External Memory papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• External Memory went from 21 papers in 2023 to 56 in 2026, roughly 2.7x in three years.
• NeurIPS publishes the most External Memory work: 46 papers from 2023 to 2026, 35% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with AI Agents: papers tagged with both rose from 0 in 2023 to 9 in 2026.
• Among the 5 topics under Long Context and Memory, it ranks #5 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Retrieval Memory, is up 6.6x versus 2.7x here.

Representative papers

Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up

• NeurIPS 2026Efficient Memory Crystallization for Graph Learning under Non-Stationary Distribution Shifts
• ICML 2026A Queueing-Theoretic Framework for Stability Analysis of LLM Inference with KV Cache Memory Constraints
• ICLR 2026Pre-training Limited Memory Language Models with Internal and External Knowledge
• CVPR 2026Spatial-SAM Spatially Consistent 3D Electron Microscopy Segmentation with SDF Memory
• NeurIPS 2025Future Link Prediction Without Memory or Aggregation
• ICML 2025Agent Workflow Memory
• ICLR 2025BitStack: Any-Size Compression of Large Language Models in Variable Memory Environments
• CVPR 2025Breaking the Memory Barrier of Contrastive Loss via Tile-Based Strategy
• NeurIPS 2024Pipeline Parallelism with Controllable Memory
• ICML 2024Graph External Attention Enhanced Transformer
• ICLR 2024The Cost of Scaling Down Large Language Models: Reducing Model Size Affects Memory before In-context Learning
• CVPR 2024RTracker: Recoverable Tracking via PN Tree Structured Memory
• NeurIPS 2023Transformer as a hippocampal memory consolidation model based on NMDAR-inspired nonlinearity
• ICML 2023Memory-Based Meta-Learning on Non-Stationary Distributions
• ICLR 2023Mass-Editing Memory in a Transformer
• CVPR 2023Bilateral Memory Consolidation for Continual Learning
• NeurIPS 2026Memory Grafting: Scaling Language Model Pre-training via Offline Conditional Memory
• ICML 2026Generalized Linear Bandits with Memory
• ICLR 2026QKV Projections Require a Fraction of Their Memory
• CVPR 2026Captain Safari A World Engine with Pose-Aligned 3D Memory

All External Memory papers

28 papers, page 1 of 1

1. ICML 2026A Queueing-Theoretic Framework for Stability Analysis of LLM Inference with KV Cache Memory Constraints
2. ICML 2026Beyond External Monitors: Enhancing Transparency of Large Language Models for Easier Monitoring
3. ICML 2026E2Former-V2: On-the-Fly Equivariant Attention with Linear Activation Memory
4. ICML 2026Generalized Linear Bandits with Memory
5. ICML 2026Hyperbolic Associative Memory Networks
6. ICML 2026Investigating Memory in Model-Free RL with POPGym Arcade
7. ICML 2026LoKiFormer: Locality-aware Attention with Decoupled Knowledge Memory for Efficient Large Language Model Pretraining
8. ICML 2026Memory Caching: RNNs with Growing Memory
9. ICML 2026Memory Savings at What Cost? A Study of Alternatives to Backpropagation
10. ICML 2026Neuromem: A Granular Decomposition of the Streaming Lifecycle in External Memory for LLMs
11. ICML 2026ParamMem: Augmenting Language Agents with Parametric Reflective Memory
12. ICML 2026Revisiting the Bertrand Paradox via Equilibrium Analysis of No-regret Learners
13. ICML 2026Textual Stochastic Gradient Descent: Discrete Optimization of External Memory for Reasoning Language Agents
14. ICML 2025Agent Workflow Memory
15. ICML 2025Deep Unsupervised Hashing via External Guidance
16. ICML 2025Dynamical phases of short-term memory mechanisms in RNNs
17. ICML 2024GaLore: Memory-Efficient LLM Training by Gradient Low-Rank Projection
18. ICML 2024Graph External Attention Enhanced Transformer
19. ICML 2024Hidden Traveling Waves bind Working Memory Variables in Recurrent Neural Networks
20. ICML 2024Image Clustering with External Guidance
21. ICML 2024Larimar: Large Language Models with Episodic Memory Control
22. ICML 2024Memoria: Resolving Fateful Forgetting Problem through Human-Inspired Memory Architecture
23. ICML 2024StableSSM: Alleviating the Curse of Memory in State-space Models through Stable Reparameterization
24. ICML 2024Structured Inverse-Free Natural Gradient Descent: Memory-Efficient & Numerically-Stable KFAC
25. ICML 2024Think Before You Act: Decision Transformers with Working Memory
26. ICML 2024Towards Interpretable Deep Local Learning with Successive Gradient Reconciliation
27. ICML 2023Few-bit Backward: Quantized Gradients of Activation Functions for Memory Footprint Reduction
28. ICML 2023Memory-Based Meta-Learning on Non-Stationary Distributions

FAQ

How many External Memory papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?

130 in total: 21 in 2023, 25 in 2024, 28 in 2025, 56 in 2026.

How many External Memory papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 26 External Memory papers, versus 12 the year before.

How many External Memory papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 13 External Memory papers, versus 10 the year before.

How many External Memory papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 13 External Memory papers, versus 3 the year before.

How many External Memory papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 4 External Memory papers, versus 3 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most External Memory papers?

NeurIPS, with 46 papers from 2023 to 2026.