the physical conference itself is now an excuse for companies to throw lavish parties, but NeurIPS as a publication venue is still mainly for academics. for re

the physical conference itself is now an excuse for companies to throw lavish parties, but NeurIPS as a publication venue is still mainly for academics. for research that translates directly to an industry setting, look someplace like KDD. venues like that are where data science/ML teams who do some research but are mainly product focused tend to publish.