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Disclaimer: Our field is extremely competitive (deep learning) and other labs may have better working styles depending on their lab size and member composition.
by edhu2017 8y ago
Disclaimer: Our field is extremely competitive (deep learning) and other labs may have better working styles depending on their lab size and member composition.
My lab's workload on average is 8 - 12 hours a day for 6-7 days a week, ramping up even more closer to deadlines. That being said, a lot of this time (50% or more) is for thinking and discussing. This schedule, while hard, seems to be effective for publishing in good conferences.
- asutekku 8y agoIf half of the time is thinking, why do you need to be on the spot? Seems really counterproductive to me.
- Bombthecat 8y agoHe probably means planning meetings. Never understood what the purpose is to fill half the day with meetings. Beside the illusion of productivity.
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- edhu2017 8y agoWe don't plan too many meetings. Once a week for a lab wide meeting. Most of these meetings are casual and just discussions between cliques of phd students on specific topics.
- edhu2017 8y agoBeing in the lab helps me focus on my thinking. I also discuss my current thinking and problems with my peers for critique, and I can do the same for them. I'm more conditioned to do research, and my mind wanders less in the lab. However, I do agree that having free time and being away from the lab is important to get a fresh view of things.
- Aeolun 8y agoBut how do you know that 6-8 hours 4-5 days a week wouldn’t be just as effective? I assume you don’t really have anything to compare it to.
- currymj 8y agoThis seems pretty excessive even for one of the very competitive benchmark focused areas in deep learning. It is not necessary and probably harmful, and lots of very good groups don’t do this kind of thing.