Nicholas Carlini, a security and ML researcher, shares his opinionated framework for doing high-impact research and occasionally winning best paper awards. The post covers four main areas: developing good research taste (choosing problems worth solving), executing research well (failing fast, killing bad ideas, going to
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Coming up with your best-paper-worthy ideaWhile doing the best-paper-worthy researchWhen writing down the best-paper-worthy researchAfter writing the best-paper-worthy researchConclusionSort: