On Research

  • How to Write ML Papers

    This doc is aimed at students learning to write ML papers as well as more experienced writers. It isn’t about how to do the research itself, but about how to present it in a way that makes it impactful to an ML research audience.

    There are many perfectly good ways to write papers. The most important trick is to make...

  • Predict Your Reviews

    Researchers who submit papers to conferences or journals should do a little exercise whenever they submit: write down a prediction about what your reviews are likely to be. Doing this exercise helps you:

    • Understand the strengths and weaknesses of your own work;
    • Shift from a mindset of regarding reviewers as an exogenous environmental hazard towards collaborative colleagues;
    • Notice communication...