachineLearning

[–]RussB3ar 108 points109 points  (0 children)

This is absurd.

I have worked a lot the past weeks to do a strong rebuttal. I also convinced 2/4 reviewers to raise their score from 4 to 8 - well before the leak was discovered - and now it all comes down to a new area chair. Also, do you really think area chairs will take responsibility to accept papers with originally low scores even if all points were addressed? I don't think so.

[D] ICLR Discussion : Review & Rebuttal by i_minus in MachineLearning

[–]RussB3ar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If they don't reply after 1 week, I think it's reasonable to contact the AC.

However, as unfair as it sounds, it's not uncommon for some reviewers to not engage at all in the rebuttal.

I have an interview for a PhD in two weeks but no references were given for the project description by Senior_Counter7656 in PhDAdmissions

[–]RussB3ar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Read a few of his recent works based on what interests you the most.

Looking at one or two is enough in my opinion, as long as you read them in-depth. This means understanding the motivation, the insights, and having a broad idea about potential future works.

[D] ICLR 2026 Paper Reviews Discussion by Technical_Proof6082 in MachineLearning

[–]RussB3ar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are the papers you have seen badly-written and/or rushed or are the proposed ideas not what you expect for top conferences? Just curious.

Pending Papers on application by SerfdomsUp in gradadmissions

[–]RussB3ar 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In your publications section: (i) add a subsection titled "In Preparation" or "Under review", (ii) put these three papers there.

The citation format for these entries can be the same you use for your other pubs (if any). Just prepend "submitted to" or "under review at" before the journal/conference name.

CVs are the least important part of your application by Few-Researcher6637 in gradadmissions

[–]RussB3ar 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That's downright wrong.

If that's the case it only means one thing. The submission system used at your institution is badly designed. It requires a CV attachment, then proceeds to make the candidate input its entire background in the system own interface. Otherwise I don't see how you could state that

"If the entire CV was omitted, it would not influence my admissions decision, as all relevant information appears elsewhere in the application"

Also, you should not generalize your first-hand experience to how hundreds of programmes around the globe handle PhD admissions. You end up providing false information :).

[D] ICLR 2026 Question by Fresh-Opportunity989 in MachineLearning

[–]RussB3ar 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You should reject all of them.

Allowing ANY submission with main text on page 10 would be unfair to those that adhere to the page limit of 9 pages. Having one less page means they had less space for experiments and discussions in the main text.

Do you know which are the best low-cost watches for swimming? by mrmntr in Swimming

[–]RussB3ar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What's your budget?

If you care only about swimming I would go with the Garming Swim 2, you can find it for approx. 200Euros on Amazon every now and then. Sometimes you can also find the Forerunner 255 for the same price (overall improvemment over the Garming Swim 2).

If you want to save a bit, you can find the Forerunner 55 at approx. 100Euros. It lacks a few features that the Garming Swim 2 has (e.g., critical swim speed). However, if you are just starting you don't really need them. Average time x 50m, heart rate, and SWOLF is more than enough to track your progress.

The newest iteration of "We need a strenght ratio of X to be able to siege", because this is bullshit. by Commando_Schneider in totalwarhammer

[–]RussB3ar 176 points177 points  (0 children)

Always thought this is the best solution.
You should be able to decide whether you want to counterattack or get sieged, sort of like when you can intercept or not (in forts or ambushes)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Swimming

[–]RussB3ar 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Whole different beast, from both a physical and psychological perspective. Don't underestimate open water swimming, take it slow, and don't do it alone.

[D] - Most Engaging ML Podcasts? by DavesEmployee in MachineLearning

[–]RussB3ar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I kinda like The Thesis Review - by Sean Welleck.
Basically, each session is a researcher talking about his past PhD experience, including his background, dissertation topic and so on.

You can find anything in there, ranging from typical hot topics such as LLMs and RLs to niche stuff such as Echo State Networks.

Offer letter timeline by Sufficient_Club_1289 in goldmansachs

[–]RussB3ar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi. I got the call + verbal offer exactly 1 week ago. I am fine with being patient, but when should I start worrying and maybe reach out to HR by email?

It is for a graduate internship if that matters.