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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1. ICLR 2025Almost Optimal Batch-Regret Tradeoff for Batch Linear Contextual Bandits
2. ICLR 2025An Online Learning Theory of Trading-Volume Maximization
3. ICLR 2025Demystifying Online Clustering of Bandits: Enhanced Exploration Under Stochastic and Smoothed Adversarial Contexts
4. ICLR 2025DOPL: Direct Online Preference Learning for Restless Bandits with Preference Feedback
5. ICLR 2025Efficient Online Pruning and Abstraction for Imperfect Information Extensive-Form Games
6. ICLR 2025Event-Driven Online Vertical Federated Learning
7. ICLR 2025Feature-Based Online Bilateral Trade
8. ICLR 2025Hessian-Free Online Certified Unlearning
9. ICLR 2025Longhorn: State Space Models are Amortized Online Learners
10. ICLR 2025Minimalistic Predictions for Online Class Constraint Scheduling
11. ICLR 2025On Bits and Bandits: Quantifying the Regret-Information Trade-off
12. ICLR 2025Online Clustering with Nearly Optimal Consistency
13. ICLR 2025ONLINE EPSILON NET & PIERCING SET FOR GEOMETRIC CONCEPTS
14. ICLR 2025Online Reinforcement Learning in Non-Stationary Context-Driven Environments
15. ICLR 2025Optimal Protocols for Continual Learning via Statistical Physics and Control Theory
16. ICLR 2025Policy Decorator: Model-Agnostic Online Refinement for Large Policy Model
17. ICLR 2025Satisficing Regret Minimization in Bandits
18. ICLR 2025Simplifying Deep Temporal Difference Learning

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.