Academic debate erupts over AACL and EMNLP tutorial rejections based on PhD requirements and reference formatting
Joostware founder Delip Rao argued PhDs are poor proxies for teaching.
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Joostware founder Delip Rao argued PhDs are poor proxies for teaching.
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Delip Rao e/σ@delipraoTECH
I am not contesting this @emnlpmeeting / @aaclmeeting decision — which is a separate matter involving multiple factors — but most phd holders suck at teaching. If your criteria is to optimize for teaching abilities, gating on a degree makes little sense to those of us surrounded by phds.
Kosta Derpanis (sabbatical in Zurich)@CSProfKGD