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Researchers lament shift from specialized conferences to few flagship events

A discussion on the r/MachineLearning subreddit highlights a perceived shift in the academic research landscape, with participants noting a decline in the prominence of specialized conferences. Users express nostalgia for a time when conferences like BMVC and ICASSP were major hubs for specific fields, contrasting it with the current trend of research being concentrated in a few flagship events. Concerns are raised about the impact of increased submission numbers and review inconsistencies on the visibility and archival of research papers. AI

RANK_REASON Discussion on a subreddit about trends in academic conferences.

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Researchers lament shift from specialized conferences to few flagship events

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Sep29493919 ·

    Does anyone else miss the old conference ecosystem? [D]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Does anyone else miss when conferences like BMVC, ACCV, FG, ICIP, and ICASSP had much bigger communities?<br /> FG was <em>the</em> place for face analysis, ICASSP for signal processing, and BMVC/ACCV regularly featured strong papers.<br /> Now i…