Theory · online learning papers, 2023–2026
Theory area: online_learning
Scope: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR, 2023–2026. 763 papers are tagged with this topic.
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.
Papers per venue
Counts by year and venue
| Year | NeurIPS | ICLR | ICML | CVPR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 101 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 164 |
| 2024 | 169 | 13 | 34 | 8 | 224 |
| 2025 | 89 | 18 | 74 | 4 | 185 |
| 2026 | 68 | 27 | 86 | 9 | 190 |
Representative papers
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- 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
763 papers, page 9 of 16
- ICML 2024Convergence of Online Learning Algorithm for a Mixture of Multiple Linear Regressions
- ICML 2024Discounted Adaptive Online Learning: Towards Better Regularization
- ICML 2024Efficient Online Set-valued Classification with Bandit Feedback
- ICML 2024Layerwise Proximal Replay: A Proximal Point Method for Online Continual Learning
- ICML 2024Learning to Stabilize Online Reinforcement Learning in Unbounded State Spaces
- ICML 2024MAGNOLIA: Matching Algorithms via GNNs for Online Value-to-go Approximation
- ICML 2024Nash Incentive-compatible Online Mechanism Learning via Weakly Differentially Private Online Learning
- ICML 2024NDOT: Neuronal Dynamics-based Online Training for Spiking Neural Networks
- ICML 2024Non-parametric Online Change Point Detection on Riemannian Manifolds
- ICML 2024OLLIE: Imitation Learning from Offline Pretraining to Online Finetuning
- ICML 2024On Online Experimentation without Device Identifiers
- ICML 2024Online Adaptive Anomaly Thresholding with Confidence Sequences
- ICML 2024Online Algorithms with Uncertainty-Quantified Predictions
- ICML 2024Online bipartite matching with imperfect advice
- ICML 2024Online Cascade Learning for Efficient Inference over Streams
- ICML 2024Online conformal prediction with decaying step sizes
- ICML 2024Online Isolation Forest
- ICML 2024Online Learning in Betting Markets: Profit versus Prediction
- ICML 2024Online Learning with Bounded Recall
- ICML 2024Online Linear Regression in Dynamic Environments via Discounting
- ICML 2024Online Matching with Stochastic Rewards: Provable Better Bound via Adversarial Reinforcement Learning
- ICML 2024Online Matrix Completion: A Collaborative Approach with Hott Items
- ICML 2024Online Resource Allocation with Non-Stationary Customers
- ICML 2024Online Speculative Decoding
- ICML 2024Online Variational Sequential Monte Carlo
- ICML 2024Position: Machine Learning-powered Assessments of the EU Digital Services Act Aid Quantify Policy Impacts on Online Harms
- ICML 2024Predictive Linear Online Tracking for Unknown Targets
- ICML 2024Rethinking Momentum Knowledge Distillation in Online Continual Learning
- ICML 2024Scalable Online Exploration via Coverability
- ICML 2024Understanding Adam Optimizer via Online Learning of Updates: Adam is FTRL in Disguise
- NeurIPS 2024A Best-of-both-worlds Algorithm for Bandits with Delayed Feedback with Robustness to Excessive Delays
- NeurIPS 2024A Near-optimal Algorithm for Learning Margin Halfspaces with Massart Noise
- NeurIPS 2024A Simple and Adaptive Learning Rate for FTRL in Online Learning with Minimax Regret of $\Theta(T^{2/3})$ and its Application to Best-of-Both-Worlds
- NeurIPS 2024A Simple and Optimal Approach for Universal Online Learning with Gradient Variations
- NeurIPS 2024A Theory of Optimistically Universal Online Learnability for General Concept Classes
- NeurIPS 2024A Unified Confidence Sequence for Generalized Linear Models, with Applications to Bandits
- NeurIPS 2024Accelerated Regularized Learning in Finite N-Person Games
- NeurIPS 2024Achieving $\tilde{O}(1/\epsilon)$ Sample Complexity for Constrained Markov Decision Process
- NeurIPS 2024Adaptive Experimentation When You Can't Experiment
- NeurIPS 2024Adaptive Passive-Aggressive Framework for Online Regression with Side Information
- NeurIPS 2024Adaptive Sampling for Efficient Softmax Approximation
- NeurIPS 2024Addressing Bias in Online Selection with Limited Budget of Comparisons
- NeurIPS 2024Almost Free: Self-concordance in Natural Exponential Families and an Application to Bandits
- NeurIPS 2024Almost Minimax Optimal Best Arm Identification in Piecewise Stationary Linear Bandits
- NeurIPS 2024An Adaptive Approach for Infinitely Many-armed Bandits under Generalized Rotting Constraints
- NeurIPS 2024An engine not a camera: Measuring performative power of online search
- NeurIPS 2024An Equivalence Between Static and Dynamic Regret Minimization
- NeurIPS 2024Bandit-Feedback Online Multiclass Classification: Variants and Tradeoffs
- NeurIPS 2024Bandits with Abstention under Expert Advice
- NeurIPS 2024Bandits with Preference Feedback: A Stackelberg Game Perspective
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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.