How the topics of accepted papers at NeurIPS 2023–2026 and ICLR 2024–2026 shifted, from large language models and agents down to agent memory, harnesses and self-improvement. The second tab has every NeurIPS 2026 paper in one sentence.
Accepted papers only. ICLR 2027 joins once its decisions are out on Dec 16, 2026. Tags and summaries were written by Claude from each title and abstract, so read the paper before citing it.
Accepted papers tagged—across 7 conferences
LLM papers at NeurIPS—2023 → 2026
Agent papers at NeurIPS—2023 → 2026
Fastest-growing sub-topic—NeurIPS 2023 → 2026
Topic trends, 2023–2026
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Each point is one conference, placed at the month it was held. Sub-topics sit under their parent domain: switch to Within parent to see, for example, what share of agent papers are about memory.
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Which topics grew fastest
Share of accepted papers in the first and latest edition of each conference, and the ratio between them, sorted by growth at NeurIPS. Topics with fewer than 10 papers in the first edition get no ratio.
Rising phrases
Two- and three-word phrases whose share of 2026 papers grew most over 2025. The sparkline runs from 2023 to 2026.
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Do hot topics get orals and spotlights?
Each cell compares a topic's oral-plus-spotlight rate with the rate across all papers at that conference. Above 1× means the topic is picked more often than average.
Research areas over time
Every paper has one primary area, so each column adds up to 100%.
NeurIPS 2026, one sentence per paper
Every accepted paper with its summary and topic tags. Pick topics to narrow the list.