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Hi,
I'm a PhD student researching AI, specifically LLM pre-training efficiency, and I'm starting to look into industry internships.

I have a couple of quick questions:

1. Is having at least one 1st-author paper in top-tier main tracks (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP) strictly required for big tech or AI foundation model labs such as IFM?

2. What do companies actually expect from a PhD intern once you get in?

If you've done an internship or currently mentor or work with interns, I'd really appreciate your insights.

Hi I'm wondering about the threshold for main track acceptance in ARR.

I mean, more concisely, ACL and EMNLP.

Is it decided by OA scores only? or are Excitement, Soundness and Reproducibility also considered?

Also what's the empirical threshold for each of those, respectively?

If anyone has any insighs, please share your experience and wisdom!

Have a good day :)

Hi I'm wondering about the threshold for main track acceptance in ARR.

I mean, more concisely, ACL and EMNLP.

Is it decided by OA scores only? or are Excitement, Soundness and Reproducibility also considered?

Also what's the empirical threshold for each of those, respectively?

If anyone has any insighs, please share your experience and wisdom!

Have a good day :)