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

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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

2,161 papers, page 8 of 44

351. ICLR 2026Omni-View: Unlocking How Generation Facilitates Understanding in Unified 3D Model based on Multiview images
352. ICLR 2026On Code-Induced Reasoning in LLMs
353. ICLR 2026On the Wings of Imagination: Conflicting Script-based Multi-role Framework for Humor Caption Generation
354. ICLR 2026Once-More: Continuous Self-Correction for Large Language Models via Perplexity-Guided Intervention
355. ICLR 2026OptimSyn: Influence-Guided Rubrics Optimization for Synthetic Data Generation
356. ICLR 2026ORION: Decoupling and Alignment for Unified Autoregressive Understanding and Generation
357. ICLR 2026Paper2Code: Automating Code Generation from Scientific Papers in Machine Learning
358. ICLR 2026Parallel Token Generation for Language Models
359. ICLR 2026Parameters vs. Context: Fine-Grained Control of Knowledge Reliance in Language Models
360. ICLR 2026PCB-Bench: Benchmarking LLMs for Printed Circuit Board Placement and Routing
361. ICLR 2026pi-Flow: Policy-Based Few-Step Generation via Imitation Distillation
362. ICLR 2026PLAGUE: Plug-and-play Framework for Lifelong Adaptive Generation of Multi-turn Exploits
363. ICLR 2026Plan then Act: Bi-level CAD Command Sequence Generation
364. ICLR 2026Planned Diffusion
365. ICLR 2026Planner Aware Path Learning in Diffusion Language Models Training
366. ICLR 2026POEMetric: The Last Stanza of Humanity
367. ICLR 2026PolyGraph Discrepancy: a classifier-based metric for graph generation
368. ICLR 2026Positional Encoding Field
369. ICLR 2026Precise and Interpretable Editing of Code Knowledge in Large Language Models
370. ICLR 2026PreciseCache: Precise Feature Caching for Efficient and High-fidelity Video Generation
371. ICLR 2026Programming with Pixels: Can Computer-Use Agents do Software Engineering?
372. ICLR 2026Prompt-MII: Meta-Learning Instruction Induction for LLMs
373. ICLR 2026ProReGen: Progressive Residual Generation under Attribute Correlations
374. ICLR 2026QuRL: Rubrics As Judge For Open-Ended Question Answering
375. ICLR 2026R1-Code-Interpreter: LLMs Reason with Code via Supervised and Multi-stage Reinforcement Learning
376. ICLR 2026Rainbow Padding: Mitigating Early Termination in Instruction-Tuned Diffusion LLMs
377. ICLR 2026RAS: Retrieval-And-Structuring for Knowledge-Intensive LLM Generation
378. ICLR 2026Reassessing Layer Pruning in LLMs: New Insights and Methods
379. ICLR 2026RECAST: Expanding the Boundaries of LLMs' Complex Instruction Following with Multi-Constraint Data
380. ICLR 2026RECODE: A Benchmark for Research Code DEvelopment with Interactive Human Feedback
381. ICLR 2026RedCodeAgent: Automatic Red-teaming Agent against Diverse Code Agents
382. ICLR 2026RefineStat: Efficient Exploration for Probabilistic Program Synthesis
383. ICLR 2026ReFusion: A Diffusion Large Language Model with Parallel Autoregressive Decoding
384. ICLR 2026Reinforcement Learning from Dynamic Critic Feedback for Free-Form Generations
385. ICLR 2026Rescue: Retrieval Augmented Secure Code Generation
386. ICLR 2026Rethinking Code Similarity for Automated Algorithm Design with LLMs
387. ICLR 2026Rethinking Uncertainty Estimation in LLMs: A Principled Single-Sequence Measure
388. ICLR 2026Retrospective Sparse Attention for Efficient Long-Context Generation
389. ICLR 2026ReVeal: Self-Evolving Code Agents via Reliable Self-Verification
390. ICLR 2026Rewriting Pre-Training Data Boosts LLM Performance in Math and Code
391. ICLR 2026ROSETTA: Constructing Code-Based Reward from Unconstrained Language Preference
392. ICLR 2026RPG: A Repository Planning Graph for Unified and Scalable Codebase Generation
393. ICLR 2026SANA-Video: Efficient Video Generation with Block Linear Diffusion Transformer
394. ICLR 2026SASFT: Sparse Autoencoder-guided Supervised Finetuning to Mitigate Unexpected Code-Switching in LLMs
395. ICLR 2026Sat3DGen: Comprehensive Street-Level 3D Scene Generation from Single Satellite Image
396. ICLR 2026SatDreamer360: Multiview-Consistent Generation of Ground-Level Scenes from Satellite Imagery
397. ICLR 2026SAVE: A Generalizable Framework for Multi-Condition Single-Cell Generation with Gene Block Attention
398. ICLR 2026Scalable Energy-Based Models via Adversarial Training: Unifying Discrimination and Generation
399. ICLR 2026Scalable Training for Vector-Quantized Networks with 100% Codebook Utilization
400. ICLR 2026Scaling Behavior of Discrete Diffusion Language Models

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.