For preliminary research work, should one submit their paper to an average conference (e.g. ACCV, IJCNN, WACV, BMVC) or to a workshop organised in conjunction with a highly reputed conference (e.g., ICML/NeurIPS/ICLR/AAAI workshop)? What are the pros and cons for each option?

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• Should one send their paper to an average conference or to a workshop held in conjunction with a highly reputed conference?