Researchers push to cap conference submissions at 1–3 per author to kill paper slop
moarbugs · x · 2026-10-06
Two researchers propose radical fixes for paper slop at ICML/ICLR/NeurIPS:
- vwuestholz: brutally cap submissions at 1–3 per author per conference, forcing authors to filter their own noise instead of treating peer review like a lottery — so their best work gets attention again
- AC maksymandr: let area chairs desk-reject 50% of their batch, since ACs can quickly scan and spot papers with 0% acceptance chances that shouldn't waste reviewers' time
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