% Key papers for Learned inter-agent communication (scime atlas, https://atlas.scime.ai). Authors are not included: add them from the paper pages.

@inproceedings{neurips2016_learning_55842,
  title = {{Learning to Communicate with Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2016},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2016/poster/6897},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2018_learning_57273,
  title = {{Learning Attentional Communication for Multi-Agent Cooperation}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2018},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2018/poster/11699},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2019_learning_102684,
  title = {{Learning to Teach in Cooperative Multiagent Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/4570},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2020_learning_102095,
  title = {{Learning Agent Communication under Limited Bandwidth by Message Pruning}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/5957},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2019_learning_29049,
  title = {{Learning to Schedule Communication in Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2019/poster/931},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2019_message_102678,
  title = {{Message-Dropout: An Efficient Training Method for Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/4564},
}

@inproceedings{icml2020_learning_38376,
  title = {{Learning Efficient Multi-agent Communication: An Information Bottleneck Approach}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2020/poster/5864},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2019_learning_29207,
  title = {{Learning when to Communicate at Scale in Multiagent Cooperative and Competitive Tasks}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2019/poster/770},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2016_contact_105152,
  title = {{ConTaCT: Deciding to Communicate during Time-Critical Collaborative Tasks in Unknown, Deterministic Domains}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2016},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/10123},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2021_communication_30657,
  title = {{Communication in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Intention Sharing}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2021},
  url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2021/poster/3363},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2020_succinct_60900,
  title = {{Succinct and Robust Multi-Agent Communication With Temporal Message Control}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/18225},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2019_biases_57955,
  title = {{Biases for Emergent Communication in Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2019/poster/14255},
}

@inproceedings{icml2019_tarmac_37782,
  title = {{TarMAC: Targeted Multi-Agent Communication}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2019/poster/3610},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2023_dacom_3378,
  title = {{DACOM: Learning Delay-Aware Communication for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/26389},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2020_learning_60174,
  title = {{Learning Individually Inferred Communication for Multi-Agent Cooperation}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/16981},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_t2mac_7465,
  title = {{T2MAC: Targeted and Trusted Multi-Agent Communication through Selective Engagement and Evidence-Driven Integration}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/29438},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2020_learning_60182,
  title = {{Learning Multi-Agent Communication through Structured Attentive Reasoning}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/18807},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2020_learning_102719,
  title = {{Learning to Communicate Implicitly by Actions}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/6217},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2020_communication_102707,
  title = {{Communication Learning via Backpropagation in Discrete Channels with Unknown Noise}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/6205},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_learning_6450,
  title = {{Learning Efficient and Robust Multi-Agent Communication via Graph Information Bottleneck}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/29682},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_pmac_6896,
  title = {{PMAC: Personalized Multi-Agent Communication}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/29700},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_rgmcomm_7054,
  title = {{RGMComm: Return Gap Minimization via Discrete Communications in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/29680},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_robust_7169,
  title = {{Robust Communicative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Active Defense}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/29708},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2025_code_8431,
  title = {{CoDe: Communication Delay-Tolerant Multi-Agent Collaboration via Dual Alignment of Intent and Timeliness}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/34497},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2025_bridging_8312,
  title = {{Bridging Training and Execution via Dynamic Directed Graph-Based Communication in Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/34507},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2025_efficient_8899,
  title = {{Efficient Communication in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Implicit Consensus Generation}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/34490},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_expressive_5929,
  title = {{Expressive Multi-Agent Communication via Identity-Aware Learning}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/29683},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2024_learning_34409,
  title = {{Learning Multi-Agent Communication from Graph Modeling Perspective}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2024/poster/18666},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2024_multi_70381,
  title = {{Multi-Agent Coordination via Multi-Level Communication}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/96719},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2026_communication_106867,
  title = {{Communication-efficient Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Spatiotemporal Information Hub}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/39219},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2026_m2i2_107412,
  title = {{M2I2: Learning Efficient Multi-Agent Communication via Masked State Modeling and Intention Inference}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/39764},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2026_think_107868,
  title = {{Think How Your Teammates Think: Active Inference Can Benefit Decentralized Execution}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/40220},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2026_vil2c_107882,
  title = {{VIL2C: Value-of-Information Aware Low-Latency Communication for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/40234},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_deep_5644,
  title = {{Deep Reinforcement Learning for Communication Networks}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/30394},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2026_grdc_107833,
  title = {{GRDC: A Unified Graph-Driven Framework for Role Discovery and Communication in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/40185},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2024_learning_35546,
  title = {{Learning Multi-Agent Communication with Contrastive Learning}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2024/poster/17527},
}

@inproceedings{icml2026_llm_54276,
  title = {{LLM-Guided Communication for Cooperative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=nVOzKXVvPu},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2025_multi_74846,
  title = {{Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Communication-Constrained Priors}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=1m177EsP3V},
}