Tiny Papers Strike Back: 2023 Reflections and 2024 Announcement
1. Philosophy: why we do this The year 2023 will be remembered as one where unprecedented and unparalleled advances on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are made, by having a major machine learning conference successfully held in the African continent, for the first time in history. According to the Closing Remark, this simple change of […]
Authors of TMLR publications with Featured and Outstanding Certifications at ICLR 2024
ICLR has long been experimenting with the process of organizing its conferences. For example, recently ICLR joined NeurIPS and ICML in showcasing poster presentations of JMLR publications, through a joint Journal-to-Conference Track. Today, the ICLR 2024 organizing committee and the TMLR Editors-in-Chief are happy to announce that authors of TMLR publications that have been given […]
Announcing ICLR 2023 Office Hours
Part of the ICLR experience is meeting people and talking with them about their experience, why they are attending, what they want to see the most, what’s trending, etc. In an effort to un-conference ICLR and open the conversation, we are thrilled to announce a new addition to this year’s program: Office Hours. Office Hours […]
Ethics Review Process for ICLR 2023
By ICLR Program Chairs and Ethics Review Chair In the interest of transparency, below is the ethics review process we used in ICLR 2023, as major AI/ML conferences are beginning to attend to this crucial work. This write-up is also meant to help raise awareness about this important yet thorny domain. Ethics is now more […]
Announcing Notable Reviewers and Area Chairs at ICLR 2023
By Nancy F. Chen, program chair of ICLR 2023 ICLR 2023 is just around the corner! The quality of the technical program relies critically on the dedicated and professional service from volunteers in the ICLR community to serve as reviewers. We would like to thank the 5K+ reviewers who have helped shape this year’s technical […]
Announcing the ICLR 2023 Outstanding Paper Award Recipients
By ICLR 2023 Program Chair Mengdi Wang We are delighted to announce the recipients of the ICLR 2023 Outstanding Paper Awards! First, we would like to thank the members of the ICLR community, including reviewers, area chairs, and senior area chairs, who provided valuable discussions and feedback to guide the award selection. In addition, we would […]
Get Ready for ICLR 2023
By Yan Liu, ICLR 2023 General Chair and Been Kim, ICLR 2023 Senior Program Chair. Read in 5 mins. Quick Summary: ICLR 2023 is a five-day hybrid (in person and virtual) conference held 1-5 May at the newly built Kigali Convention Center in Rwanda.. ICLR is proud to host the first AI conference in Africa […]
Announcing ICLR 2023 Keynote Speakers
By ICLR 2023 Senior Program Chair Been Kim and Program Chairs Maximilian Nickel, Mengdi Wang, Nancy F Chen, Vukosi Marivate We are thrilled to host the following keynote speakers at ICLR 2023: The keynote talks will cover a diverse set of research topics, ranging from generative models, ML in health care and health equity, Statistical […]
Announcing the Accepted Workshops at ICLR 2023
By ICLR 2023 Workshop Chairs, Aisha Walcott-Bryant, Celia Cintas, Hang Zhao, Rose Yu We want to thank everyone who submitted a workshop proposal to ICLR. We were very impressed by the quality of the proposals and thrilled to be able to include some of them as a part of the ICLR 2023 program. This year, […]
Reflection on the DEI Initiative at ICLR 2022
750 participants, 55 proposals, 8 months, 1 workshop, 15 speakers. A new and thriving research community. By ICLR 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Co-Chairs, Rosanne Liu and Krystal Maughan ICLR 2022 has successfully come to an end. Having served as the DEI Chairs in the organizing committee, for the first time for both of us, […]