Yarin Gal: ICLR's 60k Abstract Surge Likely Placeholder Submissions Clashing with NeurIPS Dates
yaringal · x · 2026-09-22
- Joining a discussion on ICLR's abstract surge, Yarin Gal agrees with an estimate that with 30k AI PhD students worldwide, roughly half of ICLR's 60k abstracts may be placeholders timed to NeurIPS decision announcements — about one per PhD student.
- Gal argues much of the mess could have been avoided by moving ICLR's deadline a week so it doesn't overlap with NeurIPS decisions.
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