Researcher Lists Three Big Problems With Academic Conferences

In a discussion thread, researcher moarbugs identified three problems with academic conferences: overemphasis on benchmarks over significance, long cycles that make talks outdated, and a flood of low-quality submissions and reviews, suggesting rate limits and open review as remedies.

2026-09-18 ~ 2026-09-18 · 3 related posts

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• Slop submissions and slop reviews: rate-limited authorship and open review as fixes — moarbugs · 2026-09-18