Researchers debate: is the era of the ML conference over as tenure systems lag?
deepakns · x · 2026-09-19
After Seth Karten asked "should I submit to ICLR or accept that the age of the ML conference is over", deepakns replied that submitters have long accepted the reality — the bottleneck is tenure/promotion/hiring systems, which won't change until another objective JEE-style selection system emerges. The exchange highlights eroding conference credibility and the lag of academic evaluation mechanisms.
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