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ICLR faces acceptance rate dilemma amid record 42k submissions

The International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) has seen a significant increase in submissions, reaching 42,000 this year. This surge raises questions about the conference's acceptance rate, with discussions focusing on whether the usual 26-28% will be maintained or if a lower rate will be implemented due to venue and reviewer limitations. AI

IMPACT Potential impact on the dissemination of new AI research findings due to conference capacity.

RANK_REASON Discussion about submission numbers and acceptance rates for a major academic conference. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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ICLR faces acceptance rate dilemma amid record 42k submissions

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/This_One_3612 ·

    With 42k submissions to ICLR, do you think the acceptance rate will stay the same? [D]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Given the massive jump to 42,000 submissions this year, I’m curious how people think the program chairs will handle the acceptance rate. Will they stick to the usual ~26-28% (meaning ~11k+ accepted papers), or will they cap the total number of ac…