One of the reasons the deep learning field is moving so fast is that everything is open access.  Generally, it&#x27;s considered prestigious to present at a conference, and not much gets published in journals.  The major conferences have been adopting a model of posting first on arxiv and then submitting to the conference, so the reviewers see the paper at the same time as the general public.<p>The amazing thing is that weeks after the paper hits arxiv, new papers are coming out, improving on the previous one.  By the time the paper is accepted and the conference rolls around, it&#x27;s actually almost old-hat.