Nonconvex Optimization papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• Nonconvex Optimization went from 346 papers in 2023 to 757 in 2026, roughly 2.2x in three years.
• NeurIPS publishes the most Nonconvex Optimization work: 958 papers from 2023 to 2026, 41% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with Diffusion Models: papers tagged with both rose from 2 in 2023 to 44 in 2026.
• Among the 5 topics under Optimization and Scaling, it ranks #2 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Scaling Laws, is up 4.1x versus 2.2x here.

Representative papers

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• NeurIPS 2026$\gamma$-weakly $\theta$-up-concavity: A Unified Framework for Non-Convex Optimization Beyond DR-Submodular and OSS Functions
• ICML 2026$\texttt{MetaDistill}$: Unlocking the Performance Ceiling for Pretrained Optimizers
• ICLR 2026Behavioral Embeddings of Programs: A Quasi-Dynamic Approach for Optimization Prediction
• CVPR 2026Coverage Optimization for Camera View Selection
• NeurIPS 2025Beyond Random: Automatic Inner-loop Optimization in Dataset Distillation
• ICML 2025A Bregman Proximal Viewpoint on Neural Operators
• ICLR 2025A Truncated Newton Method for Optimal Transport
• CVPR 2025Balanced Rate-Distortion Optimization in Learned Image Compression
• NeurIPS 2024A survey and benchmark of high-dimensional Bayesian optimization of discrete sequences
• ICML 2024A Doubly Recursive Stochastic Compositional Gradient Descent Method for Federated Multi-Level Compositional Optimization
• ICLR 2024Bayesian Coreset Optimization for Personalized Federated Learning
• CVPR 2024FaceCom: Towards High-fidelity 3D Facial Shape Completion via Optimization and Inpainting Guidance
• NeurIPS 2023A Computation and Communication Efficient Method for Distributed Nonconvex Problems in the Partial Participation Setting
• ICML 2023A Distribution Optimization Framework for Confidence Bounds of Risk Measures
• ICLR 2023A view of mini-batch SGD via generating functions: conditions of convergence, phase transitions, benefit from negative momenta.
• CVPR 2023Attribute-Preserving Face Dataset Anonymization via Latent Code Optimization
• NeurIPS 2026A Doubly Smoothed Decentralized Stochastic Minimax Optimization Algorithm
• ICML 2026A Constrained Optimization Perspective of Unrolled Transformers
• ICLR 2026BEP: A Binary Error Propagation Algorithm for Binary Neural Networks Training
• CVPR 2026Fully Decentralized Certified Unlearning

All Nonconvex Optimization papers

2,330 papers, page 39 of 47

1901. NeurIPS 2024Provable Acceleration of Nesterov's Accelerated Gradient for Asymmetric Matrix Factorization and Linear Neural Networks
1902. NeurIPS 2024Provably Faster Algorithms for Bilevel Optimization via Without-Replacement Sampling
1903. NeurIPS 2024Public-data Assisted Private Stochastic Optimization: Power and Limitations
1904. NeurIPS 2024Quantitative Convergences of Lie Group Momentum Optimizers
1905. NeurIPS 2024Random Function Descent
1906. NeurIPS 2024Randomized Sparse Matrix Compression for Large-Scale Constrained Optimization in Cancer Radiotherapy
1907. NeurIPS 2024Recurrent neural networks: vanishing and exploding gradients are not the end of the story
1908. NeurIPS 2024ReEvo: Large Language Models as Hyper-Heuristics with Reflective Evolution
1909. NeurIPS 2024Regularized Q-Learning
1910. NeurIPS 2024Rejection via Learning Density Ratios
1911. NeurIPS 2024ReLIZO: Sample Reusable Linear Interpolation-based Zeroth-order Optimization
1912. NeurIPS 2024Remove that Square Root: A New Efficient Scale-Invariant Version of AdaGrad
1913. NeurIPS 2024Reshuffling Resampling Splits Can Improve Generalization of Hyperparameter Optimization
1914. NeurIPS 2024Resolving Discrepancies in Compute-Optimal Scaling of Language Models
1915. NeurIPS 2024Rethinking the Membrane Dynamics and Optimization Objectives of Spiking Neural Networks
1916. NeurIPS 2024Revive Re-weighting in Imbalanced Learning by Density Ratio Estimation
1917. NeurIPS 2024Robust Gaussian Processes via Relevance Pursuit
1918. NeurIPS 2024Robust Prompt Optimization for Defending Language Models Against Jailbreaking Attacks
1919. NeurIPS 2024S-SOS: Stochastic Sum-Of-Squares for Parametric Polynomial Optimization
1920. NeurIPS 2024Safe and Sparse Newton Method for Entropic-Regularized Optimal Transport
1921. NeurIPS 2024Sample-Efficient Geometry Reconstruction from Euclidean Distances using Non-Convex Optimization
1922. NeurIPS 2024Scalable Bayesian Optimization via Focalized Sparse Gaussian Processes
1923. NeurIPS 2024Scalable Kernel Inverse Optimization
1924. NeurIPS 2024Scalable Optimization in the Modular Norm
1925. NeurIPS 2024Second-order forward-mode optimization of recurrent neural networks for neuroscience
1926. NeurIPS 2024Semidefinite Relaxations of the Gromov-Wasserstein Distance
1927. NeurIPS 2024SequentialAttention++ for Block Sparsification: Differentiable Pruning Meets Combinatorial Optimization
1928. NeurIPS 2024Shadowheart SGD: Distributed Asynchronous SGD with Optimal Time Complexity Under Arbitrary Computation and Communication Heterogeneity
1929. NeurIPS 2024Sharpness-Aware Minimization Activates the Interactive Teaching's Understanding and Optimization
1930. NeurIPS 2024Sharpness-diversity tradeoff: improving flat ensembles with SharpBalance
1931. NeurIPS 2024Shuffling Gradient-Based Methods for Nonconvex-Concave Minimax Optimization
1932. NeurIPS 2024Single-Loop Stochastic Algorithms for Difference of Max-Structured Weakly Convex Functions
1933. NeurIPS 2024Sketching for Distributed Deep Learning: A Sharper Analysis
1934. NeurIPS 2024SkipPredict: When to Invest in Predictions for Scheduling
1935. NeurIPS 2024SLowcalSGD : Slow Query Points Improve Local-SGD for Stochastic Convex Optimization
1936. NeurIPS 2024SPARKLE: A Unified Single-Loop Primal-Dual Framework for Decentralized Bilevel Optimization
1937. NeurIPS 2024Stability and Generalization of Adversarial Training for Shallow Neural Networks with Smooth Activation
1938. NeurIPS 2024Stabilized Proximal-Point Methods for Federated Optimization
1939. NeurIPS 2024Statistical Estimation in the Spiked Tensor Model via the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm
1940. NeurIPS 2024Stochastic Extragradient with Flip-Flop Shuffling & Anchoring: Provable Improvements
1941. NeurIPS 2024Stochastic Newton Proximal Extragradient Method
1942. NeurIPS 2024Stochastic Optimization Algorithms for Instrumental Variable Regression with Streaming Data
1943. NeurIPS 2024Stochastic Optimization Schemes for Performative Prediction with Nonconvex Loss
1944. NeurIPS 2024Stochastic Zeroth-Order Optimization under Strongly Convexity and Lipschitz Hessian: Minimax Sample Complexity
1945. NeurIPS 2024Stopping Bayesian Optimization with Probabilistic Regret Bounds
1946. NeurIPS 2024Super Consistency of Neural Network Landscapes and Learning Rate Transfer
1947. NeurIPS 2024SymILO: A Symmetry-Aware Learning Framework for Integer Linear Optimization
1948. NeurIPS 2024Teach Better or Show Smarter? On Instructions and Exemplars in Automatic Prompt Optimization
1949. NeurIPS 2024The Challenges of the Nonlinear Regime for Physics-Informed Neural Networks
1950. NeurIPS 2024The Collusion of Memory and Nonlinearity in Stochastic Approximation With Constant Stepsize

FAQ

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

2,330 in total: 346 in 2023, 560 in 2024, 667 in 2025, 757 in 2026.

How many Nonconvex Optimization papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 250 Nonconvex Optimization papers, versus 279 the year before.

How many Nonconvex Optimization papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 178 Nonconvex Optimization papers, versus 177 the year before.

How many Nonconvex Optimization papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 286 Nonconvex Optimization papers, versus 192 the year before.

How many Nonconvex Optimization papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 43 Nonconvex Optimization papers, versus 19 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most Nonconvex Optimization papers?

NeurIPS, with 958 papers from 2023 to 2026.