How many first-author papers to graduate from a top ML PhD program?
Hope999991 · reddit · 2026-11-05
An applicant summarizes Reddit consensus that graduating from a top US ML PhD program typically takes around 4 first-author papers at top conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR). They ask students at top-10 CS schools whether this number and venue standard is accurate.
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