Image Generation papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• Image Generation went from 780 papers in 2023 to 1,721 in 2026, roughly 2.2x in three years.
• CVPR publishes the most Image Generation work: 2,262 papers from 2023 to 2026, 44% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with Deep learning · generative models and autoencoders: papers tagged with both rose from 35 in 2023 to 150 in 2026.
• Among the 5 topics under Computer Vision, it ranks #1 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Video Understanding, is up 2.6x versus 2.2x here.

Representative papers

Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up

• NeurIPS 2026$\texttt{bispectrum}$: Selective $G$-Bispectra Made Practical
• ICML 2026Klein Hyperbolic Metric Learning
• ICLR 2026A Bayesian Nonparametric Framework for Private, Fair, and Balanced Tabular Data Synthesis
• CVPR 2026Adaptive Learned Image Compression with Graph Neural Networks
• NeurIPS 2025Alchemist: Turning Public Text-to-Image Data into Generative Gold
• ICML 2025BiMark: Unbiased Multilayer Watermarking for Large Language Models
• ICLR 2025Accelerating Auto-regressive Text-to-Image Generation with Training-free Speculative Jacobi Decoding
• CVPR 2025A Polarization-Aided Transformer for Image Deblurring via Motion Vector Decomposition
• NeurIPS 2024Einsum Benchmark: Enabling the Development of Next-Generation Tensor Execution Engines
• ICML 2024Adaptive Feature Selection for No-Reference Image Quality Assessment by Mitigating Semantic Noise Sensitivity
• ICLR 2024AutomaTikZ: Text-Guided Synthesis of Scientific Vector Graphics with TikZ
• CVPR 2024DemoCaricature: Democratising Caricature Generation with a Rough Sketch
• NeurIPS 20234D Panoptic Scene Graph Generation
• ICML 2023Architecture-Agnostic Masked Image Modeling -- From ViT back to CNN
• ICLR 2023Accurate Image Restoration with Attention Retractable Transformer
• CVPR 20233D GAN Inversion With Facial Symmetry Prior
• NeurIPS 2026A Theory of Time-Sensitive Language Generation: Sparse Hallucination Beats Mode Collapse
• ICML 2026Noisy-Channel Minimum Bayes Risk Decoding
• ICLR 2026All Patches Matter, More Patches Better: Enhance AI-Generated Image Detection via Panoptic Patch Learning
• CVPR 2026AIMDepth Asymmetric Image-Event Mamba for Monocular Depth Estimation

All Image Generation papers

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51. ICML 2026Dual Optimal Transport for Multi-Concept Composition: Structural Alignment and Texture Injection in Diffusion Models
52. ICML 2026Dual-View Predictive Diffusion: Lightweight Speech Enhancement via Spectrogram-Image Synergy
53. ICML 2026DyPE: Dynamic Position Extrapolation for Ultra High Resolution Diffusion
54. ICML 2026ECA: Efficient Continual Alignment for Open-Ended Image-to-Text Generation
55. ICML 2026Efficient Generative Modeling beyond Memoryless Diffusion via Adjoint Schrödinger Bridge Matching
56. ICML 2026Efficient Learned Image Compression without Entropy Coding
57. ICML 2026Embedding Trust: Semantic Isotropy Predicts Nonfactuality in Long-Form Text Generation
58. ICML 2026End-to-End Autoregressive Image Generation with 1D Semantic Tokenizer
59. ICML 2026Enhancing Train-Free Infinite-Frame Generation for Consistent Long Videos
60. ICML 2026Entropy-Aware Dynamic KV Cache Sparsification for Autoregressive Image Generation and Editing
61. ICML 2026Envisioning Beyond the Few: Disentangled Semantics and Primitives for Few-Shot Atypical Layout-to-Image Generation
62. ICML 2026Escaping Mode Collapse in LLM Generation via Geometric Regulation
63. ICML 2026Expandable, Compressible, Mineable: Open-World Thermal Infrared Image Restoration
64. ICML 2026Expert-level Leaf Cell Layout Generation via Preference-Optimized LLM
65. ICML 2026Exploring More to Solve More: Boosting Diversity in Text Diffusion Models via Entropy-Based Guidance
66. ICML 2026Exposing Hidden Biases in Text-to-Image Models via Automated Prompt Search
67. ICML 2026FG-CLIP 2: A Bilingual Fine-grained Vision-Language Alignment Model
68. ICML 2026Finding DoRI: Discovery of Retained Images in Diffusion Models
69. ICML 2026FormAct: Agentic Source Editing for Rich-Format Document Generation
70. ICML 2026FreeText: Training-Free Text Rendering via Attention Localization and Spectral Glyph Injection
71. ICML 2026FunPhase: A Periodic Functional Autoencoder for Motion Generation via Phase Manifolds
72. ICML 2026GADA: Geometry-Aware Deformable Aggregation for Image-Based Gaussian Splatting
73. ICML 2026GASS: Geometry-Aware Spherical Sampling for Disentangled Diversity Enhancement in Text-to-Image Generation
74. ICML 2026Generation Enhances Understanding in Unified Multimodal Models via Multi-Representation Generation
75. ICML 2026GenExam: A Multidisciplinary Text-to-Image Exam
76. ICML 2026GeoLoom: High-quality Geometric Diagram Generation from Textual Input
77. ICML 2026Geometrically Constrained Stenosis Editing in Coronary Angiography via Entropic Optimal Transport
78. ICML 2026Geometry-Aware Image Flow Matching
79. ICML 2026GIFT: Bootstrapping Image-to-CAD Program Synthesis via Geometric Feedback
80. ICML 2026Gradient Preconditioning for Efficient and Reliable Reward-Guided Generation
81. ICML 2026Hard-Constrained Graph Generation with Discrete-Projection Diffusion
82. ICML 2026HIVE-3D: Hierarchical Voxel Enhancement for High-Quality 3D Scene Generation
83. ICML 2026How to Guide Your Flow: Few-Step Alignment via Flow Map Reward Guidance
84. ICML 2026Hyper-ICL: Attention Calibration with Hyperbolic Anchor Distillation for Multimodal In-Context Learning
85. ICML 2026HypoSpace: A Diagnostic Benchmark for Set-Valued Hypothesis Generation under Underdetermination and Sublinear Coverage Bounds
86. ICML 2026Image Restoration via Diffusion Models with Dynamic Resolution
87. ICML 2026Image-to-Brain Signal Generation for Visual Prosthesis with CLIP Guided Multimodal Diffusion Models
88. ICML 2026In-Context Generation with Regional Constraints for Instructional Video Editing
89. ICML 2026InertialAR: Autoregressive 3D Molecule Generation with Inertial Frames
90. ICML 2026Inference-time optimization for experiment-grounded protein ensemble generation
91. ICML 2026InteractScience: Programmatic and Visually-Grounded Evaluation of Interactive Scientific Demonstration Code Generation
92. ICML 2026IQA-Spider: Unifying Multi-Granularity Image Quality Assessment with Reasoning, Grounding and Referring
93. ICML 2026It's TIME: Towards the Next Generation of Time Series Forecasting Benchmarks
94. ICML 2026KIStego: Key-Independent Secure Image Distribution via Bipartite Structural Invariants
95. ICML 2026Klein Hyperbolic Metric Learning
96. ICML 2026Krause Synchronization Transformers
97. ICML 2026LabBuilder: Protocol-Grounded 3D Layout Generation for Interactable and Safe Laboratory
98. ICML 2026Language Generation with Feedback: Queries and Mistakes
99. ICML 2026Language Generation with Replay: A Learning-Theoretic View of Model Collapse
100. ICML 2026Latent Forcing: Reordering the Diffusion Trajectory for Pixel-Space Image Generation

FAQ

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

5,184 in total: 780 in 2023, 1,216 in 2024, 1,467 in 2025, 1,721 in 2026.

How many Image Generation papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 453 Image Generation papers, versus 430 the year before.

How many Image Generation papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 349 Image Generation papers, versus 278 the year before.

How many Image Generation papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 230 Image Generation papers, versus 147 the year before.

How many Image Generation papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 689 Image Generation papers, versus 612 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most Image Generation papers?

CVPR, with 2,262 papers from 2023 to 2026.