Last Month’s Machine Learning Lessons Learned

A reflection on the hidden costs of attending major ML conferences like ICML, NeurIPS, and ICLR. Beyond the conference days themselves, researchers face significant overhead: booking logistics, long-haul travel, jet lag, and a backlog of accumulated work upon return. A five-day conference can realistically consume two full weeks when all factors are counted, disrupting deep research work that requires extended, uninterrupted focus.

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