Code Generation papers, 2023–2026

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.

Representative papers

Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up

• 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

230 papers, page 5 of 5

201. NeurIPS 2025Text-to-Code Generation for Modular Building Layouts in Building Information Modeling
202. NeurIPS 2025The Automated LLM Speedrunning Benchmark: Reproducing NanoGPT Improvements
203. NeurIPS 2025The Curse of Depth in Large Language Models
204. NeurIPS 2025Top-H Decoding: Adapting the Creativity and Coherence with Bounded Entropy in Text Generation
205. NeurIPS 2025Tortoise and Hare Guidance: Accelerating Diffusion Model Inference with Multirate Integration
206. NeurIPS 2025Towards A Generalist Code Embedding Model Based On Massive Data Synthesis
207. NeurIPS 2025Towards Better & Faster Autoregressive Image Generation: From the Perspective of Entropy
208. NeurIPS 2025Towards Reliable Code-as-Policies: A Neuro-Symbolic Framework for Embodied Task Planning
209. NeurIPS 2025Track, Inpaint, Resplat: Subject-driven 3D and 4D Generation with Progressive Texture Infilling
210. NeurIPS 2025Training Language Models to Generate Quality Code with Program Analysis Feedback
211. NeurIPS 2025Training-Free Constrained Generation With Stable Diffusion Models
212. NeurIPS 2025Transforming Generic Coder LLMs to Effective Binary Code Embedding Models for Similarity Detection
213. NeurIPS 2025TreeSynth: Synthesizing Diverse Data from Scratch via Tree-Guided Subspace Partitioning
214. NeurIPS 2025Understanding and Mitigating Numerical Sources of Nondeterminism in LLM Inference
215. NeurIPS 2025Understanding LLM Behaviors via Compression: Data Generation, Knowledge Acquisition and Scaling Laws
216. NeurIPS 2025UniCTokens: Boosting Personalized Understanding and Generation via Unified Concept Tokens
217. NeurIPS 2025Unified all-atom molecule generation with neural fields
218. NeurIPS 2025Unlocking SLM Potential for Data Analysis Code Generation via Non-Parametric Knowledge Distillation
219. NeurIPS 2025Vector Quantization in the Brain: Grid-like Codes in World Models
220. NeurIPS 2025VeriLoC: Line-of-Code Level Prediction of Hardware Design Quality from Verilog Code
221. NeurIPS 2025VeriThoughts: Enabling Automated Verilog Code Generation using Reasoning and Formal Verification
222. NeurIPS 2025VETA-DiT: Variance-Equalized and Temporally Adaptive Quantization for Efficient 4-bit Diffusion Transformers
223. NeurIPS 2025Vgent: Graph-based Retrieval-Reasoning-Augmented Generation For Long Video Understanding
224. NeurIPS 2025vHector and HeisenVec: Scalable Vector Graphics Generation Through Large Language Models
225. NeurIPS 2025VideoREPA: Learning Physics for Video Generation through Relational Alignment with Foundation Models
226. NeurIPS 2025ViewCraft3D: High-fidelity and View-Consistent 3D Vector Graphics Synthesis
227. NeurIPS 2025Wan-Move: Motion-controllable Video Generation via Latent Trajectory Guidance
228. NeurIPS 2025WarpGAN: Warping-Guided 3D GAN Inversion with Style-Based Novel View Inpainting
229. NeurIPS 2025WebGen-Bench: Evaluating LLMs on Generating Interactive and Functional Websites from Scratch
230. NeurIPS 2025Win Fast or Lose Slow: Balancing Speed and Accuracy in Latency-Sensitive Decisions of LLMs

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.