Chip Design ML papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• Chip Design ML went from 28 papers in 2023 to 64 in 2026, roughly 2.3x in three years.
• NeurIPS publishes the most Chip Design ML work: 83 papers from 2023 to 2026, 46% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with Diffusion Models: papers tagged with both rose from 0 in 2023 to 9 in 2026.
• Among the 5 topics under Hardware and Compilers, it ranks #2 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Edge Inference, is up 4.0x versus 2.3x here.

Representative papers

Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up

• NeurIPS 2026ChiP-STAR: Spatial-Topological Attention for Pre-trained Generative Chip Routing
• ICML 2026Order Matters: Unveiling the Hidden Impact of Macro Placement Sequences via Proxy-Guided LLM Evolution
• ICLR 2026How Muon’s Spectral Design Benefits Generalization: A Study on Imbalanced Data
• CVPR 2026PSDesigner Automated Graphic Design with a Human-Like Creative Workflow
• NeurIPS 2025MIHC: Multi-View Interpretable Hypergraph Neural Networks with Information Bottleneck for Chip Congestion Prediction
• ICML 2025Probabilistic Factorial Experimental Design for Combinatorial Interventions
• ICLR 2025LaMPlace: Learning to Optimize Cross-Stage Metrics in Macro Placement
• CVPR 2025From Elements to Design: A Layered Approach for Automatic Graphic Design Composition
• NeurIPS 2024AFBench: A Large-scale Benchmark for Airfoil Design
• ICML 2024A Circuit Domain Generalization Framework for Efficient Logic Synthesis in Chip Design
• ICLR 2024CircuitNet 2.0: An Advanced Dataset for Promoting Machine Learning Innovations in Realistic Chip Design Environment
• CVPR 2024Discontinuity-preserving Normal Integration with Auxiliary Edges
• NeurIPS 2023Circuit as Set of Points
• ICML 2023AbODE: Ab initio antibody design using conjoined ODEs
• ICLR 2023Neural Design for Genetic Perturbation Experiments
• CVPR 2023Visibility Constrained Wide-Band Illumination Spectrum Design for Seeing-in-the-Dark
• NeurIPS 2026DiffCool: Label-Free Synthesis of Chip-Tailored Heat Sinks via Thermal-Aware Diffusion
• ICML 2026Axiomatic Atlas: A Prescriptive Framework for Neural Architecture Design
• ICLR 2026Topology Matters in RTL Circuit Representation Learning
• CVPR 2026FEAT Fashion Editing and Try-On from Any Design

All Chip Design ML papers

43 papers, page 1 of 1

1. CVPR 2024Discontinuity-preserving Normal Integration with Auxiliary Edges
2. ICLR 2024Adaptive Instrument Design for Indirect Experiments
3. ICLR 2024CircuitNet 2.0: An Advanced Dataset for Promoting Machine Learning Innovations in Realistic Chip Design Environment
4. ICLR 2024Independent-Set Design of Experiments for Estimating Treatment and Spillover Effects under Network Interference
5. ICLR 2024Quantifying Language Models' Sensitivity to Spurious Features in Prompt Design or: How I learned to start worrying about prompt formatting
6. ICLR 2024Retrieval-Guided Reinforcement Learning for Boolean Circuit Minimization
7. ICLR 2024Spike-driven Transformer V2: Meta Spiking Neural Network Architecture Inspiring the Design of Next-generation Neuromorphic Chips
8. ICML 2024A Circuit Domain Generalization Framework for Efficient Logic Synthesis in Chip Design
9. ICML 2024Bayesian Design Principles for Offline-to-Online Reinforcement Learning
10. ICML 2024CarbonNovo: Joint Design of Protein Structure and Sequence Using a Unified Energy-based Model
11. ICML 2024Differentiable Combinatorial Scheduling at Scale
12. ICML 2024Environment Design for Inverse Reinforcement Learning
13. ICML 2024Evolution of Heuristics: Towards Efficient Automatic Algorithm Design Using Large Language Model
14. ICML 2024GeoAB: Towards Realistic Antibody Design and Reliable Affinity Maturation
15. ICML 2024ILILT: Implicit Learning of Inverse Lithography Technologies
16. ICML 2024Integrated Hardware Architecture and Device Placement Search
17. ICML 2024KernelWarehouse: Rethinking the Design of Dynamic Convolution
18. ICML 2024Mechanistic Design and Scaling of Hybrid Architectures
19. ICML 2024MolCRAFT: Structure-Based Drug Design in Continuous Parameter Space
20. ICML 2024Nesting Particle Filters for Experimental Design in Dynamical Systems
21. ICML 2024PASOA- PArticle baSed Bayesian Optimal Adaptive design
22. ICML 2024Position: Building Guardrails for Large Language Models Requires Systematic Design
23. ICML 2024Prismatic VLMs: Investigating the Design Space of Visually-Conditioned Language Models
24. ICML 2024Reinforcement Learning within Tree Search for Fast Macro Placement
25. ICML 2024RNAFlow: RNA Structure & Sequence Design via Inverse Folding-Based Flow Matching
26. ICML 2024Structure-based drug design by denoising voxel grids
27. ICML 2024SurfPro: Functional Protein Design Based on Continuous Surface
28. NeurIPS 2024Accelerating ERM for data-driven algorithm design using output-sensitive techniques
29. NeurIPS 2024AFBench: A Large-scale Benchmark for Airfoil Design
30. NeurIPS 2024Amortized Bayesian Experimental Design for Decision-Making
31. NeurIPS 2024Data Acquisition via Experimental Design for Data Markets
32. NeurIPS 2024DOFEN: Deep Oblivious Forest ENsemble
33. NeurIPS 2024Fair Allocation in Dynamic Mechanism Design
34. NeurIPS 2024Generalization Bound and Learning Methods for Data-Driven Projections in Linear Programming
35. NeurIPS 2024Generalized Linear Bandits with Limited Adaptivity
36. NeurIPS 2024Learning Optimal Tax Design in Nonatomic Congestion Games
37. NeurIPS 2024Mechanism design augmented with output advice
38. NeurIPS 2024NeuralSteiner: Learning Steiner Tree for Overflow-avoiding Global Routing in Chip Design
39. NeurIPS 2024Optimal Design for Human Preference Elicitation
40. NeurIPS 2024Randomized Strategic Facility Location with Predictions
41. NeurIPS 2024Reinforcement Learning Policy as Macro Regulator Rather than Macro Placer
42. NeurIPS 2024Targeted Sequential Indirect Experiment Design
43. NeurIPS 2024What Makes Partial-Label Learning Algorithms Effective?

FAQ

How many Chip Design ML papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?

179 in total: 28 in 2023, 43 in 2024, 44 in 2025, 64 in 2026.

How many Chip Design ML papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 34 Chip Design ML papers, versus 20 the year before.

How many Chip Design ML papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 9 Chip Design ML papers, versus 9 the year before.

How many Chip Design ML papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 18 Chip Design ML papers, versus 9 the year before.

How many Chip Design ML papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 3 Chip Design ML papers, versus 6 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most Chip Design ML papers?

NeurIPS, with 83 papers from 2023 to 2026.