Wow， Deeply Supervised Nets received the Test of Time award at @aistats_conf 2025！ It was the very first paper I submitted during my PhD. Fun fact： the paper was originally rejected by NeurIPS with scores of 8/8/7 （yes， that pain stuck with me… maybe now I can finally let it go😅）. I wouldn't call conferences a lottery， but a bit of perseverance does go a long way. Students： if you're feeling disheartened after recent paper decisions and gearing up for the next one， I hope this is a small reminder to keep going.