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Advisors value more the impact and continuity of the work, whether there is a main line of research, and whether there are representative works cited and discussed by peers, rather than simple counting.
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How Many Top-Tier Conference Papers Does It Take to Graduate from a Top U.S. ML PhD? A Reddit Debate
redditr/MachineLearning11/5/2026
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