% Key papers for In-context learning as gradient descent (scime atlas, https://atlas.scime.ai). Authors are not included: add them from the paper pages. @inproceedings{icml2023_transformers_43071, title = {{Transformers Learn In-Context by Gradient Descent}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2023}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2023/poster/23828}, } @inproceedings{aaai2017_alternating_104525, title = {{Alternating Back-Propagation for Generator Network}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2017}, url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/10902}, } @inproceedings{iclr2019_learning_28929, title = {{Learning concise representations for regression by evolving networks of trees}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2019/poster/881}, } @inproceedings{neurips2020_provably_60635, title = {{Provably Efficient Neural Estimation of Structural Equation Models: An Adversarial Approach}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/17559}, } @inproceedings{neurips2020_on_60464, title = {{On Infinite-Width Hypernetworks}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/18670}, } @inproceedings{aaai2018_facial_104016, title = {{Facial Landmarks Detection by Self-Iterative Regression Based Landmarks-Attention Network}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2018}, url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/12275}, } @inproceedings{icml2020_a_37881, title = {{A Sample Complexity Separation between Non-Convex and Convex Meta-Learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2020/poster/6663}, } @inproceedings{neurips2023_transformers_67829, title = {{Transformers learn to implement preconditioned gradient descent for in-context learning}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2023}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2023/poster/71931}, } @inproceedings{iclr2024_neural_34963, title = {{Neural Network-Based Score Estimation in Diffusion Models: Optimization and Generalization}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2024/poster/18111}, } @inproceedings{iclr2024_one_33761, title = {{One Step of Gradient Descent is Provably the Optimal In-Context Learner with One Layer of Linear Self-Attention}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2024/poster/19314}, } @inproceedings{iclr2024_causallm_34947, title = {{CausalLM is not optimal for in-context learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2024/poster/18127}, } @inproceedings{icml2022_an_40244, title = {{An Initial Alignment between Neural Network and Target is Needed for Gradient Descent to Learn}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2022}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2022/poster/18035}, } @inproceedings{iclr2024_first_35018, title = {{First-order ANIL provably learns representations despite overparametrisation}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2024/poster/18056}, } @inproceedings{icml2023_fundamental_42648, title = {{Fundamental Limits of Two-layer Autoencoders, and Achieving Them with Gradient Methods}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2023}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2023/poster/25219}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_flexible_70958, title = {{Flexible task abstractions emerge in linear networks with fast and bounded units}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/96245}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_transformers_71663, title = {{Transformers Learn to Achieve Second-Order Convergence Rates for In-Context Linear Regression}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/95617}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_in_72329, title = {{In-Context Learning of a Linear Transformer Block: Benefits of the MLP Component and One-Step GD Initialization}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/95018}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_unraveling_72645, title = {{Unraveling the Gradient Descent Dynamics of Transformers}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/94737}, } @inproceedings{icml2024_transformers_44776, title = {{Transformers Implement Functional Gradient Descent to Learn Non-Linear Functions In Context}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2024/poster/33676}, } @inproceedings{icml2024_can_45356, title = {{Can Looped Transformers Learn to Implement Multi-step Gradient Descent for In-context Learning?}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2024/poster/33095}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_training_47790, title = {{Training Dynamics of In-Context Learning in Linear Attention}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/44810}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_in_47858, title = {{In-Context Deep Learning via Transformer Models}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/44744}, } @inproceedings{icml2026_transformers_53426, title = {{Transformers Efficiently Perform In-Context Logistic Regression via Normalized Gradient Descent}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=fR1FjJwrnN}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_on_71165, title = {{On Mesa-Optimization in Autoregressively Trained Transformers: Emergence and Capability}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/96062}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_linear_73924, title = {{Linear Transformers are Versatile In-Context Learners}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/93587}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_trained_76493, title = {{Trained Mamba Emulates Online Gradient Descent in In-Context Linear Regression}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=JxkZyedsdS}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_composing_79815, title = {{Composing Global Solutions to Reasoning Tasks via Algebraic Objects in Neural Nets}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=tD7MLq0dbZ}, } @inproceedings{iclr2025_on_81049, title = {{On the Optimization and Generalization of Two-layer Transformers with Sign Gradient Descent}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2025/poster/30719}, } @inproceedings{iclr2025_on_81897, title = {{On the Learn-to-Optimize Capabilities of Transformers in In-Context Sparse Recovery}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2025/poster/29887}, } @inproceedings{iclr2025_transformers_82106, title = {{Transformers Handle Endogeneity in In-Context Linear Regression}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2025/poster/29683}, }