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

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251. ICML 2024Rate-Optimal Policy Optimization for Linear Markov Decision Processes
252. ICML 2024Realistic Unsupervised CLIP Fine-tuning with Universal Entropy Optimization
253. ICML 2024Refined Coreset Selection: Towards Minimal Coreset Size under Model Performance Constraints
254. ICML 2024Reflective Policy Optimization
255. ICML 2024Rethinking Optimization and Architecture for Tiny Language Models
256. ICML 2024Revisiting Zeroth-Order Optimization for Memory-Efficient LLM Fine-Tuning: A Benchmark
257. ICML 2024Reward Model Learning vs. Direct Policy Optimization: A Comparative Analysis of Learning from Human Preferences
258. ICML 2024Risk-Sensitive Policy Optimization via Predictive CVaR Policy Gradient
259. ICML 2024Robust Data-driven Prescriptiveness Optimization
260. ICML 2024Robust Optimization in Protein Fitness Landscapes Using Reinforcement Learning in Latent Space
261. ICML 2024Robustly Learning Single-Index Models via Alignment Sharpness
262. ICML 2024Sample Average Approximation for Conditional Stochastic Optimization with Dependent Data
263. ICML 2024Sarah Frank-Wolfe: Methods for Constrained Optimization with Best Rates and Practical Features
264. ICML 2024Simplicity Bias via Global Convergence of Sharpness Minimization
265. ICML 2024Skill Set Optimization: Reinforcing Language Model Behavior via Transferable Skills
266. ICML 2024Small-loss Adaptive Regret for Online Convex Optimization
267. ICML 2024Smooth Tchebycheff Scalarization for Multi-Objective Optimization
268. ICML 2024Smoothing Proximal Gradient Methods for Nonsmooth Sparsity Constrained Optimization: Optimality Conditions and Global Convergence
269. ICML 2024SPABA: A Single-Loop and Probabilistic Stochastic Bilevel Algorithm Achieving Optimal Sample Complexity
270. ICML 2024Stochastic Optimization with Arbitrary Recurrent Data Sampling
271. ICML 2024Stochastic Weakly Convex Optimization beyond Lipschitz Continuity
272. ICML 2024Symmetric Matrix Completion with ReLU Sampling
273. ICML 2024Symmetric Replay Training: Enhancing Sample Efficiency in Deep Reinforcement Learning for Combinatorial Optimization
274. ICML 2024Tackling Prevalent Conditions in Unsupervised Combinatorial Optimization: Cardinality, Minimum, Covering, and More
275. ICML 2024Token-level Direct Preference Optimization
276. ICML 2024Towards Efficient Exact Optimization of Language Model Alignment
277. ICML 2024Transformers Learn Nonlinear Features In Context: Nonconvex Mean-field Dynamics on the Attention Landscape
278. ICML 2024Tuning-Free Stochastic Optimization
279. ICML 2024Two Fists, One Heart: Multi-Objective Optimization Based Strategy Fusion for Long-tailed Learning
280. ICML 2024Two-timescale Derivative Free Optimization for Performative Prediction with Markovian Data
281. ICML 2024Universal Gradient Methods for Stochastic Convex Optimization
282. ICML 2024Use Your INSTINCT: INSTruction optimization for LLMs usIng Neural bandits Coupled with Transformers
283. ICML 2024Vanilla Bayesian Optimization Performs Great in High Dimensions
284. ICML 2024Verifying message-passing neural networks via topology-based bounds tightening
285. ICML 2024Zeroth-Order Methods for Constrained Nonconvex Nonsmooth Stochastic Optimization
286. NeurIPS 2024$\beta$-DPO: Direct Preference Optimization with Dynamic $\beta$
287. NeurIPS 2024A Framework for Bilevel Optimization on Riemannian Manifolds
288. NeurIPS 2024A Globally Optimal Portfolio for m-Sparse Sharpe Ratio Maximization
289. NeurIPS 2024A Layer-Wise Natural Gradient Optimizer for Training Deep Neural Networks
290. NeurIPS 2024A Primal-Dual-Assisted Penalty Approach to Bilevel Optimization with Coupled Constraints
291. NeurIPS 2024A Single-Step, Sharpness-Aware Minimization is All You Need to Achieve Efficient and Accurate Sparse Training
292. NeurIPS 2024A survey and benchmark of high-dimensional Bayesian optimization of discrete sequences
293. NeurIPS 2024Accelerating Matroid Optimization through Fast Imprecise Oracles
294. NeurIPS 2024Acceleration Exists! Optimization Problems When Oracle Can Only Compare Objective Function Values
295. NeurIPS 2024Achieving Linear Convergence with Parameter-Free Algorithms in Decentralized Optimization
296. NeurIPS 2024Achieving Near-Optimal Convergence for Distributed Minimax Optimization with Adaptive Stepsizes
297. NeurIPS 2024Active Set Ordering
298. NeurIPS 2024Adam with model exponential moving average is effective for nonconvex optimization
299. NeurIPS 2024Adaptive and Optimal Second-order Optimistic Methods for Minimax Optimization
300. NeurIPS 2024Adaptive Proximal Gradient Method for Convex Optimization

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.