Deep learning · foundation models papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• Deep learning · foundation models went from 72 papers in 2023 to 177 in 2026, roughly 2.5x in three years.
• NeurIPS publishes the most Deep learning · foundation models work: 299 papers from 2023 to 2026, 56% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with Foundation Model Adaptation: papers tagged with both rose from 7 in 2023 to 66 in 2026.
• Among the 11 topics under Deep Learning, it ranks #8 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Diffusion Models, is up 4.1x versus 2.5x here.

Representative papers

Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up

• NeurIPS 2026Inferotemporal Cortex Collaborates Before It Codes: Non-Serial Inter-Area Synergy in the Macaque Ventral Stream
• ICML 2026ACO-MoE-LoRA: Evolving-while-Training for Adapting Segment Anything Model 2 to Specialized Domains
• ICLR 2026Qronos: Correcting the Past by Shaping the Future... in Post-Training Quantization
• CVPR 2026Adapting a Pre-trained Single-Cell Foundation Model to Spatial Gene Expression
• NeurIPS 2025An Investigation of Memorization Risk in Healthcare Foundation Models
• ICML 2025Contrastive Localized Language-Image Pre-Training
• ICLR 2025Revisiting Convolution Architecture in the Realm of DNA Foundation Models
• CVPR 2025DEFOM-Stereo: Depth Foundation Model Based Stereo Matching
• NeurIPS 2024$\textit{Read-ME}$: Refactorizing LLMs as Router-Decoupled Mixture of Experts with System Co-Design
• ICML 2024Position: On the Societal Impact of Open Foundation Models
• CVPR 20243D-LFM: Lifting Foundation Model
• NeurIPS 2023Bridging the Domain Gap: Self-Supervised 3D Scene Understanding with Foundation Models
• ICML 2023Improving Hyperparameter Learning under Approximate Inference in Gaussian Process Models
• NeurIPS 2026Do Pathology Foundation Models Encode Disease Progression? A Pseudotime Analysis of Visual Representations
• ICML 2026Alethia: a Foundational Encoder for Voice Deepfakes
• ICLR 2026DND: Boosting Large Language Models with Dynamic Nested Depth
• CVPR 2026UniSER A Foundation Model for Unified Soft Effects Removal
• NeurIPS 2025ChromFound: Towards A Universal Foundation Model for Single-Cell Chromatin Accessibiltiy Data
• ICML 2025Exploring Criteria of Loss Reweighting to Enhance LLM Unlearning
• ICLR 2025Recite, Reconstruct, Recollect: Memorization in LMs as a Multifaceted Phenomenon

All Deep learning · foundation models papers

177 papers, page 4 of 4

151. NeurIPS 2026A low-rank decoder bottleneck bounds reliability in foundation-model perturbation prediction
152. NeurIPS 2026AmbientFM: A Foundation Model for Ambient Sensing
153. NeurIPS 2026CORTEG: Foundation Models Enable Cross-Modality Representation Transfer from Scalp to Intracranial Brain Recordings
154. NeurIPS 2026DEFT: Disentanglement-Enhanced Fine-Tuning for EEG Foundation Models
155. NeurIPS 2026Do Pathology Foundation Models Encode Disease Progression? A Pseudotime Analysis of Visual Representations
156. NeurIPS 2026Embedding Foundation Model Predictions in Discrete-Choice Models with Structural Guarantees
157. NeurIPS 2026Evaluating Uncertainty Calibration in Probabilistic Time Series Foundation Models
158. NeurIPS 2026Extending Pretrained 10-Second ECG Foundation Models to Longer Horizons
159. NeurIPS 2026FoldAbS: Repurposing the Protein Folding Model as a Foundation Encoder for Antibody Screening
160. NeurIPS 2026Glob3R: Global Structure-from-Motion with 3D Foundation Models
161. NeurIPS 2026GlucoFM: A Dual-Stream Foundation Model for Continuous Glucose Monitoring
162. NeurIPS 2026HandXFM: Semantic-Structural Distillation for Hand Radiograph Foundation Models
163. NeurIPS 2026Inertia-1: An Open Exploration of Wearable Motion Foundation Models
164. NeurIPS 2026Inferotemporal Cortex Collaborates Before It Codes: Non-Serial Inter-Area Synergy in the Macaque Ventral Stream
165. NeurIPS 2026Latent Riemannian Flow Matching for Geometry-Grounded 3D Foundation Models
166. NeurIPS 2026Multimodal Foundation Agents Should Use Brain Data as Privileged Supervision
167. NeurIPS 2026NeuroNTP - A Generalizable Multimodal Foundation Model for Epilepsy
168. NeurIPS 2026No One Knows the State-of-the-Art in Geospatial Foundation Models
169. NeurIPS 2026OpenMHC: Accelerating the Science of Wearable Foundation Models
170. NeurIPS 2026Position: The Road to Generalizable Neuro-Symbolic Learning Should be Paved with Foundation Models
171. NeurIPS 2026ProMo3D: Probing Motion Cues in Frozen 3D Foundation Models
172. NeurIPS 2026SapiensID 2.0: Aligning Human Recognition Foundation Models with Human Perception
173. NeurIPS 2026Tabular Foundation Model for Generative Modelling
174. NeurIPS 2026Vibe-Spike: An Energy-Preserving EEG Foundation Model Through the Landscape of Neural Coherence
175. NeurIPS 2026What DNA Foundation Models Learn Beyond Sequence Composition
176. NeurIPS 2026What do EEG Foundation Models Capture from Human Brain Signals?
177. NeurIPS 2026When to Trust a PFN: Detecting Harmful Shift in Tabular Foundation Models

FAQ

How many Deep learning · foundation models papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?

536 in total: 72 in 2023, 209 in 2024, 78 in 2025, 177 in 2026.

How many Deep learning · foundation models papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 27 Deep learning · foundation models papers, versus 15 the year before.

How many Deep learning · foundation models papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 8 Deep learning · foundation models papers, versus 6 the year before.

How many Deep learning · foundation models papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 135 Deep learning · foundation models papers, versus 53 the year before.

How many Deep learning · foundation models papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 7 Deep learning · foundation models papers, versus 4 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most Deep learning · foundation models papers?

NeurIPS, with 299 papers from 2023 to 2026.