Optical Computing papers, 2023–2026
Optical neural networks
Scope: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR, 2023–2026. 46 papers are tagged with this topic.
Key findings
- Optical Computing went from 13 papers in 2023 to 16 in 2026, roughly 1.2x in three years.
- CVPR publishes the most Optical Computing work: 24 papers from 2023 to 2026, 52% of the four-venue total.
- The fastest-growing overlap is with Neuromorphic Computing: papers tagged with both rose from 6 in 2023 to 6 in 2026.
- Among the 5 topics under Quantum and Exotic Computing, it ranks #3 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Neuromorphic Computing, is up 1.9x versus 1.2x here.
Papers per venue
Counts by year and venue
| Year | NeurIPS | ICLR | ICML | CVPR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
Representative papers
Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up
- NeurIPS 2026Algebraic Machine Learning: learning as computing subsets of the subdirect decomposition from Abstract Algebra
- ICML 2026Event2Vec: Processing neuromorphic events directly by representations in vector space
- ICLR 2026Otters: An Energy-Efficient Spiking Transformer via Optical Time-to-First-Spike Encoding
- CVPR 2026CoWTracker Tracking by Warping instead of Correlation
- NeurIPS 2025Optical Coherence Tomography Harmonization with Anatomy-Guided Latent Metric Schrödinger Bridges
- CVPR 2025Blood Flow Speed Estimation with Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Images
- NeurIPS 2024LibAMM: Empirical Insights into Approximate Computing for Accelerating Matrix Multiplication
- CVPR 2024DVMNet: Computing Relative Pose for Unseen Objects Beyond Hypotheses
- NeurIPS 2023Computing Approximate $\ell_p$ Sensitivities
- ICML 2023HarsanyiNet: Computing Accurate Shapley Values in a Single Forward Propagation
- ICLR 2023Computing all Optimal Partial Transports
- CVPR 2023AnyFlow: Arbitrary Scale Optical Flow With Implicit Neural Representation
- NeurIPS 2026Computing All Optimal Partial $p$-Wasserstein Matchings on the Line
- ICLR 2026Beyond Linear Processing: Dendritic Bilinear Integration in Spiking Neural Networks
- CVPR 2026FlowPalm Optical Flow Driven Non-Rigid Deformation for Geometrically Diverse Palmprint
- NeurIPS 2025The Parameterized Complexity of Computing the VC-Dimension
- CVPR 2025DPFlow: Adaptive Optical Flow Estimation with a Dual-Pyramid Framework
- NeurIPS 2024Physics-Constrained Comprehensive Optical Neural Networks
- CVPR 2024Dense Optical Tracking: Connecting the Dots
- NeurIPS 2023Continuous Parametric Optical Flow
All Optical Computing papers
24 papers, page 1 of 1
- CVPR 2026CoWTracker Tracking by Warping instead of Correlation
- CVPR 2026Flow4DGS-SLAM Optical Flow-Guided 4D Gaussian Splatting SLAM
- CVPR 2026FlowFM Advancing Dark Optical Flow Estimation with Flow Matching
- CVPR 2026FlowPalm Optical Flow Driven Non-Rigid Deformation for Geometrically Diverse Palmprint
- CVPR 2026From Contrast to Consistency Rethinking Event-based Continuous-Time Optical Flow Estimation
- CVPR 2026LAOF Robust Latent Action Learning with Optical Flow Constraints
- CVPR 2026Optical Diffraction-based Convolution for Semiconductor Lithography
- CVPR 2026Optical Flow Matching Reframing Optical Flow as Continuous Transport Dynamics
- CVPR 2026U2Flow Uncertainty-Aware Unsupervised Optical Flow Estimation
- CVPR 2025Blood Flow Speed Estimation with Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Images
- CVPR 2025DPFlow: Adaptive Optical Flow Estimation with a Dual-Pyramid Framework
- CVPR 2025EDCFlow: Exploring Temporally Dense Difference Maps for Event-based Optical Flow Estimation
- CVPR 2025Focal Split: Untethered Snapshot Depth from Differential Defocus
- CVPR 2025PTDiffusion: Free Lunch for Generating Optical Illusion Hidden Pictures with Phase-Transferred Diffusion Model
- CVPR 2024Dense Optical Tracking: Connecting the Dots
- CVPR 2024DVMNet: Computing Relative Pose for Unseen Objects Beyond Hypotheses
- CVPR 2024FlowDiffuser: Advancing Optical Flow Estimation with Diffusion Models
- CVPR 2024UnSAMFlow: Unsupervised Optical Flow Guided by Segment Anything Model
- CVPR 2023AnyFlow: Arbitrary Scale Optical Flow With Implicit Neural Representation
- CVPR 2023FlowFormer++: Masked Cost Volume Autoencoding for Pretraining Optical Flow Estimation
- CVPR 2023Learning Optical Expansion From Scale Matching
- CVPR 2023Nighttime Smartphone Reflective Flare Removal Using Optical Center Symmetry Prior
- CVPR 2023Rethinking Optical Flow From Geometric Matching Consistent Perspective
- CVPR 2023Tangentially Elongated Gaussian Belief Propagation for Event-Based Incremental Optical Flow Estimation
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FAQ
- How many Optical Computing papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?
- 46 in total: 13 in 2023, 7 in 2024, 10 in 2025, 16 in 2026.
- How many Optical Computing papers are at NeurIPS 2026?
- NeurIPS 2026 has 3 Optical Computing papers, versus 5 the year before.
- How many Optical Computing papers are at ICLR 2026?
- ICLR 2026 has 3 Optical Computing papers.
- How many Optical Computing papers are at ICML 2026?
- ICML 2026 has 1 Optical Computing papers.
- How many Optical Computing papers are at CVPR 2026?
- CVPR 2026 has 9 Optical Computing papers, versus 5 the year before.
- Which conference publishes the most Optical Computing papers?
- CVPR, with 24 papers from 2023 to 2026.