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Re:NPGA: Neural Parametric Gaussian Avatars – high-fidelity ... by throwaway1105q on Friday May 31, 2024 @02:16AM (#40532031)
The real motivation is "I want to research this field", publishing is part of the way. Nobody is doing research "to publish something", there are much simpler fields to enter if that was the motivation.
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Re:NPGA: Neural Parametric Gaussian Avatars – high-fidelity ... by superb_dev on Friday May 31, 2024 @05:32AM (#40533001)
If you decide to research in $field, then you’ll typically need to keep publishing papers to keep your job
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Re:NPGA: Neural Parametric Gaussian Avatars – high-fidelity ... by throwaway1105q on Friday May 31, 2024 @06:50AM (#40533428)
Indeed. That's what I'm saying - you decide you want to research and so you publish. Nobody decides to publish and so does research.
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Re:NPGA: Neural Parametric Gaussian Avatars – high-fidelity ... by BriggyDwiggs42 on Friday May 31, 2024 @09:51AM (#40535155)
How is this a useful critique? The publishing being a subgoal doesn’t mean it’s not still a goal.
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Re:NPGA: Neural Parametric Gaussian Avatars – high-fidelity ... by throwaway1105q on Friday May 31, 2024 @02:14PM (#40538530)
How is that a useful critique? Yes, researchers publish research.
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