Two-paper cap would cut ICML submissions by 45%, Miro Dudik estimates from last year's data

roydanroy · x · 2026-09-24

Based on last year's ICML submission data, Miro Dudik estimates that a cap of two submissions per author would reduce the number of papers by 45% — ignoring strategic effects like authors moving themselves to acknowledgements. Prominent researchers including Yarin Gal and Andrew Wilson joined the discussion, probing whether the analysis counts first authors only or also last authors.

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