Last Updated on September 9, 2025 by Editorial Team Author(s): Amin Assareh, PhD Originally published on Towards AI. Image is author-generated with AI tools After a year away from the AI conference circuit — thanks to a major life event — I made my comeback last month with a doubleheader: ICML followed by KDD. I’ve been in AI since way before it was “cool”, but the pace of change in the past several years makes me feel like I’m cramming for an exam that never ends. Conference spot...