50000 papers submitted to ICLR, sparking DDoS-on-research comparison
gklambauer · x · 2026-09-19
Greg Klammbauer, VP of research at OpenAI, posted in disbelief that ICLR appears to have received 50,000 paper submissions, quipping "Is this a DDoS attack on machine learning research??". The figure underscores the explosive growth in submission volume at ML conferences and the growing strain on peer review capacity.
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