Active Learning papers, 2023–2026
Sampling strategies
Scope: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR, 2023–2026. 165 papers are tagged with this topic.
Key findings
- Active Learning fell from 58 papers in 2023 to 41 in 2026, so interest is cooling.
- NeurIPS publishes the most Active Learning work: 67 papers from 2023 to 2026, 41% of the four-venue total.
- The fastest-growing overlap is with 3D Vision: papers tagged with both rose from 0 in 2023 to 6 in 2026.
- Among the 5 topics under Data-Centric AI, it ranks #3 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Synthetic Data Generation, is up 1.3x versus 0.7x here.
Papers per venue
Counts by year and venue
| Year | NeurIPS | ICLR | ICML | CVPR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 58 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 35 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
| 2026 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 41 |
Representative papers
Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up
- NeurIPS 2026Active Corpus Selection for Training Subgraph Retrievers Using OOD Queries
- ICML 2026Active Regression for Single-Index Models with Unknown Link Functions
- ICLR 2026ActiveCQ: Active Estimation of Causal Quantities
- CVPR 2026Active Inference for Micro-Gesture Recognition EFE-Guided Temporal Sampling and Adaptive
- NeurIPS 2025Active Measurement: Efficient Estimation at Scale
- ICML 2025Active Learning of Deep Neural Networks via Gradient-Free Cutting Planes
- ICLR 2025Dual Process Learning: Controlling Use of In-Context vs. In-Weights Strategies with Weight Forgetting
- CVPR 2025Active Hyperspectral Imaging Using an Event Camera
- NeurIPS 2024On the Convergence of Loss and Uncertainty-based Active Learning Algorithms
- ICML 2024Active Statistical Inference
- ICLR 2024Improved Active Learning via Dependent Leverage Score Sampling
- CVPR 2024NARUTO: Neural Active Reconstruction from Uncertain Target Observations
- NeurIPS 2023A Competitive Algorithm for Agnostic Active Learning
- ICML 2023A Two-Stage Active Learning Algorithm for k-Nearest Neighbors
- ICLR 2023A Simple Yet Powerful Deep Active Learning With Snapshots Ensembles
- CVPR 2023Re-Thinking Federated Active Learning Based on Inter-Class Diversity
- NeurIPS 2026Active Learning as Nullspace Regulation: A Spectral Representation Perspective
- ICML 2026Active Timepoint Selection for Learning Measure-Valued Trajectories
- ICLR 2026TESSAR: Geometry-Aware Active Regression via Dynamic Voronoi Tessellation
- CVPR 2026EventHub Data Factory for Generalizable Event-Based Stereo Networks without Active
All Active Learning papers
35 papers, page 1 of 1
- CVPR 2024Active Generalized Category Discovery
- CVPR 2024Active Prompt Learning in Vision Language Models
- CVPR 2024ActiveDC: Distribution Calibration for Active Finetuning
- CVPR 2024NARUTO: Neural Active Reconstruction from Uncertain Target Observations
- CVPR 2024Neural Visibility Field for Uncertainty-Driven Active Mapping
- ICLR 2024Embodied Active Defense: Leveraging Recurrent Feedback to Counter Adversarial Patches
- ICLR 2024IDEAL: Influence-Driven Selective Annotations Empower In-Context Learners in Large Language Models
- ICLR 2024Improved Active Learning via Dependent Leverage Score Sampling
- ICLR 2024Neural Active Learning Beyond Bandits
- ICLR 2024One-shot Active Learning Based on Lewis Weight Sampling for Multiple Deep Models
- ICLR 2024Querying Easily Flip-flopped Samples for Deep Active Learning
- ICML 2024Acquisition Conditioned Oracle for Nongreedy Active Feature Acquisition
- ICML 2024Active Statistical Inference
- ICML 2024Conditional Normalizing Flows for Active Learning of Coarse-Grained Molecular Representations
- ICML 2024Defense against Model Extraction Attack by Bayesian Active Watermarking
- ICML 2024Diffusion Posterior Sampling is Computationally Intractable
- ICML 2024Fast Co-Training under Weak Dependence via Stream-Based Active Learning
- ICML 2024Faster Sampling via Stochastic Gradient Proximal Sampler
- ICML 2024Path-Guided Particle-based Sampling
- ICML 2024Performance Bounds for Active Binary Testing with Information Maximization
- ICML 2024Provably Neural Active Learning Succeeds via Prioritizing Perplexing Samples
- ICML 2024Uncertainty for Active Learning on Graphs
- NeurIPS 2024Active Classification with Few Queries under Misspecification
- NeurIPS 2024Active learning of neural population dynamics using two-photon holographic optogenetics
- NeurIPS 2024Active Set Ordering
- NeurIPS 2024Active, anytime-valid risk controlling prediction sets
- NeurIPS 2024Boundary Matters: A Bi-Level Active Finetuning Method
- NeurIPS 2024Contextual Active Model Selection
- NeurIPS 2024Fairness without Harm: An Influence-Guided Active Sampling Approach
- NeurIPS 2024GOMAA-Geo: GOal Modality Agnostic Active Geo-localization
- NeurIPS 2024HOPE: Shape Matching Via Aligning Different K-hop Neighbourhoods
- NeurIPS 2024On the Convergence of Loss and Uncertainty-based Active Learning Algorithms
- NeurIPS 2024Robust Offline Active Learning on Graphs
- NeurIPS 2024SEL-BALD: Deep Bayesian Active Learning with Selective Labels
- NeurIPS 2024Universal Rates for Active Learning
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FAQ
- How many Active Learning papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?
- 165 in total: 58 in 2023, 35 in 2024, 31 in 2025, 41 in 2026.
- How many Active Learning papers are at NeurIPS 2026?
- NeurIPS 2026 has 16 Active Learning papers, versus 9 the year before.
- How many Active Learning papers are at ICLR 2026?
- ICLR 2026 has 6 Active Learning papers, versus 7 the year before.
- How many Active Learning papers are at ICML 2026?
- ICML 2026 has 8 Active Learning papers, versus 7 the year before.
- How many Active Learning papers are at CVPR 2026?
- CVPR 2026 has 11 Active Learning papers, versus 8 the year before.
- Which conference publishes the most Active Learning papers?
- NeurIPS, with 67 papers from 2023 to 2026.