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Reddit r/MachineLearning 📄 Research Papers Explained ⚡ AI Lesson 3d ago
On July 1, 2026, arXiv will spin out from Cornell University, its home for the past 25 years, to become an independent nonprofit organization. Major funding support from Simons Foundation and Schmidt Sciences. Ditching the red for their website. [N]
arXiv’s next chapter: Updates on our spin out from Cornell University: https://blog.arxiv.org/2026/06/30/arxivs-next-chapter/ submitted by /u/Nunki08 [link] <a
Reddit r/MachineLearning 📄 Research Papers Explained ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Found a potential mistake in an ICLR 2026 blogpost [D]
I think I found a mistake in an ICLR 2026 blog post. I created an issue and have been trying to contact the author and organizers, but I haven't received a resp
ArXiv cs.AI 📄 Research Papers Explained 📄 Paper ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Rebuttals Move Peer-Review Scores, but Initial-Review Structure Bounds the Movement
arXiv:2606.22166v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Author rebuttals are the main post-submission window in peer review, but their effect on reviewer scores remai
Reddit r/MachineLearning 📄 Research Papers Explained ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
What does provisional paper acceptance mean in ECCV? Is that the default message everyone gets? [D]
What does provisional paper acceptance mean in ECCV? Is that the default message everyone gets? submitted by /u/NotGondor [link] <a href="https://www.reddit.com
ArXiv cs.AI 📄 Research Papers Explained 📄 Paper ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
InnoEval: On Research Idea Evaluation as a Knowledge-Grounded, Multi-Perspective Reasoning Problem
arXiv:2602.14367v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The rapid evolution of Large Language Models has catalyzed a surge in scientific idea production, yet
Reddit r/MachineLearning 📄 Research Papers Explained ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
ICMI 2026 Reviews [D]
Did anyone else submit to ACM ICMI 2026? The reviews were recently released, and this is my first time submitting to ICMI, so I'm not very familiar with the acc
Reddit r/MachineLearning 📄 Research Papers Explained ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
How do I start reviewing research papers in good conferences/journals? [R]
I just finished my bachelors degree with 2 first-author papers in A-tier venues. I'm planning to start my PhD next year. I want to start reviewing papers (from
Reddit r/MachineLearning 📄 Research Papers Explained ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Papers figures [D]
Is it normal to use different styles of figures (colours, backgrounds, grids, etc.) when writing a paper? Personally, I think it looks unprofessional. submitted
Reddit r/MachineLearning 📄 Research Papers Explained ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Workshop submission for main conference paper under review [D]
I have an ECCV paper main conf. Can I submit the same to a workshop at some other place happening before ECCV? The other workshop (non archival) will be after t
Kept context-switching between arxiv, OpenReview, GitHub, and HuggingFace for every paper, so I built this. Chrome extension + website with everything inline, plus citation graph + SPECTER2 neighbors. 3M papers, free, feedback welcome [P]
Reddit r/MachineLearning 📄 Research Papers Explained ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Kept context-switching between arxiv, OpenReview, GitHub, and HuggingFace for every paper, so I built this. Chrome extension + website with everything inline, plus citation graph + SPECTER2 neighbors. 3M papers, free, feedback welcome [P]
<img src="https://preview.redd.it/4apvcyd00w3h1.png?width=140&height=71&auto=webp&s=8123adc49485c56f1d2077e98aec74f2e306b23f" alt="Kept context-swit
ArXiv cs.AI 📄 Research Papers Explained 📄 Paper ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
AutoReproduce: Automatic AI Experiment Reproduction with Paper Lineage
arXiv:2505.20662v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Efficient reproduction of research papers is pivotal to accelerating scientific progress. However, the incre
ArXiv cs.AI 📄 Research Papers Explained 📄 Paper ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
The Existential Theory of Research: Why Discovery Is Hard
arXiv:2604.19810v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Can scientific discovery be made arbitrarily easy by choosing the right representation, collecting enough data,
ArXiv cs.AI 📄 Research Papers Explained 📄 Paper ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
The Non-Optimality of Scientific Knowledge: Path Dependence, Lock-In, and The Local Minimum Trap
arXiv:2604.11828v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Science is widely regarded as humanity's most reliable method for uncovering truths about the natural world. Yet