Theory · online learning papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• Theory · online learning went from 164 papers in 2023 to 190 in 2026, roughly 1.2x in three years.
• NeurIPS publishes the most Theory · online learning work: 427 papers from 2023 to 2026, 56% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with Simulation for Driving: papers tagged with both rose from 1 in 2023 to 12 in 2026.
• Among the 5 topics under Theory and Statistics, it ranks #3 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Theory · learning theory, is up 5.6x versus 1.2x here.

Representative papers

Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up

• NeurIPS 2026A Single-Sample Polylogarithmic Regret Bound for Nonstationary Online Linear Programming
• ICML 2026A Perturbation Approach to Unconstrained Linear Bandits
• ICLR 2026Rethinking Data Curation in LLM Training: Online Reweighting Offers Better Generalization than Offline Methods
• CVPR 2026An Optimal Transport-driven Approach for Cultivating Latent Space in Online
• NeurIPS 2025A Learning-Augmented Approach to Online Allocation Problems
• ICML 2025A Classification View on Meta Learning Bandits
• ICLR 2025Efficient Online Pruning and Abstraction for Imperfect Information Extensive-Form Games
• CVPR 2025InteractionMap: Improving Online Vectorized HDMap Construction with Interaction
• NeurIPS 2024A Best-of-both-worlds Algorithm for Bandits with Delayed Feedback with Robustness to Excessive Delays
• ICML 2024On Online Experimentation without Device Identifiers
• ICLR 2024Improved Regret Bounds for Non-Convex Online-Within-Online Meta Learning
• CVPR 2024Dual-Enhanced Coreset Selection with Class-wise Collaboration for Online Blurry Class Incremental Learning
• NeurIPS 2023$\varepsilon$-fractional core stability in Hedonic Games.
• ICML 2023Applied Online Algorithms with Heterogeneous Predictors
• ICLR 2023Hebbian Deep Learning Without Feedback
• CVPR 2023VisFusion: Visibility-Aware Online 3D Scene Reconstruction From Videos
• NeurIPS 2026A Theory of Adversary-Directed Online Learning
• ICML 2026A Two-Layer Framework for Joint Online Configuration Selection and Admission Control
• ICLR 2026A Statistical Learning Perspective on Semi-dual Adversarial Neural Optimal Transport Solvers
• CVPR 2026Dynamic Momentum Recalibration in Online Gradient Learning

All Theory · online learning papers

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51. ICML 2025Online Learning in Risk Sensitive constrained MDP
52. ICML 2025Online Learning in the Random-Order Model
53. ICML 2025Online Learning with Unknown Constraints
54. ICML 2025Online Linear Classification with Massart Noise
55. ICML 2025Online Pre-Training for Offline-to-Online Reinforcement Learning
56. ICML 2025Online Sparsification of Bipartite-Like Clusters in Graphs
57. ICML 2025Optimal Algorithm for Max-Min Fair Bandit
58. ICML 2025Pareto-Optimality, Smoothness, and Stochasticity in Learning-Augmented One-Max-Search
59. ICML 2025Partially Observable Reinforcement Learning with Memory Traces
60. ICML 2025Ranking with Multiple Oracles: From Weak to Strong Stochastic Transitivity
61. ICML 2025Revisiting Differentially Private Algorithms for Decentralized Online Learning
62. ICML 2025Revisiting the Predictability of Performative, Social Events
63. ICML 2025Reward-free World Models for Online Imitation Learning
64. ICML 2025Sample Complexity of Distributionally Robust Off-Dynamics Reinforcement Learning with Online Interaction
65. ICML 2025Should Decision-Makers Reveal Classifiers in Online Strategic Classification?
66. ICML 2025Sleeping Reinforcement Learning
67. ICML 2025Stealing That Free Lunch: Exposing the Limits of Dyna-Style Reinforcement Learning
68. ICML 2025Stochastic Online Conformal Prediction with Semi-Bandit Feedback
69. ICML 2025The Batch Complexity of Bandit Pure Exploration
70. ICML 2025The Harder Path: Last Iterate Convergence for Uncoupled Learning in Zero-Sum Games with Bandit Feedback
71. ICML 2025Tracking Most Significant Shifts in Infinite-Armed Bandits
72. ICML 2025Unlocking the Power of Rehearsal in Continual Learning: A Theoretical Perspective
73. ICML 2025Value-Based Deep RL Scales Predictably
74. ICML 2025Zero-Inflated Bandits

FAQ

How many Theory · online learning papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?

763 in total: 164 in 2023, 224 in 2024, 185 in 2025, 190 in 2026.

How many Theory · online learning papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 68 Theory · online learning papers, versus 89 the year before.

How many Theory · online learning papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 27 Theory · online learning papers, versus 18 the year before.

How many Theory · online learning papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 86 Theory · online learning papers, versus 74 the year before.

How many Theory · online learning papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 9 Theory · online learning papers, versus 4 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most Theory · online learning papers?

NeurIPS, with 427 papers from 2023 to 2026.