I have not felt disadvantaged for being a woman in AI. Three immediate clarifications My experience is likely a consequence of obliviousness, luck, and privilege. This is not a counter data point to others. It is simply an additional one. That is, this post should not be used to deny…

By Devi Parikh, Dhruv Batra, Stefan Lee We frequently find ourselves giving the same advice to different students on how to write rebuttals. So we thought we’d write it up. Our experience is with AI conferences (e.g., CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, EMNLP).The …

Saying the same thing in fewer words Close to conference deadlines, papers are often longer than the page limit. Over the years I have been surprised by how often folks start by thinking about what content to remove (or move to supplementary material), instead of trying to say the same…

Better papers with less drama. I have a strong aversion to avoidable drama and stress in life. I have developed a few systems that help me minimize said drama and stress. One of them is for planning writing papers for conference deadlines. As an added bonus, it also results in…

A methodology for checking email that leads to inbox zero. I wrote a post about time management, arguing that calendars, not to-do lists, are the right way to manage time. This is a follow up post on handling emails. Goal: Inbox zero. Philosophy: “Emails” is not one task. Each individual…

Viewing time as space. — Good time management is one of the handful of factors that I attribute my professional accomplishments (to the extent that I have them) to. Several people have asked me for time management advice over the years. My understanding is that they’ve found the advice useful. With some encouragement from a…