Editor's Notes
The winners are picked from a 2-year period including ACL 2017 with a record-breaking crowd of 1800+. The good news is that there is only one (me) rather than three reviewers to be convinced that "this RNN is better than other RNNs". The criteria are:- Appropriateness: Does this outfit fit the conference?
- Originality: Does this outfit show innovative ideas? Or merely the same as what has been worn before?
- Soundness: Is the outfit well-chosen to support the researcher's personality?
- Go out of your comfort zone! Large conferences are not meant to be comfortable, so if you are feeling a bit uncomfortable then you are likely doing the right thing. If you are students talk to renowned researchers, if you are Chinese talk to non-Chinese researchers, etc.
- Stay late and hang out! Everyone is just more relaxed and more friendly over dinner, and especially after dinner over drinks.
The 2015 list is here and 2014 is here. If you want to nominate someone, please email me at weixu@cse.ohio-state.edu.
-- Wei Xu Jan 16, 2018
Top 15 (in alphabetical order):
Yoav Artzi
Is Yoav the new Jacob Eisenstein? Unlike Jacob, Yoav is a hipster actually living in Brooklyn. He somehow suddently became very stylish after moving to NYC and becoming a professor.
Is Yoav the new Jacob Eisenstein? Unlike Jacob, Yoav is a hipster actually living in Brooklyn. He somehow suddently became very stylish after moving to NYC and becoming a professor.
Eunsol Choi
Like advisor like advisee. I really want to know where she gets her skirt, leather jacket, purse and everything (The highest possible true-to-heart compliment I can give to anyone's outfit is -- where did you get that?).
Like advisor like advisee. I really want to know where she gets her skirt, leather jacket, purse and everything (The highest possible true-to-heart compliment I can give to anyone's outfit is -- where did you get that?).
Dan Garrette
Polo shirts and khakis are classic, but easily fall into old-fashioned. Dan pulled the look together with the right belt and pair of shoes.
Polo shirts and khakis are classic, but easily fall into old-fashioned. Dan pulled the look together with the right belt and pair of shoes.
Dirk Hovy
He won with his suspenders look this time, and he won with a three-piece suit last time. How would he win next time?
He won with his suspenders look this time, and he won with a three-piece suit last time. How would he win next time?
David Jurgens
I thought that no one could pull off a pink shirt. David made me change my mind. The key seems to be pairing with the ACL best sunglasses.
I thought that no one could pull off a pink shirt. David made me change my mind. The key seems to be pairing with the ACL best sunglasses.
Martha Palmer
She wore a blue dress with amazingly interesting jewelry at WiNLP, but unfortunately, I lost the moment to snap a shot for you to see.
She wore a blue dress with amazingly interesting jewelry at WiNLP, but unfortunately, I lost the moment to snap a shot for you to see.
Jakob Uszkoreit
Attention is all you need -- with the best hairstyle. His black cotton jacket is beautifully subtle.
Attention is all you need -- with the best hairstyle. His black cotton jacket is beautifully subtle.
