May 1, 2021Moving to Substack for nowThis will be my last post here for a while. I am experimenting with Substack instead. If you’ve been following me here, you may want to follow along on Substack too: https://deviparikh.substack.com/. My “newsletter” on Substack is called Voice.Substack1 min readSubstack1 min read
Sep 22, 2020My data point as a woman in AII 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…Women In Ai4 min readWomen In Ai4 min read
May 27, 2020How we write rebuttalsBy 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 …Conference10 min readConference10 min read
Nov 6, 2019Shortening papers to fit page limitsSaying 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…Research Paper3 min readResearch Paper3 min read
Aug 26, 2019Planning paper writingBetter 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…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Jul 3, 2018Checking Email → Inbox ZeroA 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…Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Apr 25, 2018Calendar. Not to-do lists.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…Productivity7 min readProductivity7 min read
