Deep learning · self supervised learning papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• Deep learning · self supervised learning went from 455 papers in 2023 to 534 in 2026, roughly 1.2x in three years.
• ICLR publishes the most Deep learning · self supervised learning work: 693 papers from 2023 to 2026, 35% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with General ML · unsupervised and semisupervised learning: papers tagged with both rose from 23 in 2023 to 86 in 2026.
• Among the 11 topics under Deep Learning, it ranks #4 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Diffusion Models, is up 4.1x versus 1.2x here.

Representative papers

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• NeurIPS 2026Attending on Attention ($A^2$): Smaller Self-Supervised ViTs Localize Better Than Larger Ones
• ICML 20263D-DLP: Self-supervised 3D Object-centric Scene Representation Learning
• ICLR 2026A Single Architecture for Representing Invariance Under Any Space Group
• CVPR 2026A Stitch in Time Learning Procedural Workflow via Self-Supervised Plackett-Luce
• NeurIPS 2025$\textit{HiMaCon:}$ Discovering Hierarchical Manipulation Concepts from Unlabeled Multi-Modal Data
• ICML 2025An Augmentation-Aware Theory for Self-Supervised Contrastive Learning
• ICLR 2025Approaching Rate-Distortion Limits in Neural Compression with Lattice Transform Coding
• CVPR 2025A Unified Framework for Heterogeneous Semi-supervised Learning
• NeurIPS 2024Intrinsic Self-Supervision for Data Quality Audits
• ICML 2024Binning as a Pretext Task: Improving Self-Supervised Learning in Tabular Domains
• ICLR 2024A Graph is Worth 1-bit Spikes: When Graph Contrastive Learning Meets Spiking Neural Networks
• CVPR 2024Exploring Efficient Asymmetric Blind-Spots for Self-Supervised Denoising in Real-World Scenarios
• NeurIPS 2023A Graph-Theoretic Framework for Understanding Open-World Semi-Supervised Learning
• ICML 2023A Closer Look at Self-Supervised Lightweight Vision Transformers
• ICLR 2023A Multi-Grained Self-Interpretable Symbolic-Neural Model For Single/Multi-Labeled Text Classification
• CVPR 2023Are Data-Driven Explanations Robust Against Out-of-Distribution Data?
• NeurIPS 2026AudioSphere: Towards Self-Supervised Spatial Audio Representation Models
• ICML 20263DPoV: Improving 3D understanding via Patch Ordering on Videos
• ICLR 2026Angle K-Means
• CVPR 2026Action Motifs Self-Supervised Hierarchical Representation of Human Body Movements

All Deep learning · self supervised learning papers

532 papers, page 5 of 11

201. ICLR 2026Multimodal Dataset Distillation via Phased Teacher Models
202. ICLR 2026MULTIMODALITY AS SUPERVISION: SELF-SUPERVISED SPECIALIZATION TO THE TEST ENVIRONMENT VIA MULTIMODALITY
203. ICLR 2026NAB: Neural Adaptive Binning for Sparse-View CT reconstruction
204. ICLR 2026Neural Dynamics Self-Attention for Spiking Transformers
205. ICLR 2026Neural Sum-of-Squares: Certifying the Nonnegativity of Polynomials with Transformers
206. ICLR 2026Noisy-Pair Robust Representation Alignment for Positive-Unlabeled Learning
207. ICLR 2026On the Alignment Between Supervised and Self-Supervised Contrastive Learning
208. ICLR 2026On the Wasserstein Geodesic Principal Component Analysis of probability measures
209. ICLR 2026Once-More: Continuous Self-Correction for Large Language Models via Perplexity-Guided Intervention
210. ICLR 2026One protein is all you need
211. ICLR 2026One-Shot Exemplars for Class Grounding in Self-Supervised Learning
212. ICLR 2026Optimizer Choice Matters For The Emergence of Neural Collapse
213. ICLR 2026OrthoRF: Exploring Orthogonality in Object-Centric Representations
214. ICLR 2026Out-of-Distribution Graph Models Merging
215. ICLR 2026Poly-attention: a general scheme for higher-order self-attention
216. ICLR 2026Pose Prior Learner: Unsupervised Categorical Prior Learning for Pose Estimation
217. ICLR 2026Pre-training LLM without Learning Rate Decay Enhances Supervised Fine-Tuning
218. ICLR 2026Pseudo-Non-Linear Data Augmentation: A Constrained Energy Minimization Viewpoint
219. ICLR 2026PU-BENCH: A UNIFIED BENCHMARK FOR RIGOROUS AND REPRODUCIBLE PU LEARNING
220. ICLR 2026Reconstruct Anything Model a lightweight foundation model for computational imaging
221. ICLR 2026Reducing Class-Wise Performance Disparity via Margin Regularization
222. ICLR 2026RESTRAIN: From Spurious Votes to Signals — Self-Training RL with Self-Penalization
223. ICLR 2026Resurfacing the Instance-only Dependent Label Noise Model through Loss Correction
224. ICLR 2026Rethinking Consistent Multi-Label Classification under Inexact Supervision
225. ICLR 2026Rethinking JEPA: Compute‑Efficient Video Self-Supervised Learning with Frozen Teachers
226. ICLR 2026Riemannian Optimization on Relaxed Indicator Matrix Manifold
227. ICLR 2026RigidSSL: Rigidity-based Geometric Pretraining for Protein Generation
228. ICLR 2026Robust Amortized Bayesian Inference with Self-Consistency Losses on Unlabeled Data
229. ICLR 2026Robustify Spiking Neural Networks via Dominant Singular Deflation under Heterogeneous Training Vulnerability
230. ICLR 2026S$^2$-Guidance: Stochastic Self-Guidance for Training-Free Enhancement of Diffusion Models
231. ICLR 2026Safety Instincts: LLMs Learn to Trust Their Internal Compass for Self-Defense
232. ICLR 2026SAIL: Self-Amplified Iterative Learning for Diffusion Model Alignment with Minimal Human Feedback
233. ICLR 2026Samples Are Not Equal: A Sample Selection Approach for Deep Clustering
234. ICLR 2026SCAD: Super-Class-Aware Debiasing for Long-Tailed Semi-Supervised Learning
235. ICLR 2026SeeDNorm: Self-Rescaled Dynamic Normalization
236. ICLR 2026Selective Rotary Position Embedding
237. ICLR 2026Self-Consistency Improves the Trustworthiness of Self-Interpretable GNNs
238. ICLR 2026Self-Destructive Language Models
239. ICLR 2026Self-Improving Skill Learning for Robust Skill-based Meta-Reinforcement Learning
240. ICLR 2026Self-Predictive Representations for Combinatorial Generalization in Behavioral Cloning
241. ICLR 2026Self-Speculative Masked Diffusions
242. ICLR 2026Self-Supervised Evolution Operator Learning for High-Dimensional Dynamical Systems
243. ICLR 2026Self-Supervised Learning from Structural Invariance
244. ICLR 2026Semantic Voting: A Self-Evaluation-Free Approach for Efficient LLM Self-Improvement on Unverifiable Open-ended Tasks
245. ICLR 2026Semi-Supervised Preference Optimization with Limited Feedback
246. ICLR 2026SigLIP-HD by Fine-to-Coarse Supervision
247. ICLR 2026SkillFactory: Self-Distillation for Learning Cognitive Behaviors
248. ICLR 2026SNAP-UQ: Self-supervised Next-Activation Prediction for Single-Pass Uncertainty in TinyML
249. ICLR 2026SNAPHARD CONTRAST LEARNING
250. ICLR 2026Soft Equivariance Regularization for Invariant Self-Supervised Learning

FAQ

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

1,958 in total: 455 in 2023, 472 in 2024, 497 in 2025, 534 in 2026.

How many Deep learning · self supervised learning papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 110 Deep learning · self supervised learning papers, versus 147 the year before.

How many Deep learning · self supervised learning papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 195 Deep learning · self supervised learning papers, versus 195 the year before.

How many Deep learning · self supervised learning papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 135 Deep learning · self supervised learning papers, versus 72 the year before.

How many Deep learning · self supervised learning papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 94 Deep learning · self supervised learning papers, versus 83 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most Deep learning · self supervised learning papers?

ICLR, with 693 papers from 2023 to 2026.