Thanks! Oh, that's sad :( Would love to connect if you are attending!

Yeah I think that's why the conference is consistently showing stats of Abu Dhabi being safer than previous venues in Seattle (NAACL 2022) and Dublin (ACL 2022). My first-author paper was also accepted in NAACL 2022, but I couldn't go in person then, so might as well try it out this time!

Nice, that's some detailed goals here - thanks!

I should add this detail to the original post - this work was done when I was working as a researcher in a startup, so it doesn not have any affiliation with the university's lab or any faculty members. And since I left the startup, I can't get funded by them.

Thanks for your opinion - one question, though: how would presenting the paper in person/hybrid differ in terms of the resume? I suppose they are both same as long as the paper is accepted? Do people value having the experience of actually presenting in front of a crowd?