NVIDIA recently posted a job listing for a research position that required applicants to have published at least eight research papers in prominent conferences like ICML and CVPR. This sparked confusion and disapproval from the academic research community, leading NVIDIA to apologize and clarify that they did not intend to prioritize quantity over quality. This incident highlights the difficulty of navigating the job market for academic researchers, as well as the rigmarole of having a paper published in a globally recognized conference.
