ICLR: International Conference on Learning Representations

ICLR publishes every submission and its outcome on OpenReview, so submitted and rejected papers can be counted. The numbers cover the listed professors; a paper with several of them is counted once. 8 accepted before 2026, 5 from 2026.

By year

Professors with accepted papers

1. Khoa D. Doan (VinUni): 3 papers
2. Than Quang Khoat (HUST): 3 papers
3. Man Ngo (HCMUS): 2 papers
4. Dung D. Le (VinUni): 1 paper
5. Hieu Pham (VinUni): 1 paper
6. Minh Do (VinUni): 1 paper
7. Nam Le Hai (HUST): 1 paper
8. Ngo Van Linh (HUST): 1 paper
9. Phi Le Nguyen (HUST): 1 paper

Accepted papers (13)

• ICLR 2026 Align-SAM: Seeking Flatter Minima for Better Cross-Subset Alignment
  Van-Anh Nguyen, Mehrtash Harandi, Thanh-Toan Do, Linh Ngo Van, Dinh Phung, Trung Le · Ngo Van Linh
• ICLR 2026 CLIP-FMoE: Scalable CLIP via Fused Mixture-of-Experts with Enforced Specialization
  Luong Tran, Lan-Cuong Nguyen, Huynh Dang Nguyen, Dat Nguyen Cong, Dung D. Le, Van Nguyen · Dung D. Le
• ICLR 2026 FACET: A Fragment-Aware Conformer Ensemble Transformer
  Duy Minh Ho Nguyen, Trung Quoc Nguyen, Hong Ha Le, Mai Thanh Nhat Truong, TrungTin Nguyen, Nhat Ho, Khoa D Doan, Duy Duong-Tran, Li Shen, Daniel Sonntag, James Zou, Mathias Niepert, Hyojin Kim, Jonathan E Allen · Khoa D. Doan
• ICLR 2026 LCA: Local Classifier Alignment for Continual Learning
  Tung Tran, Danilo Vasconcellos Vargas, Khoat Than · Than Quang Khoat
• ICLR 2026 UniCon: Unified Framework for Efficient Contrastive Alignment via Kernels
  Hangke Sui, Yuqing Wang, Minh Do · Minh Do
• ICLR 2025 Boosting Multiple Views for pretrained-based Continual Learning
  Quyen Tran, Tung Lam Tran, Khanh Doan, Toan Tran, Dinh Phung, Khoat Than, Trung Le · Than Quang Khoat
• ICLR 2025 CodeMMLU: A Multi-Task Benchmark for Assessing Code Understanding & Reasoning Capabilities of CodeLLMs
  Dung Manh Nguyen, Thang Chau Phan, Nam Le Hai, Tien-Thong Doan, Nam V. Nguyen, Quang Pham, Nghi D. Q. Bui · Nam Le Hai
• ICLR 2025 DPaI: Differentiable Pruning at Initialization with Node-Path Balance Principle
  Lichuan Xiang, Quan Nguyen-Tri, Lan-Cuong Nguyen, Hoang Pham, Khoat Than, Long Tran-Thanh, Hongkai Wen · Than Quang Khoat
• ICLR 2025 NeurFlow: Interpreting Neural Networks through Neuron Groups and Functional Interactions
  Tue Minh Cao, Nhat Hoang-Xuan, Hieu Pham, Phi Le Nguyen, My T. Thai · Phi Le Nguyen · Hieu Pham
• ICLR 2025 Wicked Oddities: Selectively Poisoning for Effective Clean-Label Backdoor Attacks
  Nguyen Hung-Quang, Ngoc-Hieu Nguyen, The-Anh Ta, Thanh Nguyen-Tang, Kok-Seng Wong, Hoang Thanh-Tung, Khoa D Doan · Khoa D. Doan
• ICLR 2024 Understanding the Robustness of Randomized Feature Defense Against Query-Based Adversarial Attacks
  Nguyen Hung-Quang, Yingjie Lao, Tung Pham, Kok-Seng Wong, Khoa D Doan · Khoa D. Doan
• ICLR 2023 Improving Out-of-distribution Generalization with Indirection Representations
  Kha Pham, Hung Le, Man Ngo, Truyen Tran · Man Ngo
• ICLR 2022 Generative Pseudo-Inverse Memory
  Kha Pham, Hung Le, Man Ngo, Truyen Tran, Bao Ho, Svetha Venkatesh · Man Ngo

Rejected (69)

• ICLR 2026, rejected A Multi-Institutional Multimodal EEG Benchmark for Foundation Model Generalization and Early Neurological Diagnosis
  Quang Hung Pham, Tran Hoai Nam, Phung Cong Hieu, Hai-Anh Le, Van-Chien Nguyen, Tuan-Kiet Doan, Trung-Hieu Tran, Ngo Thi Thu Ha, Thanh Trung Nguyen, Lai Phu Minh, Duc Han LE, Huy Phan, Phi Le Nguyen, Van-Tam Nguyen · Phi Le Nguyen
• ICLR 2026, rejected A Non-vacuous Test Error Guarantee for Deep Learning without Altering the Model
  Khoat Than, Dat Phan · Than Quang Khoat
• ICLR 2026, rejected A Tight Error Bound for Deep Learning via Distribution and Loss Complexity
  Khoat Than, Vinh Doan, Phuc Le, Phu Phung · Than Quang Khoat
• ICLR 2026, rejected Cognitively Inspired Reflective Evolution: Interactive Multi-Turn LLM–EA Synthesis of Heuristics for Combinatorial Optimization
  Van Duc Cuong, Nguyen Dinh Tuan Minh, Vu Duc Tam, Duy Tung Vu, Son Van Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Hanh, Huynh Thi Thanh Binh · Huynh Thi Thanh Binh · Nguyen Thi Hanh · Son Van Nguyen
• ICLR 2026, rejected Diffusion-Inspired Reconfiguration of Transformers for Uncertainty Quantification
  Manh Cuong Dao, Quang Hung Pham, Phi Le Nguyen, Thao Nguyen Truong, Bryan Kian Hsiang Low, Trong Nghia Hoang · Phi Le Nguyen
• ICLR 2026, desk-rejected Dimension-Adaptive MCTS: Optimal Sample Complexity for Continuous Action Planning
  Tuan Quang Dam · Tuan Dam
• ICLR 2026, rejected DistillMoE: Multi-Faceted Knowledge Distillation for Cross-Tokenizer Embedding Models
  Minh-Phuc Truong, Hai An Vu, Tu Vu, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep, Linh Ngo Van, Trung Le · Ngo Van Linh · Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep
• ICLR 2026, rejected Distributional Monte-Carlo Tree Search with Thompson Sampling in Stochastic Environments
  Tuan Quang Dam, Brahim Driss, Vu C. Dinh, Bach Ngoc Kim, Odalric-Ambrym Maillard · Tuan Dam
• ICLR 2026, rejected Exploiting Client Heterogeneity for Forgetting Mitigation in Federated Continual Learning: A Spatio-Temporal Gradient Alignment Approach
  Duong Minh Nguyen, Le-Tuan Nguyen, Dung D. Le, Quoc-Viet Pham · Dung D. Le
• ICLR 2026, rejected FedDTW: Federated Digital Twin Weighting for Mitigating Client Heterogeneity and Unreliable Connectivity
  Quan Nguyen-Thanh, Son Ha Xuan, Duc Manh Nguyen, Nghia Duong-Trung, Danh Le-Phuoc · Danh Le-Phuoc · Son Ha Xuan
• ICLR 2026, rejected FLoRA-NA: Nearly Accurate Aggregation for Federated Low-Rank Adaptation
  Le-Tuan Nguyen, Duong Minh Nguyen, Seon-Geun Jeong, Dung D. Le, Quoc-Viet Pham · Dung D. Le
• ICLR 2026, rejected GraDA: Gradient-Guided Knowledge Distillation for Domain Adaptation
  Ba Hung Ngo, Doanh C. Bui, Nhat-Tuong Do-Tran, Tae Jong Choi · Doanh Cao Bui
• ICLR 2026, rejected Integrating Selective State-Space Models and Bayesian Graph Attention for Uncertainty-aware Time-Series Analysis
  Quang-Vinh Dang, SonAn Nguyen Ngoc · Quang-Vinh Dang
• ICLR 2026, rejected MulCLIP: A Multi-level Alignment Framework for Enhancing Fine-grained Long-context CLIP
  The same title was accepted at NeurIPS 2026.
  Chau Truong Vinh Hoang, HIEU TA QUANG, Dung D. Le · Dung D. Le
• ICLR 2026, rejected Nonparametric Unsupervised Data Condensation for Gigapixel Histological Images
  Duong M. Nguyen, Trong Nghia Hoang, Thanh Trung Huynh, Phi Le Nguyen, Minh N. Do · Phi Le Nguyen · Minh Do · Thanh Trung Huynh
• ICLR 2026, rejected OptSHAP: Explaining Dimensionality Reduction-based Models for Tabular Data via Optimization
  Tuan L. Vo, Xuan Hoang Nguyen, Mazouz Alaa Eddine, Binh T. Nguyen, Mehwish Alam, Pavlo Mozharovskyi, Van-Tam Nguyen · Thanh-Binh Nguyen
• ICLR 2026, rejected PolypDB: A Curated Multi-Center Dataset for Development of AI Algorithms in Colonoscopy
  Debesh Jha, Nikhil Kumar Tomar, Vanshali Sharma, Quoc-Huy Trinh, Koushik Biswas, Hongyi Pan, Gorkem Durak, Alexander Hann, Jonas Varkey, Hang Viet Dao, Long Dao Van, Binh Nguyen Phuc, Nikolaos Papachrysos, Brandon Rieders, Mark Enrik Geissler, Tyler M. Berzin, Pål Halvorsen, Michael Alexander Riegler, Thomas de Lange, Ulas Bagci · Long Dao Van
• ICLR 2026, rejected Reflecting and Linking knowledge: Dynamic Label Structures for Prompt-based Continual Learning
  Quyen Tran, Minh Le, Hoang Phan, Quan Dao, Linh Ngo Van, Dinh Phung, Thien Huu Nguyen, Nhat Ho, Dimitris N. Metaxas, Trung Le · Ngo Van Linh
• ICLR 2026, desk-rejected Region in Context: Text-Conditioned Image Editing with Human-Like Semantic Reasoning
  Thuy Phuong Vu, Dinh-Cuong Hoang, Minhhuy Le, Phan Xuan Tan · Dinh-Cuong Hoang · Minhhuy Le
• ICLR 2026, rejected SPKGDiag: Learning Symptom-Linked Patient Knowledge Graphs via Multi-Hop Similarity Message Passing for Automatic Diagnosis
  Nguyen Minh Thao Phan, Cong-Tinh Dao, Ling Chen, Hai Thanh Nguyen, Wen-Chih Peng · Cong-Tinh Dao · Hai Thanh Nguyen · Thao Nguyen Minh Phan
• ICLR 2026, rejected STELAR: Dual-space training EEG Foundation Models for Transferable Representations
  Van-Chien Nguyen, Tuan-Kiet Doan, Trung-Hieu Tran, Quang Hung Pham, Phi Le Nguyen, Huy Phan, Duc Han LE, Nikola Simidjievski, Samuel Tardieu, Van-Tam Nguyen · Phi Le Nguyen
• ICLR 2026, rejected SUSI: Semi-Structured Pruning for LLMs via Differentiable Subset Sampling
  Ha Dinh, Xuan Duy Ta, Khoat Than, Khac-Hoai Nam Bui · Than Quang Khoat
• ICLR 2026, rejected SyNC: Balancing Fidelity and Diversity of Synthetic Data Representations in CLIP-based Few-Shot Learning via Neural Collapse
  Thanh Duc Pham, Lan-Cuong Nguyen, Dung D. Le, Minh-Tan Pham · Dung D. Le
• ICLR 2026, rejected The Reasoning Boundary Paradox: How Reinforcement Learning Constrains Language Models
  The same title was accepted at NeurIPS 2026.
  Nguyen Minh Phuc, Chinh Duc La, Duy Minh Ho Nguyen, Nitesh V Chawla, Binh Nguyen, Khoa D Doan · Khoa D. Doan · Binh T. Nguyen
• ICLR 2026, rejected Tight Robustness Certificates and Wasserstein Distributional Attacks for Deep Neural Networks
  Bach Chi Le, Dao Van Tung, Binh Nguyen, Hong T.M. Chu · Binh T. Nguyen · Hong T.M. Chu
• ICLR 2026, rejected Token Dynamics on Spheres in Mamba Models
  Trinh Tien Nguyen, Minh-Khoi Nguyen-Nhat, Duy-Tung Pham, Hoang-Son Do, Tan Minh Nguyen, Thieu Vo · Hoang-Son Do
• ICLR 2026, rejected Token-Regulated Group Relative Policy Optimization for Stable Reinforcement Learning in Large Language Models
  Tue Le, Nghi D. Q. Bui, Linh Ngo Van, Trung Le · Ngo Van Linh
• ICLR 2026, desk-rejected VM14K: First Vietnamese Medical Benchmark
  Minh Tran · Minh Tran
• ICLR 2025, rejected Are you SURE? Enhancing Multimodal Pretraining with Missing Modalities through Uncertainty Estimation
  Duy A. Nguyen, Do Huu Quan, Khoa D Doan, Minh N. Do · Khoa D. Doan · Minh Do
• ICLR 2025, rejected Black-Box Adversarial Attack on Dialogue Generation via Multi-Objective Optimization
  Le Gia Khang, Ngoc Hoang Luong · Ngoc Hoang Luong
• ICLR 2025, rejected Boosting Parallel Algorithms in Linear Queries for Non-Monotone Submodular Maximization
  Canh V. Pham, Tan D. Tran, Dung T.K. Ha, My T. Thai · Canh V. Pham
• ICLR 2025, rejected Causal Graph Learning via Distributional Invariance of Cause-Effect Relationship
  Nang Hung Nguyen, Trong Nghia Hoang, Thao Nguyen Truong, Phi Le Nguyen, Masashi Sugiyama · Phi Le Nguyen
• ICLR 2025, rejected ConceptFlow: Unified Framework for Personalized Image Generation
  Trong-Vu Hoang, Quang-Binh Nguyen, Thanh-Toan Do, Tam V. Nguyen, Minh-Triet Tran, Trung-Nghia Le · Minh-Triet Tran
• ICLR 2025, rejected Crafting Zero-Cost Proxy Metrics for Neural Architecture Search via Symbolic Regression
  Quan Minh Phan, Ngoc Hoang Luong · Ngoc Hoang Luong · Quan Minh Phan
• ICLR 2025, desk-rejected Enhancement of In-Context Reasoning in LLMs through Inductive Rule Learning
  Tien-Dat Nguyen, Hai-Toan Nguyen, Nguyen Viet Ha · Nguyen Viet Ha
• ICLR 2025, rejected Exploiting Hierarchical Taxonomies in Pretrained Continual Learning
  Quyen Tran, Minh Le, Tuan Truong, Dinh Phung, Linh Ngo Van, Thien Huu Nguyen, Nhat Ho, Trung Le · Ngo Van Linh
• ICLR 2025, rejected Forget but Recall: Incremental Latent Rectification in Continual Learning
  Nghia D. Nguyen, Hieu Trung Nguyen, Ang Li, Hoang Pham, Viet Anh Nguyen, Khoa D Doan · Khoa D. Doan
• ICLR 2025, rejected FROM LOW TO HIGH-VALUE DESIGNS: OFFLINE OPTIMIZATION VIA GENERALIZED DIFFUSION
  Manh Cuong Dao, The Hung Tran, Phi Le Nguyen, Thao Nguyen Truong, Trong Nghia Hoang · Phi Le Nguyen
• ICLR 2025, rejected Improving Resistance to Noisy Label Fitting by Reweighting Gradient in SAM
  Hoang-Chau Luong, Thuc Nguyen-Quang, Minh-Triet Tran · Minh-Triet Tran
• ICLR 2025, rejected Mitigating Reward Over-optimization in Direct Alignment Algorithms with Adaptive Importance Sampling
  The same title was accepted at NeurIPS 2025.
  Nguyen Minh Phuc, Ngoc-Hieu Nguyen, Binh T. Nguyen, Khoa D Doan · Khoa D. Doan · Thanh-Binh Nguyen
• ICLR 2025, rejected Overcoming Catastrophic Forgetting in Federated Class-Incremental Learning via Federated Global Twin Generator
  Thinh Nguyen, Khoa D Doan, Binh T. Nguyen, Danh Le-Phuoc, Kok-Seng Wong · Khoa D. Doan · Danh Le-Phuoc · Thanh-Binh Nguyen
• ICLR 2025, rejected Pruning Deep Convolutional Neural Network Using Conditional Mutual Information
  Tien Vu-Van, Dat Du Thanh, Nguyen Ho, Mai Vu · Tien Vu-Van
• ICLR 2025, rejected Rethinking Attentions in Zero-Shot Real Image Editing
  Dinh-Khoi Vo, Thanh-Toan Do, Tam V. Nguyen, Minh-Triet Tran, Trung-Nghia Le · Minh-Triet Tran
• ICLR 2025, rejected Risk-Aware Distributional Intervention Policies for Language Models
  Bao Nguyen, Binh Nguyen, Duy Nguyen, Viet Anh Nguyen · Binh T. Nguyen
• ICLR 2025, rejected Sparse Watermarking in LLMs with Enhanced Text Quality
  Duy Cao Hoang, Thanh Quoc Hung Le, Rui Chu, Ping Li, Weijie Zhao, Yingjie Lao, Khoa D Doan · Khoa D. Doan
• ICLR 2025, rejected Synthesizing Physical Backdoor Datasets: An Automated Framework Leveraging Deep Generative Models
  Sze Jue Yang, Chinh Duc La, Nguyen Hung-Quang, Eugene Bagdasarian, Kok-Seng Wong, Anh Tuan Tran, Chee Seng Chan, Khoa D Doan · Khoa D. Doan
• ICLR 2025, rejected TOWARDS LAYER-WISE PERSONALIZED FEDERATED LEARNING: ADAPTIVE LAYER DISENTANGLEMENT VIA CONFLICTING GRADIENTS
  Duong Minh Nguyen, Le Nam Khanh, Khoi Hoang Do, Nguyen H. Tran, Van Duc Nguyen, Zhaohui Yang, Trinh Van Chien · Van Duc Nguyen · Trinh Van Chien
• ICLR 2025, rejected Unified Deep Discrete Representation Learning Framework
  Long Tung Vuong, Bang Giang Le, Vy Vo, Anh Tuan Bui, Viet Cuong Ta, Thanh-Toan Do, Dinh Phung, Trung Le · Cuong Viet Ta
• ICLR 2025, rejected Unveiling Concept Attribution in Diffusion Models
  The same title was accepted at NeurIPS 2025.
  Nguyen Hung-Quang, Hoang Phan, Khoa D Doan · Khoa D. Doan
• ICLR 2025, rejected VisualCoder: Guiding Vision Language Models in Code Execution with Fine-grained Chain-of-Thought Reasoning
  Cuong Chi Le, Chau Truong Vinh Hoang, Phan Nhật Huy, Dung D. Le, Tien N Nguyen, Nghi D. Q. Bui · Dung D. Le
• ICLR 2025, rejected Zero-shot Object-level Out-of-distribution Detection with Context-aware Inpainting
  Quang-Huy Nguyen, Jin Peng Zhou, Zhenzhen Liu, Khanh-Huyen Bui, Kilian Q Weinberger, Wei-Lun Chao, Dung D. Le · Dung D. Le
• ICLR 2024, desk-rejected ALIN: An Active Learning Framework for Incomplete Networks
  Tung Khong, Cong Tran, Cuong Pham · Cuong Pham · Cong Tran
• ICLR 2024, rejected Autonomous Catheterization with Open-source Simulator and Expert Trajectory
  Tudor Jianu, Baoru Huang, Tuan Van Vo, Minh Nhat VU, Jingxuan Kang, Hoan Cong Nguyen, Olatunji Mumini Omisore, Pierre Berthet-rayne, Sebastiano Fichera, Anh Nguyen · Hoan Cong Nguyen
• ICLR 2024, rejected Efficient Multi-Fidelity NAS with Zero-Cost Proxy-Guided Local Search
  Quan Minh Phan, Ngoc Hoang Luong · Ngoc Hoang Luong · Quan Minh Phan
• ICLR 2024, rejected Enriching Time Series Representation: Integrating a Noise-Resilient Sampling Strategy with an Efficient Encoder Architecture
  Anh Duy Nguyen, Trang H. Tran, Hieu Pham, Phi Le Nguyen, Lam M. Nguyen · Phi Le Nguyen · Hieu Pham
• ICLR 2024, rejected Fooling the Textual Fooler via Randomizing Latent Representations
  Duy Cao Hoang, Nguyen Hung-Quang, Saurav Manchanda, Minlong Peng, Kok-Seng Wong, Khoa D Doan · Khoa D. Doan
• ICLR 2024, rejected Forget-Me-Not: Making Backdoor Hard to be Forgotten in Fine-tuning
  Tran Ngoc Huynh, Anh Tuan Tran, Khoa D Doan, Tung Pham · Khoa D. Doan
• ICLR 2024, rejected Improving Prompt-based Continual Learning with Key-Query Orthogonal Projection and Prototype-based One-Versus-All
  Quyen Tran, Tung Lam Tran, Khoat Than, Toan Tran, Dinh Phung, Trung Le · Than Quang Khoat
• ICLR 2024, rejected Leveraging Graph Neural Networks to Boost Fine-Grained Image Classification
  Bao Quoc Bui, Duy Minh Le, Cong Tran, Anh Tuan Tran, Cuong Pham · Cuong Pham · Cong Tran
• ICLR 2024, rejected REVISITING LARS FOR LARGE BATCH TRAINING GENERALIZATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS
  Khoi Hoang Do, Duong Minh Nguyen, Hoa Tien Nguyen, Long Tran-Thanh, Viet Quoc Pham · Hoa Tien Nguyen
• ICLR 2024, rejected SENSITIVITY-INFORMED REGULARIZATION FOR OFFLINE BLACK-BOX OPTIMIZATION
  Manh Cuong Dao, Phi Le Nguyen, Thao Nguyen Truong, Trong Nghia Hoang · Phi Le Nguyen
• ICLR 2023, rejected FedMEKT: Split Multimodal Embedding Knowledge Transfer in Federated Learning
  Huy Quang Le, Minh N. H. Nguyen, Choong Seon Hong · Minh N. H. Nguyen
• ICLR 2023, rejected Understanding Pruning at Initialization: An Effective Node-Path Balancing Perspective
  Hoang Pham, Anh Ta, Shiwei Liu, Dung D. Le, Long Tran-Thanh · Dung D. Le
• ICLR 2022, rejected Generalization of GANs and overparameterized models under Lipschitz continuity
  Khoat Than, Nghia Vu · Than Quang Khoat
• ICLR 2022, rejected Gradient Boosting Neural Networks: GrowNet
  Sarkhan Badirli, Xuanqing Liu, Zhengming Xing, Avradeep Bhowmik, Khoa D Doan, Sathiya Keerthi · Khoa D. Doan
• ICLR 2022, rejected Incorporating User-Item Similarity in Hybrid Neighborhood-based Recommendation System
  Nghia Duong Tan, Giang Do Truong, Nam Doan Nguyen, Nghia Cao Tuan, Hoang Tran Manh, Minh Nguyen Duc, Hieu Dang Quang · Nghia Duong Tan
• ICLR 2022, rejected Topological Vanilla Transfer Learning
  Nicholas George Bishop, Lau Truong Nguyen, Hieu Trung Thai, Thomas Davies, Long Tran-Thanh · Hieu Trung Thai
• ICLR 2022, rejected Transformer with a Mixture of Gaussian Keys
  Tam Minh Nguyen, Tan Minh Nguyen, Dung Duy Le, Nguyen Duy Khuong, Viet Anh TRAN, Richard Baraniuk, Nhat Ho, Stanley Osher · Dung D. Le
• ICLR 2021, rejected Generalization and Stability of GANs: A theory and promise from data augmentation
  Khoat Than, Nghia Vu · Than Quang Khoat