% Key papers for Backprop-free credit assignment (scime atlas, https://atlas.scime.ai). Authors are not included: add them from the paper pages.

@inproceedings{neurips2016_direct_55683,
  title = {{Direct Feedback Alignment Provides Learning in Deep Neural Networks}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2016},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2016/poster/7100},
}

@inproceedings{cvpr2017_feedback_12271,
  title = {{Feedback Networks}},
  booktitle = {IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
  year = {2017},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2018_assessing_56876,
  title = {{Assessing the Scalability of Biologically-Motivated Deep Learning Algorithms and Architectures}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2018},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2018/poster/11892},
}

@inproceedings{cvpr2016_bottom_11419,
  title = {{Bottom-Up and Top-Down Reasoning With Hierarchical Rectified Gaussians}},
  booktitle = {IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
  year = {2016},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2016_how_105107,
  title = {{How Important Is Weight Symmetry in Backpropagation?}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2016},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/10279},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2019_deep_58100,
  title = {{Deep Learning without Weight Transport}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2019/poster/13325},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2020_can_59511,
  title = {{Can the Brain Do Backpropagation? --- Exact Implementation of Backpropagation in Predictive Coding Networks}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/17194},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2019_biologically_29093,
  title = {{Biologically-Plausible Learning Algorithms Can Scale to Large Datasets}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2019/poster/662},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2020_a_59278,
  title = {{A Theoretical Framework for Target Propagation}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/17648},
}

@inproceedings{icml2020_two_38890,
  title = {{Two Routes to Scalable Credit Assignment without Weight Symmetry}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2020/poster/6706},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2022_single_66205,
  title = {{Single-phase deep learning in cortico-cortical networks}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2022},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2022/poster/53932},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2022_reverse_2650,
  title = {{Reverse Differentiation via Predictive Coding}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2022},
  url = {https://aaai.org/papers/08150-reverse-differentiation-via-predictive-coding/},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2023_hebbian_32142,
  title = {{Hebbian Deep Learning Without Feedback}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2023/poster/11073},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2020_kernelized_60127,
  title = {{Kernelized information bottleneck leads to biologically plausible 3-factor Hebbian learning in deep networks}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/17771},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2020_attention_59398,
  title = {{Attention-Gated Brain Propagation: How the brain can implement reward-based error backpropagation}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/17024},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2021_credit_62206,
  title = {{Credit Assignment in Neural Networks through Deep Feedback Control}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2021},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2021/poster/27615},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2023_backpropagation_3161,
  title = {{Backpropagation-Free Deep Learning with Recursive Local Representation Alignment}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/26118},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2023_scaling_32399,
  title = {{Scaling Forward Gradient With Local Losses}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2023/poster/11318},
}

@inproceedings{icml2021_align_39041,
  title = {{Align, then memorise: the dynamics of learning with feedback alignment}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2021},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2021/poster/8673},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2020_spike_29804,
  title = {{Spike-based causal inference for weight alignment}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=rJxWxxSYvB},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_understanding_7686,
  title = {{Understanding and Improving Optimization in Predictive Coding Networks}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/28954},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_efficient_5815,
  title = {{Efficient Target Propagation by Deriving Analytical Solution}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/28977},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2024_feedback_74502,
  title = {{Feedback control guides credit assignment in recurrent neural networks}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/93074},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2025_mu_79089,
  title = {{\$mu\$PC: Scaling Predictive Coding to 100+ Layer Networks}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=lSLSzYuyfX},
}

@inproceedings{icml2025_dendritic_46784,
  title = {{Dendritic Localized Learning: Toward Biologically Plausible Algorithm}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/45791},
}

@inproceedings{icml2026_on_50224,
  title = {{On the Infinite Width and Depth Limits of Predictive Coding Networks}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=ADUGteohC7},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2024_counter_71655,
  title = {{Counter-Current Learning: A Biologically Plausible Dual Network Approach for Deep Learning}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/95624},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2026_one_91131,
  title = {{One-Time Soft Alignment Enables Resilient Learning without Weight Transport}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2026/poster/154791},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2026_overcoming_91834,
  title = {{Overcoming Rank Collapse in Feedback Alignment}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2026/poster/152172},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2024_dictionary_34054,
  title = {{Dictionary Contrastive Learning for Efficient Local Supervision without Auxiliary Networks}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2024/poster/19021},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2026_biologically_86170,
  title = {{Biologically Plausible Learning via Bidirectional Spike-Based Distillation}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=MmWZ2xVJ7z},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2026_scaling_88231,
  title = {{Scaling Direct Feedback Learning with Theoretical Guarantees}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=kasbbmwk3s},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2026_loop_92819,
  title = {{Loop alignment: Self-organized Weight Transpose in Predictive Coding through Independent Hebbian Plasticity.}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2026/poster/148287},
}