Code Generation papers, 2023–2026
Program synthesis and code LLMs
Scope: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR, 2023–2026. 2,161 papers are tagged with this topic.
Key findings
- Code Generation went from 210 papers in 2023 to 860 in 2026, roughly 4.1x in three years.
- NeurIPS publishes the most Code Generation work: 630 papers from 2023 to 2026, 29% of the four-venue total.
- The fastest-growing overlap is with AI Agents: papers tagged with both rose from 0 in 2023 to 93 in 2026.
- Among the 5 topics under Natural Language, it ranks #1 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, is up 5.4x versus 4.1x here.
Papers per venue
Counts by year and venue
| Year | NeurIPS | ICLR | ICML | CVPR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29 | 55 | 31 | 95 | 210 |
| 2024 | 135 | 66 | 111 | 134 | 446 |
| 2025 | 230 | 164 | 79 | 172 | 645 |
| 2026 | 236 | 241 | 174 | 209 | 860 |
Representative papers
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- NeurIPS 2026A Theoretical Analysis of Test-Driven Code Generation
- ICML 2026$A_2$DEPT: Large Language Model–Driven Automated Algorithm Design via Evolutionary Program Trees
- ICLR 2026A Bayesian Nonparametric Framework for Private, Fair, and Balanced Tabular Data Synthesis
- CVPR 2026ACPV-Net All-Class Polygonal Vectorization for Seamless Vector Map Generation from
- NeurIPS 2025$\texttt{STRCMP}$: Integrating Graph Structural Priors with Language Models for Combinatorial Optimization
- ICML 2025AlphaVerus: Bootstrapping Formally Verified Code Generation through Self-Improving Translation and Treefinement
- ICLR 2025Automated Proof Generation for Rust Code via Self-Evolution
- CVPR 2025ArtFormer: Controllable Generation of Diverse 3D Articulated Objects
- NeurIPS 2024AMBROSIA: A Benchmark for Parsing Ambiguous Questions into Database Queries
- ICML 2024ACM-MILP: Adaptive Constraint Modification via Grouping and Selection for Hardness-Preserving MILP Instance Generation
- ICLR 2024CODE REPRESENTATION LEARNING AT SCALE
- CVPR 2024Desigen: A Pipeline for Controllable Design Template Generation
- NeurIPS 2023ANPL: Towards Natural Programming with Interactive Decomposition
- ICML 2023Can Large Language Models Reason about Program Invariants?
- ICLR 2023Binding Language Models in Symbolic Languages
- CVPR 2023Attribute-Preserving Face Dataset Anonymization via Latent Code Optimization
- NeurIPS 2026A Theory of Time-Sensitive Language Generation: Sparse Hallucination Beats Mode Collapse
- ICML 2026Beyond Problem Solving: UOJ-Bench for Evaluating Code Generation, Hacking, and Repair in Competitive Programming
- ICLR 2026AssetFormer: Modular 3D Assets Generation with Autoregressive Transformer
- CVPR 2026Animator-Centric Skeleton Generation on Objects with Fine-Grained Details
All Code Generation papers
630 papers, page 10 of 13
- NeurIPS 2025Understanding LLM Behaviors via Compression: Data Generation, Knowledge Acquisition and Scaling Laws
- NeurIPS 2025UniCTokens: Boosting Personalized Understanding and Generation via Unified Concept Tokens
- NeurIPS 2025Unified all-atom molecule generation with neural fields
- NeurIPS 2025Unlocking SLM Potential for Data Analysis Code Generation via Non-Parametric Knowledge Distillation
- NeurIPS 2025Vector Quantization in the Brain: Grid-like Codes in World Models
- NeurIPS 2025VeriLoC: Line-of-Code Level Prediction of Hardware Design Quality from Verilog Code
- NeurIPS 2025VeriThoughts: Enabling Automated Verilog Code Generation using Reasoning and Formal Verification
- NeurIPS 2025VETA-DiT: Variance-Equalized and Temporally Adaptive Quantization for Efficient 4-bit Diffusion Transformers
- NeurIPS 2025Vgent: Graph-based Retrieval-Reasoning-Augmented Generation For Long Video Understanding
- NeurIPS 2025vHector and HeisenVec: Scalable Vector Graphics Generation Through Large Language Models
- NeurIPS 2025VideoREPA: Learning Physics for Video Generation through Relational Alignment with Foundation Models
- NeurIPS 2025ViewCraft3D: High-fidelity and View-Consistent 3D Vector Graphics Synthesis
- NeurIPS 2025Wan-Move: Motion-controllable Video Generation via Latent Trajectory Guidance
- NeurIPS 2025WarpGAN: Warping-Guided 3D GAN Inversion with Style-Based Novel View Inpainting
- NeurIPS 2025WebGen-Bench: Evaluating LLMs on Generating Interactive and Functional Websites from Scratch
- NeurIPS 2025Win Fast or Lose Slow: Balancing Speed and Accuracy in Latency-Sensitive Decisions of LLMs
- NeurIPS 2024$\texttt{ConflictBank}$: A Benchmark for Evaluating the Influence of Knowledge Conflicts in LLMs
- NeurIPS 2024Accelerating Blockwise Parallel Language Models with Draft Refinement
- NeurIPS 2024ACES: Generating a Diversity of Challenging Programming Puzzles with Autotelic Generative Models
- NeurIPS 2024Action Imitation in Common Action Space for Customized Action Image Synthesis
- NeurIPS 2024Ad Auctions for LLMs via Retrieval Augmented Generation
- NeurIPS 2024AdjointDEIS: Efficient Gradients for Diffusion Models
- NeurIPS 2024AlchemistCoder: Harmonizing and Eliciting Code Capability by Hindsight Tuning on Multi-source Data
- NeurIPS 2024Alleviating Distortion in Image Generation via Multi-Resolution Diffusion Models and Time-Dependent Layer Normalization
- NeurIPS 2024AMBROSIA: A Benchmark for Parsing Ambiguous Questions into Database Queries
- NeurIPS 2024An Analysis of Tokenization: Transformers under Markov Data
- NeurIPS 2024AsCAN: Asymmetric Convolution-Attention Networks for Efficient Recognition and Generation
- NeurIPS 2024AutoGuide: Automated Generation and Selection of Context-Aware Guidelines for Large Language Model Agents
- NeurIPS 2024Be like a Goldfish, Don't Memorize! Mitigating Memorization in Generative LLMs
- NeurIPS 2024Benchmarking Counterfactual Image Generation
- NeurIPS 2024Benchmarking LLMs via Uncertainty Quantification
- NeurIPS 2024Bias and Volatility: A Statistical Framework for Evaluating Large Language Model's Stereotypes and the Associated Generation Inconsistency
- NeurIPS 2024Bridge-IF: Learning Inverse Protein Folding with Markov Bridges
- NeurIPS 2024Building on Efficient Foundations: Effective Training of LLMs with Structured Feedforward Layers
- NeurIPS 2024Can LLMs Implicitly Learn Numeric Parameter Constraints in Data Science APIs?
- NeurIPS 2024Can We Leave Deepfake Data Behind in Training Deepfake Detector?
- NeurIPS 2024ClashEval: Quantifying the tug-of-war between an LLM’s internal prior and external evidence
- NeurIPS 2024Code Repair with LLMs gives an Exploration-Exploitation Tradeoff
- NeurIPS 2024CODE: Contrasting Self-generated Description to Combat Hallucination in Large Multi-modal Models
- NeurIPS 2024CodeRosetta: Pushing the Boundaries of Unsupervised Code Translation for Parallel Programming
- NeurIPS 2024CoLoR-Filter: Conditional Loss Reduction Filtering for Targeted Language Model Pre-training
- NeurIPS 2024ComBack: A Versatile Dataset for Enhancing Compiler Backend Development Efficiency
- NeurIPS 2024Conditional Synthesis of 3D Molecules with Time Correction Sampler
- NeurIPS 2024Confidence Regulation Neurons in Language Models
- NeurIPS 2024ContextCite: Attributing Model Generation to Context
- NeurIPS 2024DACO: Towards Application-Driven and Comprehensive Data Analysis via Code Generation
- NeurIPS 2024DataComp-LM: In search of the next generation of training sets for language models
- NeurIPS 2024DF40: Toward Next-Generation Deepfake Detection
- NeurIPS 2024DiffuPac: Contextual Mimicry in Adversarial Packets Generation via Diffusion Model
- NeurIPS 2024Diffusion Twigs with Loop Guidance for Conditional Graph Generation
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FAQ
- How many Code Generation papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?
- 2,161 in total: 210 in 2023, 446 in 2024, 645 in 2025, 860 in 2026.
- How many Code Generation papers are at NeurIPS 2026?
- NeurIPS 2026 has 236 Code Generation papers, versus 230 the year before.
- How many Code Generation papers are at ICLR 2026?
- ICLR 2026 has 241 Code Generation papers, versus 164 the year before.
- How many Code Generation papers are at ICML 2026?
- ICML 2026 has 174 Code Generation papers, versus 79 the year before.
- How many Code Generation papers are at CVPR 2026?
- CVPR 2026 has 209 Code Generation papers, versus 172 the year before.
- Which conference publishes the most Code Generation papers?
- NeurIPS, with 630 papers from 2023 to 2026.