Some reasons you may avoid STOC/FOCS:
– you don't want to waste time with rejections
– you don't need more impressive CV lines
– you want to reach a specific different community with little overlap with theory CS/algorithms
– focused on appealing to industry
@thegautamkamath
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Reasons to Skip STOC/FOCS Conferences
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STOC/FOCS papers matter more for ML candidates than theory papers
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If you are applying for jobs as an ML candidate, a single STOC/FOCS paper will make the theory group take note. The reverse is not true for a theorist with a NeurIPS/COLT paper and the ML group.
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The Difficulty of Publishing Papers at Top-Tier Conferences
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Getting a paper into these conferences is hard. It requires the result to be "strong" and the techniques to be "interesting" (generally: lots of complicated math). Multiple "ideas" are needed per paper. It's brutally selective, and self-selective on top.
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Language Identification vs Generation: Revisiting Gold’s Classic Result
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Super cool talk and result. Classic work by Gold in 1967 (!) shows that language identification is impossible. But they revisit this setting with a focus on *generation* showing it's always possible.
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Jon Kleinberg presents Language Generation in the Limit
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Second talk of the day is by Jon Kleinberg, on "Language Generation in the Limit"
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Turing’s Research Style: Lessons for Modern ML Community
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Avi concluded with some comments on Turing's research style, as one of the most brilliant and influential scientists of our era. The ML community could take note of the last one: "Does not rush to publish"
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Turing on Machine Intelligence and Infallibility Paradox
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Turing: "If a machine is expected to be infallible, then it cannot be intelligent."
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NeurIPS as a Big Tent Conference Across Multiple Research Areas
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Totally! I neglected this one, but the fact that NeurIPS is a "big tent" of areas is likely one of the higher order terms
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Taylor Swift Versus NeurIPS: NeurIPS Concedes
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Taylor Swift versus NeurIPS… NeurIPS blinked (They deleted and reposted, for some reason)
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Transfer Learning: From Small Green Ball to Large Red Ball Challenge
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Transfer learning practice He's figured out the small green smooth ball easily goes in the hole. But the larger red fuzzy ball fits a bit more snugly…