[chriskanan]

I had planned to attend, but NIPS "sold out" within a couple weeks before I could make arrangements. NIPS growth has been absolutely tremendous. Being unable to register made it impossible for my lab to submit workshop papers. One of my students got a travel award to attend a Women in Machine Learning Workshop, but only the tutorial day was open for booking.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like next year's venue in Montreal is any bigger based on the statistics I looked up.

[zfrenchee]

There are slots devoted specifically to folks who get workshop papers in. I registered a couple days ago.

To be fair, I agree NIPS registration is getting a little out of hand, but we should get the facts straight.