在学术会议上建立联系的技巧

I was a kinda awkward teenager. If you are a CS researcher reading this post, then chances are, you were too. How to navigate social situations and make friends is not always intuitive, and has to be learnt. This is particularly true at a conference, where the event is short (just a few days) and the number of people may be intimidatingly large (in the thousands of people). So I wrote this post to give some pointers on how I might go about socially navigating such events, particularly as a newcomer.

我曾是一个有点尴尬的青少年。如果你是一个计算机科学研究人员在阅读这篇文章，那么你很可能也是。如何应对社交场合并交朋友并不总是直观的，必须学习。这在会议上尤其如此，因为活动时间短（只有几天），而人数可能会让人感到畏惧（成千上万的人）。所以我写了这篇文章，给出一些关于我如何在这样的活动中进行社交导航的建议，特别是作为一个新来者。

I hope to do the following two things:

我希望做以下两件事：

• Convince you that connecting with other researchers in your area is worthwhile; and
• 说服你与该领域其他研究人员建立联系是值得的；并且
• Give concrete advice on how to connect with people at conferences.
• 提供关于如何在会议上与人建立联系的具体建议。

Throughout this post, I use the term “connect.” You can think of it as meaning something in the space of “befriend,” “make acquaintance,” “develop a rapport,” or “establish commonalities.” The meaning of the term has been somewhat cheapened by professional connotations and, e.g., LinkedIn. 

在这篇文章中，我使用“连接”这个术语。你可以把它理解为“交朋友”、“认识 acquaintance”、“建立融洽关系”或“建立共同点”。这个术语的含义因专业的内涵和例如 LinkedIn 而有所贬值。

Finally, this post is primarily written with large-scale machine learning conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR) in mind. Vibes and strategies may differ at other styles of conferences. For example, theoretical computer science conferences don’t usually have poster sessions. And at a smaller conference, depending on how fitting the topic is, you might have an easier or harder time finding someone you can connect with. So your mileage may vary, but I think the overarching principles remain sound across a variety of conferences (and social settings more generally). 

最后，这篇文章主要是针对大规模机器学习会议（例如，NeurIPS、ICML、ICLR）而写的。其他类型的会议可能会有不同的氛围和策略。例如，理论计算机科学会议通常没有海报展示。在较小的会议上，取决于主题的适合程度，你可能会更容易或更难找到可以建立联系的人。因此，你的体验可能会有所不同，但我认为这些基本原则在各种会议（以及更广泛的社...