Stanford ML researcher Rylan Schaeffer hits 10,000 citations, reflects on his journey
RylanSchaeffer · x · 2026-10-20
Rylan Schaeffer announced his Google Scholar citations crossed 10,000 (h-index 25) and started a 12-post thread reflecting on his PhD research journey, including 2 years on leave. Known for the NeurIPS paper "Are Emergent Abilities a Mirage?", he notes most of his recent work has been private within labs, and shares lessons about conviction and generalizable insights from ML research.
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