【ML】About the Conferences of Machine Learning

1. Representative Conferences

Machine Learning(ML): ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR
Data Mining(DM): KDD, WSDM, CIKM
Computer Vision(CV): CVPR, ICCV, ECCV
Natural Language Processing(NLP): ACL, EMNLP
AI General: AAAI, IJCAI

2. Conference Ranking Top 50

From ResearchPort.

Rank	Conference	Field	h5-index (2023/12/1)	h5-median (2023/12/1)	h5-index (2022/11/1)	h5-median (2022/11/1)	h5-index (2021/10/1)	h5-median (2021/10/1)
1	CVPR	CV	422	681	389	627	356	583
2	NeurIPS	ML	309	503	278	436	245	422
3	ICLR	ML	303	563	286	533	253	470
4	ICML	ML	254	463	237	421	204	370
5	ECCV	CV	238	390	186	321	197	342
6	ICCV	CV	228	366	239	415	187	311
7	AAAI	AI	212	344	180	296	157	240
8	ACL	NLP	192	329	169	304	157	265
9	EMNLP	NLP	176	302	154	249	132	235
10	IJCAI	AI	133	197	120	186	105	174

3. Description of top10

1. CVPR (Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition)
   CVPR is one of the most prominent conferences in computer vision, held annually by the IEEE Computer Society. It covers all aspects of computer vision, including image processing, object detection, and pattern recognition, often focusing on applications in areas like autonomous driving, medical imaging, and augmented reality. Research presented here often influences real-world technologies and commercial products, making it a must-attend event for academia and industry professionals alike.

2. NeurIPS (Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems)
   NeurIPS, originally known as NIPS, is a leading interdisciplinary conference that focuses on machine learning, neural networks, and artificial intelligence. Held annually, it brings together experts from machine learning, neuroscience, statistics, and computational theory. NeurIPS is renowned for presenting cutting-edge work in deep learning, reinforcement learning, and generative models. In recent years, it has become a forum for discussions on the ethical and societal impacts of AI.

3. ICLR (International Conference on Learning Representations)
   ICLR is a highly influential conference in the field of machine learning, with a focus on learning representations, especially deep learning. It is known for its open review process, which encourages transparency and collaboration among researchers. The conference explores fundamental aspects of unsupervised and supervised learning, representation learning, and neural network advancements, making it a key platform for pioneering techniques that push the boundaries of what machine learning models can learn from data.

4. ICML (International Conference on Machine Learning)
   ICML is one of the most prestigious annual conferences on machine learning, attracting both theoretical and applied researchers. It covers a wide range of topics, including probabilistic methods, decision theory, computational biology, and reinforcement learning. ICML is known for its rigorous review process and is often a venue where groundbreaking machine learning models, such as neural networks, Gaussian processes, and decision trees, are first introduced.

5. ECCV (European Conference on Computer Vision)
   ECCV is a top-tier computer vision conference held biennially in Europe. It covers advancements in image and video analysis, 3D vision, motion analysis, and deep learning applications in visual perception. While it shares many topics with CVPR, ECCV has a unique European perspective and often highlights research from European institutions. The conference is recognized for pushing the boundaries of computer vision research, influencing both academic thought and commercial applications in fields such as security, healthcare, and multimedia.

6. ICCV (International Conference on Computer Vision)
   ICCV is the premier biennial conference for computer vision research and is widely regarded as the top venue for presenting innovative and impactful work in the field. Like CVPR and ECCV, ICCV covers topics such as object detection, scene understanding, and image segmentation, but it stands out for its global reach, attracting submissions from around the world. ICCV serves as a major platform for breakthroughs in machine vision, many of which go on to power technologies in robotics, autonomous systems, and digital imagery.

7. AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence)
   AAAI is a long-standing conference that covers the full spectrum of artificial intelligence, from foundational topics such as reasoning, logic, and learning, to applied AI in fields like robotics, natural language processing, and game theory. The conference serves as a forum for AI research with broad themes, including explainability, AI ethics, and real-world AI applications. It’s one of the oldest AI conferences, and its proceedings often influence both theoretical research and practical AI systems used in industry and government.

8. ACL (Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics)
   ACL is the leading conference in natural language processing (NLP), focusing on computational approaches to linguistic problems. Topics presented at ACL include language modeling, machine translation, text generation, and syntactic and semantic analysis. It’s a key conference for researchers in computational linguistics and NLP, where new methods for understanding and generating human language are introduced. The work presented here has applications in areas such as search engines, voice assistants, and translation tools.

9. EMNLP (Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing)
   EMNLP is one of the most important conferences in the NLP field, particularly for empirical research. It emphasizes data-driven techniques and the use of machine learning models for language processing tasks. Papers presented at EMNLP often focus on large-scale datasets and novel architectures, including transformers, that push the boundaries of what machines can achieve in understanding and generating natural language. Research from EMNLP has wide-reaching applications in industries like social media analysis, customer service automation, and text analytics.

10. IJCAI (International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence)
    IJCAI is a major AI conference that brings together a broad community of AI researchers from around the world. Held every two years, it covers a wide range of AI topics including autonomous agents, robotics, machine learning, and reasoning under uncertainty. IJCAI is also known for promoting research on the ethical and societal impacts of AI. It serves as a platform for discussing new AI theories, algorithms, and applications, bridging the gap between theoretical advances and real-world AI systems used in business, medicine, and technology.

4. Summary

This time, I summarized the conferences in the machine learning field. Please check the sites if interested.