Deep learning · representation learning papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• Deep learning · representation learning fell from 259 papers in 2023 to 214 in 2026, so interest is cooling.
• NeurIPS publishes the most Deep learning · representation learning work: 279 papers from 2023 to 2026, 35% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with Multimodal LLMs: papers tagged with both rose from 11 in 2023 to 28 in 2026.
• Among the 11 topics under Deep Learning, it ranks #7 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Diffusion Models, is up 4.1x versus 0.8x here.

Representative papers

Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up

• NeurIPS 2026Active Learning as Nullspace Regulation: A Spectral Representation Perspective
• ICML 2026Addressing Instrument-Outcome Confounding in Mendelian Randomization through Representation Learning
• ICLR 2026Boosting Open Set Recognition Performance through Modulated Representation Learning
• CVPR 2026CanonCGT Reference-Based Color Grading via Canonical Pivot Representation
• NeurIPS 2025Causality-Induced Positional Encoding for Transformer-Based Representation Learning of Non-Sequential Features
• ICML 2025Banyan: Improved Representation Learning with Explicit Structure
• ICLR 2025Edge-aware Image Smoothing with Relative Wavelet Domain Representation
• CVPR 20253D-SLNR: A Super Lightweight Neural Representation for Large-scale 3D Mapping
• NeurIPS 2024GV-Rep: A Large-Scale Dataset for Genetic Variant Representation Learning
• ICML 2024Data-free Neural Representation Compression with Riemannian Neural Dynamics
• ICLR 2024$\texttt{NAISR}$: A 3D Neural Additive Model for Interpretable Shape Representation
• CVPR 2024Disentangled Prompt Representation for Domain Generalization
• NeurIPS 2023[Re] CrossWalk: Fairness-enhanced Node Representation Learning
• ICML 2023A theory of representation learning gives a deep generalisation of kernel methods
• ICLR 2023Bispectral Neural Networks
• CVPR 2023AnyFlow: Arbitrary Scale Optical Flow With Implicit Neural Representation
• NeurIPS 2026Approximation in Contrastive Representation Learning
• ICML 2026Amortized Maximum Inner Product Search with Learned Support Functions
• ICLR 2026Decoupling Dynamical Richness from Representation Learning: Towards Practical Measurement
• CVPR 2026Enhancing Visual Representation with Textual Semantics Textual Semantics-Powered Prototypes for

All Deep learning · representation learning papers

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1. ICLR 2026An Efficient SE(p)-Invariant Transport Metric Driven by Polar Transport Discrepancy-based Representation
2. ICLR 2026BIRD: Behavior Induction via Representation-structure Distillation
3. ICLR 2026Boosting Open Set Recognition Performance through Modulated Representation Learning
4. ICLR 2026Constraint Matters: Multi-Modal Representation for Reducing Mixed-Integer Linear programming
5. ICLR 2026Convex Efficient Coding
6. ICLR 2026CortiLife: A Unified Framework for Cortical Representation Learning across the Lifespan
7. ICLR 2026Decoupling Dynamical Richness from Representation Learning: Towards Practical Measurement
8. ICLR 2026DeepAFL: Deep Analytic Federated Learning
9. ICLR 2026Diffusion Transformers with Representation Autoencoders
10. ICLR 2026Disentangled Representation Learning for Parametric Partial Differential Equations
11. ICLR 2026Dissecting Representation Misalignment in Contrastive Learning via Influence Function
12. ICLR 2026Fair Conformal Classification via Learning Representation-Based Groups
13. ICLR 2026Gauge-invariant representation holonomy
14. ICLR 2026Generalization of Diffusion Models Arises with a Balanced Representation Space
15. ICLR 2026Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Building Substructure into Protein Encoding Models
16. ICLR 2026Improving Set Function Approximation with Quasi-Arithmetic Neural Networks
17. ICLR 2026Information Shapes Koopman Representation
18. ICLR 2026KDP: Simplifying Representation Dynamics in Kernel Space
19. ICLR 2026Learning Molecular Chirality via Chiral Determinant Kernels
20. ICLR 2026MoRA: Mobility as the Backbone for Geospatial Representation Learning at Scale
21. ICLR 2026Nef-Net v2: Adapting Electrocardio Panorama in the wild
22. ICLR 2026PaAno: Patch-Based Representation Learning for Time-Series Anomaly Detection
23. ICLR 2026PALC: Preference Alignment via Logit Calibration
24. ICLR 2026Paradigm Shift of GNN Explainer from Label Space to Prototypical Representation Space
25. ICLR 2026Proper Velocity Neural Networks
26. ICLR 2026Readout Representation: Redefining Neural Codes by Input Recovery
27. ICLR 2026Representation Alignment for Diffusion Transformers without External Components
28. ICLR 2026Representing local protein environments with machine learning force fields
29. ICLR 2026RoboInter: A Holistic Intermediate Representation Suite Towards Robotic Manipulation
30. ICLR 2026Simplicial Embeddings Improve Sample Efficiency in Actor–Critic Agents
31. ICLR 2026Stability Under Scrutiny: Benchmarking Representation Paradigms for Online HD Mapping
32. ICLR 2026Temporal Graph Thumbnail: Robust Representation Learning with Global Evolutionary Skeleton
33. ICLR 2026The Deleuzian Representation Hypothesis
34. ICLR 2026Tokenizing Single-Channel EEG with Time-Frequency Motif Learning
35. ICLR 2026Topology Matters in RTL Circuit Representation Learning
36. ICLR 2026Unsupervised Representation Learning - an Invariant Risk Minimization Perspective
37. ICLR 2026Unveiling the Mechanism of Continuous Representation Full-Waveform Inversion: A Wave Based Neural Tangent Kernel Framework
38. ICLR 2026What matters for Representation Alignment: Global Information or Spatial Structure?
39. ICLR 2026Where Did It Go Wrong? Attributing Undesirable LLM Behaviors via Representation Gradient Tracing
40. ICLR 2025AtomSurf: Surface Representation for Learning on Protein Structures
41. ICLR 2025Bayesian Regularization of Latent Representation
42. ICLR 2025Beyond Canonicalization: How Tensorial Messages Improve Equivariant Message Passing
43. ICLR 2025Breaking the Reclustering Barrier in Centroid-based Deep Clustering
44. ICLR 2025Can One Modality Model Synergize Training of Other Modality Models?
45. ICLR 2025ConMix: Contrastive Mixup at Representation Level for Long-tailed Deep Clustering
46. ICLR 2025CR2PQ: Continuous Relative Rotary Positional Query for Dense Visual Representation Learning
47. ICLR 2025Discovering Group Structures via Unitary Representation Learning
48. ICLR 2025Disentangled Representation Learning with the Gromov-Monge Gap
49. ICLR 2025Do LLMs ``know'' internally when they follow instructions?
50. ICLR 2025Do Mice Grok? Glimpses of Hidden Progress in Sensory Cortex

FAQ

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

802 in total: 259 in 2023, 177 in 2024, 152 in 2025, 214 in 2026.

How many Deep learning · representation learning papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 59 Deep learning · representation learning papers, versus 54 the year before.

How many Deep learning · representation learning papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 39 Deep learning · representation learning papers, versus 37 the year before.

How many Deep learning · representation learning papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 74 Deep learning · representation learning papers, versus 35 the year before.

How many Deep learning · representation learning papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 42 Deep learning · representation learning papers, versus 26 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most Deep learning · representation learning papers?

NeurIPS, with 279 papers from 2023 to 2026.