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Red-Portal t1_j994qi0 wrote

AISTATS tend to be more popular these days, probably due to the conference timing. If you don't want to submit to AAAI, AISTATS is the other option. Also, the review process is much less noisy due to the better focus, and you get 5 reviews in general. In terms of content, they have slightly different flavors. Traditionally, people doing Bayesian nonparametrics have favored UAI, and it still somewhat seems to be the case.

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compsci_man t1_j9fpgrz wrote

Do you think AISTATS is as prestigious as AAAI? The conference itself is much smaller, i.e., 3 days, single track. AISTATS does not even appear in CSRankings, while AAAI and ICLR do.

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Red-Portal t1_j9fqeq2 wrote

Depends on the area of focus. If you're a Bayesian machine learning, statistical learning, optimization person, AISTATS is the way to go. It's not just about prestige, it's just a better experience. The review is less noisy, the venue itself is more focused. It just feels like home. If you're more of an AI person than ML, than AAAI is probably more suited.

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