ICLR Test of Time Award winners by year
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ICLR Test of Time Award 2026
Announced Apr 22, 20262 of 2 papers
| Winner | Source | |
|---|---|---|
| Continuous control with deep reinforcement learningTimothy P. Lillicrap, Jonathan J. Hunt, Alexander Pritzel et al. | Timothy P. Lillicrap, Jonathan J. Hunt, Alexander Pritzel et al. | |
| Unsupervised Representation Learning with Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial NetworksAlec Radford, Luke Metz, Soumith Chintala | Alec Radford, Luke Metz, Soumith Chintala |
Source: blog.iclr.cc/2026/04/22/announcing-the-test-of-time-awards-from-iclr-2016
About this award
| Edition | Announced | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 | 2 |
The next date is an estimate from the months past editions were announced (Apr); it changes when ICLR announces one.
| Item | What changed | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | ICLR Test of Time AwardSep 25, 2026 | New winnerAdded |
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