ML author Burkov mocks scholars inflating resumes with "World's Top 2% Scientist" titles
burkov · x · 2026-10-22
Andriy Burkov, author of The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book, shared a Google Scholar screenshot mocking low-tier researchers who pad their resumes with titles like "World's Top 2% Scientist" (from the widely questioned Stanford-Elsevier ranking) and "IEEE Senior Member," a fairly ordinary IEEE membership grade.
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