Federated Learning papers, 2023–2026
Cross-device federated learning
Scope: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR, 2023–2026. 460 papers are tagged with this topic.
Key findings
- Federated Learning fell from 137 papers in 2023 to 119 in 2026, so interest is cooling.
- NeurIPS publishes the most Federated Learning work: 157 papers from 2023 to 2026, 34% of the four-venue total.
- The fastest-growing overlap is with Low-Rank Adaptation: papers tagged with both rose from 0 in 2023 to 12 in 2026.
- Among the 5 topics under Federated and Privacy, it ranks #2 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Secure Aggregation, is up 1.8x versus 0.9x here.
Papers per venue
Counts by year and venue
| Year | NeurIPS | ICLR | ICML | CVPR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 54 | 29 | 34 | 20 | 137 |
| 2024 | 30 | 23 | 40 | 20 | 113 |
| 2025 | 31 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 91 |
| 2026 | 42 | 19 | 37 | 21 | 119 |
Representative papers
Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up
- NeurIPS 2026A typed tensor language for federated learning
- ICML 2026BESplit: Bias-Compensated Split Federated Learning with Evidential Aggregation
- ICLR 2026Beyond Aggregation: Guiding Clients in Heterogeneous Federated Learning
- CVPR 2026FedRG Unleashing the Representation Geometry for Federated Learning with Noisy
- NeurIPS 2025Class-wise Balancing Data Replay for Federated Class-Incremental Learning
- ICML 2025Causality Inspired Federated Learning for OOD Generalization
- ICLR 2025Adaptive Gradient Clipping for Robust Federated Learning
- CVPR 2025FedCS: Coreset Selection for Federated Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Local Superior Soups: A Catalyst for Model Merging in Cross-Silo Federated Learning
- ICML 2024Achieving Lossless Gradient Sparsification via Mapping to Alternative Space in Federated Learning
- ICLR 2024FedTrans: Client-Transparent Utility Estimation for Robust Federated Learning
- CVPR 2024Decentralized Directed Collaboration for Personalized Federated Learning
- NeurIPS 2023DELTA: Diverse Client Sampling for Fasting Federated Learning
- ICML 2023Achieving Linear Speedup in Non-IID Federated Bilevel Learning
- ICLR 2023Combating Exacerbated Heterogeneity for Robust Models in Federated Learning
- CVPR 2023Federated Domain Generalization With Generalization Adjustment
- NeurIPS 2026Consistency-Verified Backdoor Defense for Federated Graph Learning via Cross-Layer Drift
- ICML 2026Breaking the Capacity Bottleneck in Model-Heterogeneous Federated Learning via Gradual Model Restoration
- ICLR 2026DeepAFL: Deep Analytic Federated Learning
- CVPR 2026FedSST Rethinking Fair Federated Graph Learning under Structural Shift
All Federated Learning papers
30 papers, page 1 of 1
- NeurIPS 2024A Bayesian Approach for Personalized Federated Learning in Heterogeneous Settings
- NeurIPS 2024A-FedPD: Aligning Dual-Drift is All Federated Primal-Dual Learning Needs
- NeurIPS 2024Bridging Gaps: Federated Multi-View Clustering in Heterogeneous Hybrid Views
- NeurIPS 2024Confusion-Resistant Federated Learning via Diffusion-Based Data Harmonization on Non-IID Data
- NeurIPS 2024DataStealing: Steal Data from Diffusion Models in Federated Learning with Multiple Trojans
- NeurIPS 2024Does Egalitarian Fairness Lead to Instability? The Fairness Bounds in Stable Federated Learning Under Altruistic Behaviors
- NeurIPS 2024FACT or Fiction: Can Truthful Mechanisms Eliminate Federated Free Riding?
- NeurIPS 2024FedAvP: Augment Local Data via Shared Policy in Federated Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Federated Behavioural Planes: Explaining the Evolution of Client Behaviour in Federated Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Federated Ensemble-Directed Offline Reinforcement Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Federated Graph Learning for Cross-Domain Recommendation
- NeurIPS 2024Federated Learning over Connected Modes
- NeurIPS 2024Federated Learning under Periodic Client Participation and Heterogeneous Data: A New Communication-Efficient Algorithm and Analysis
- NeurIPS 2024Federated Model Heterogeneous Matryoshka Representation Learning
- NeurIPS 2024FedGTST: Boosting Global Transferability of Federated Models via Statistics Tuning
- NeurIPS 2024FedLPA: One-shot Federated Learning with Layer-Wise Posterior Aggregation
- NeurIPS 2024Ferrari: Federated Feature Unlearning via Optimizing Feature Sensitivity
- NeurIPS 2024FuseFL: One-Shot Federated Learning through the Lens of Causality with Progressive Model Fusion
- NeurIPS 2024Hierarchical Federated Learning with Multi-Timescale Gradient Correction
- NeurIPS 2024Local Superior Soups: A Catalyst for Model Merging in Cross-Silo Federated Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Nonconvex Federated Learning on Compact Smooth Submanifolds With Heterogeneous Data
- NeurIPS 2024Parameter Disparities Dissection for Backdoor Defense in Heterogeneous Federated Learning
- NeurIPS 2024pFedClub: Controllable Heterogeneous Model Aggregation for Personalized Federated Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Revisiting Ensembling in One-Shot Federated Learning
- NeurIPS 2024SPEAR: Exact Gradient Inversion of Batches in Federated Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Taming Cross-Domain Representation Variance in Federated Prototype Learning with Heterogeneous Data Domains
- NeurIPS 2024The Power of Extrapolation in Federated Learning
- NeurIPS 2024The Sample-Communication Complexity Trade-off in Federated Q-Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Towards Diverse Device Heterogeneous Federated Learning via Task Arithmetic Knowledge Integration
- NeurIPS 2024Why Go Full? Elevating Federated Learning Through Partial Network Updates
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FAQ
- How many Federated Learning papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?
- 460 in total: 137 in 2023, 113 in 2024, 91 in 2025, 119 in 2026.
- How many Federated Learning papers are at NeurIPS 2026?
- NeurIPS 2026 has 42 Federated Learning papers, versus 31 the year before.
- How many Federated Learning papers are at ICLR 2026?
- ICLR 2026 has 19 Federated Learning papers, versus 18 the year before.
- How many Federated Learning papers are at ICML 2026?
- ICML 2026 has 37 Federated Learning papers, versus 23 the year before.
- How many Federated Learning papers are at CVPR 2026?
- CVPR 2026 has 21 Federated Learning papers, versus 19 the year before.
- Which conference publishes the most Federated Learning papers?
- NeurIPS, with 157 papers from 2023 to 2026.