Marta Garnelo

research.

neural process family.

Work that followed Conditional Neural Processes and Neural Processes: papers that propose or extend an NP-family model, analyse NPs, or use one as their core method. A likely incomplete list that I put together, newest first.

papers
460
method themes
7
application domains
21
years
2018–2026
> about this list

What counts

  • Included: the paper proposes or extends an NP-family model (CNP, NP, ANP, ConvCNP, Gaussian NP, TNP, CNAPs, CNMP and their descendants), analyses NPs, or uses one as its core method.
  • Excluded: papers that only compare against NPs, use them as one baseline among several, or cite them in passing. Adjacent amortized-inference lines that position themselves against NPs (PFNs, VERSA, GQN, energy-based and generic exchangeable models) are also out. Earlier versions of the same paper are collapsed into one entry.

How the list was built

  • Keyword searches of arXiv, OpenReview, PMLR, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVF and Crossref, plus the reference lists of the NP survey (Jha et al.) and NP PhD theses.
  • Semantic Scholar citation sweeps of CNP (all 920 citers), NP, ANP, ConvCNP, ConvNP, TNP, AR-CNP, CNAPs, CNMP and 21 second-generation NP papers. The second sweep added one paper, so the list is close to saturated.
  • Every entry was checked against arXiv, Crossref, OpenReview or the venue's accepted-paper list. Twelve OpenReview-only entries could not be checked automatically.
  • Coverage is about 90 to 95 percent for ML venues and arXiv. The likeliest gaps are applied journal papers that Semantic Scholar does not index, and non-English venues. Years are first public appearance.

01Latent variables, objectives and inference

52 papers change what the latent variable captures, how NPs are trained, or how inference and context aggregation work.

2026

  1. Amortising Inference and Meta-Learning Priors in Neural Networks

    Rochussen & Fortuin · ICLR 2026

    NP whose latent is BNN weights, enabling amortized inference and learned weight priors.

  2. APIC: Amortized Physics-Informed Calibration using Neural Processes

    Venkataramanan, Vemuri & Denzler · UAI 2026

    Two-branch latent NP amortizing Kennedy-O'Hagan calibration across physical systems.

  3. DnNP: Denoising Input Uncertainty in Neural Processes

    Tohidian et al. · NeurIPS 2026

    NP variant modelling and denoising uncertainty in input locations.

  4. Improving Neural Processes in the Low-Data Regime via Context-Subset Training and Self-Distillation

    Lee & Kim · NeurIPS 2026

    Context-subset training with self-distillation improves NPs when few tasks are available.

  5. Latent Space Robust Optimization of Neural Processes with Aligned Stratified Order-Statistic Loss Reduction

    Tao et al. · ICML 2026

    Stratified order-statistic loss counters latent particle imbalance in importance-weighted NPs.

  6. Modeling task uncertainty for neural processes to meta-learn with fewer tasks

    Cherian & Das · Neurocomputing 2026

    Explicit task-uncertainty modelling lets NPs meta-learn from fewer training tasks.

  7. Neural Mixture Density Processes

    Ding et al. · CVPR 2026

    Mixture-density latent structure and conditioning for more expressive NPs.

2025

  1. Distance-informed Neural Processes

    Venkataramanan & Denzler · NeurIPS 2025

    Distance-aware latent with bi-Lipschitz encoder yields input-distance-sensitive NP uncertainty.

  2. Geometric Neural Process Fields

    Yin et al. · arXiv (TMLR submission)

    Probabilistic neural-field generalization using geometric bases and hierarchical latent NP inference.

  3. Learning Robust Neural Processes with Risk-Averse Stochastic Optimization

    Liu et al. · ICML 2025

    Risk-averse (tail-risk) training objective improving worst-case NP adaptation.

  4. MemoryINP: Memory Enhanced Neural Processes for Understanding-Based Informed Meta-Learning

    Tsoumplekas et al. · IEEE CH 2025

    Memory-augmented Informed NP for knowledge-conditioned meta-learning.

  5. Privacy-Preserving Neural Processes for Probabilistic User Modeling

    Sonee et al. · UAI 2025

    Differentially private training of NPs for user modelling.

  6. Sparse Gaussian Neural Processes

    Rochussen & Fortuin · AABI 2025

    Amortizes sparse GP inference with an NP, giving interpretable, prior-specifiable meta-learned models.

  7. Test Time Scaling for Neural Processes

    Lee et al. · NeurIPS 2025

    Test-time sampling/refinement of miscalibrated NP global latent posteriors.

2024

  1. Combined Global and Local Information Diffusion of Neural Processes

    Tai & Guo · ICANN 2024

    Combines global and local context information diffusion to improve NP latent representations.

  2. Robust Neural Processes for Noisy Data

    Shapira & Rosenbaum · arXiv

    Studies NP behaviour under context noise and proposes training making NPs robust to it.

  3. Rényi Neural Processes

    Wang, Zhao & Bonilla · ICML 2025

    Rényi-divergence objective mitigates prior misspecification from coupled NP prior/posterior parameterization.

  4. Towards Automated Knowledge Integration From Human-Interpretable Representations

    Kobalczyk & van der Schaar · ICLR 2025

    Informed Neural Process conditions NP priors on human-interpretable knowledge such as text.

2023

  1. Accurate Bayesian Meta-Learning by Accurate Task Posterior Inference

    Volpp et al. · ICLR 2023

    Replaces amortized Gaussian NP task posteriors with expressive non-amortized GMM variational inference.

  2. Adaptive Conditional Quantile Neural Processes

    Mohseni et al. · UAI 2023

    Quantile-regression CNP decoder with adaptive quantiles for multimodal predictive distributions.

  3. Adversarially Contrastive Estimation of Conditional Neural Processes

    Ye, Du & Yao · arXiv

    Adds an adversarial noise-contrastive objective to calibrate CNP predictive distributions beyond Gaussian likelihoods.

  4. Amortised Inference in Neural Networks for Small-Scale Probabilistic Meta-Learning

    Ashman, Rochussen & Weller · arXiv

    Amortized pseudo-likelihood BNN inference viewed as an NP whose latent is network weights.

  5. Autoencoding Conditional Neural Processes for Representation Learning

    Prokhorov, Titov & Siddharth N · ICML 2024

    Partial Pixel Space VAE: treats CNP context-pixel selection as a latent variable for representation learning.

  6. Bridge the Inference Gaps of Neural Processes via Expectation Maximization

    Wang, Federici & van Hoof · ICLR 2023

    EM-style surrogate objective that tightens NP inference and reduces underfitting of latent NPs.

  7. Generalizable Neural Fields as Partially Observed Neural Processes

    Gu, Wang & Yeung · ICCV 2023

    Casts neural-field generalization as a partially observed NP problem, outperforming gradient meta-learning.

  8. Global Perception Based Autoregressive Neural Processes

    Tai · ICCV 2023

    Autoregressive stacking with sliding-window positional refinement to enrich NP latent representations.

  9. Martingale Posterior Neural Processes

    Lee et al. · ICLR 2023

    Replaces the NP latent prior with a martingale posterior built from generated pseudo-data.

  10. Neural Processes with Stability

    Liu, Jing & Yu · NeurIPS 2023

    Algorithmic-stability regularization makes NPs robust to noisy context points, with theoretical guarantees.

  11. Random Grid Neural Processes for Parametric Partial Differential Equations

    Vadeboncoeur et al. · ICML 2023

    Physics-informed latent NP with random collocation grids for probabilistic parametric PDE solutions.

  12. Research on neural processes with multiple latent variables

    Yu et al. · IET Image Processing

    Uses multiple latent variables to relieve NP latent-dimensionality bottleneck and underfitting.

  13. Versatile Neural Processes for Learning Implicit Neural Representations

    Guo et al. · ICLR 2023

    Bottleneck encoder plus hierarchical latent decoder lets NPs model complex implicit neural representations.

2022

  1. Contrastive Conditional Neural Processes

    Ye & Yao · CVPR 2022

    Adds in-instance and cross-instance contrastive losses to CNP training for robustness on high-dimensional data.

  2. Evidential Conditional Neural Processes

    Pandey & Yu · AAAI 2023

    Replaces CNP Gaussian output with evidential hierarchy, separating epistemic and aleatoric uncertainty.

  3. Exploiting Inferential Structure in Neural Processes

    Tailor, Khan & Nalisnick · UAI 2022 Workshop (TPM); UAI 2023

    Injects graphical-model structure into NP aggregation, yielding weighted neural sufficient statistics.

  4. Neural Variational Dropout Processes

    Jeon, Park & Kim · ICLR 2022

    Bayesian meta-learner that infers task-specific dropout rates from context, evaluated on NP-style regression and inpainting.

2021

  1. Bayesian Context Aggregation for Neural Processes

    Volpp et al. · ICLR 2021

    Replaces mean pooling with Bayesian aggregation of latent observations, weighting context points by confidence.

  2. Contrastive Neural Processes for Self-Supervised Learning

    Kallidromitis et al. · ACML 2021

    Self-supervised time-series learning: NP forecasting generates augmentations, trained with a new contrastive loss.

  3. Evidential Turing Processes

    Kandemir et al. · ICLR 2022

    Combines evidential deep learning, NPs and neural Turing memory for calibrated classification and OOD rejection.

  4. Learning Neural Processes on the Fly

    Jung et al. · ICCE-Asia 2022 (earlier withdrawn ICLR 2022 submission)

    Anytime NP that gates between deep and shallow models via product-of-experts for low-and high-data regimes.

  5. Neural Bootstrapping Attention for Neural Processes

    Lee et al. · OpenReview (ICLR 2022 submission)

    Parallel, memory-efficient bootstrap for attentive NPs by injecting random weights into encoder and loss.

  6. Neural Stochastic Differential Equations with Neural Processes Family Members for Uncertainty Estimation in Deep Learning

    Wang & Yao · Sensors 2021

    Combines neural SDE networks with NP-family components to estimate predictive uncertainty.

2020

  1. Bootstrapping Neural Processes

    Lee et al. · NeurIPS 2020

    Replaces Gaussian latents with residual bootstrap over contexts to model functional uncertainty robustly.

  2. Doubly Stochastic Variational Inference for Neural Processes with Hierarchical Latent Variables

    Wang & van Hoof · ICML 2020

    Hierarchical NP with global and per-point local latents trained by doubly stochastic variational inference.

  3. Function Contrastive Learning of Transferable Meta-Representations

    Gondal et al. · ICML 2021

    Trains a CNP-style set encoder with a function-level contrastive loss, decoupled from the decoder.

  4. Meta Learning as Bayes Risk Minimization

    Maeda, Nakanishi & Koyama · arXiv

    Frames meta-learning as Bayes risk minimisation; proposes Gaussian NP variant whose posterior updates behave correctly.

  5. NP-PROV: Neural Processes with Position-Relevant-Only Variances

    Wang et al. · WISE 2021

    Derives predictive variance from a position-only latent space so uncertainty stays bounded under value drift.

  6. Residual Neural Processes

    Lee, Hong & Kim · AAAI 2020

    Adds a Bayesian last layer with residual NP correction, speeding convergence and fixing underfitting on simple tasks.

  7. Uncertainty in Neural Processes

    Naderiparizi et al. · arXiv

    Studies pooling operators and variational families for better NP posterior predictive quality with tiny contexts.

2019

  1. Meta-Learning without Memorization

    Yin et al. · ICLR 2020

    Identifies task memorisation in MAML and CNPs; proposes information-theoretic meta-regularisation (e.g., MR-CNP).

  2. Wasserstein Neural Processes

    Carr, Nielsen & Wingate · NeurIPS 2019 Workshop (Optimal Transport & ML)

    Replaces likelihood-based NP training with sliced Wasserstein distance to handle misspecified likelihoods.

2018

  1. Conditional BRUNO: A Neural Process for Exchangeable Labelled Data

    Korshunova et al. · Neurocomputing 2020 (NeurIPS 2018 BDL Workshop)

    Exchangeable recurrent latent model conditioned on labels, giving an NP with exact conditional updates.

  2. Empirical Evaluation of Neural Process Objectives

    Le et al. · NeurIPS 2018 Workshop (Bayesian Deep Learning)

    Compares ELBO, conditional-ELBO and maximum-likelihood style objectives for training latent NPs.

02Attention and transformer NPs

23 papers replace mean pooling with attention, from attentive NPs to transformer NPs and their memory-efficient variants.

2026

  1. Incremental Transformer Neural Processes

    Mortimer et al. · ICML 2026

    Causal-masked TNP with cached updates for efficient streaming context.

  2. OANP: Operator Attentive Neural Processes for Detecting Unreliable Predictions and Covariate Shift

    Ehebrecht, Scharle & Atzmueller · LNCS 2026

    Operator-attentive NP flags unreliable predictions and covariate shift.

  3. Spectral Transformer Neural Processes

    Chen, Chen & Li · NeurIPS 2026

    Spectral representations within TNP attention for improved function modelling.

  4. Transformer Neural Processes with growing receptive field for uncertainty prediction over clustered observations

    Anonymous · OpenReview (ICLR 2027 submission)

    Growing-receptive-field TNP attention for clustered, non-uniform observations.

2025

  1. Dimension Agnostic Neural Processes

    Lee et al. · ICLR 2025

    Dimension-aggregator transformer lets one NP handle tasks with varying input/output dimensionality.

  2. Exploring Pseudo-Token Approaches in Transformer Neural Processes

    Lara-Rangel, Chen & Zhang · AABI 2025

    Induced Set Attentive NPs: pseudo-token TNPs trading compute and accuracy.

  3. Scalable Spatiotemporal Inference with Biased Scan Attention Transformer Neural Processes

    Jenson et al. · AISTATS 2026

    Biased scan attention TNP (successor to TNP-KR) scales to large spatiotemporal context sets.

2024

  1. Amortized Probabilistic Conditioning for Optimization, Simulation and Inference

    Chang et al. · AISTATS 2025

    Amortized Conditioning Engine: TNP that conditions on and predicts interpretable latents and data.

  2. Gridded Transformer Neural Processes for Spatio-Temporal Data

    Ashman et al. · ICML 2025

    Maps unstructured observations to a grid and applies efficient grid transformers for large-scale NPs.

  3. In-Context In-Context Learning with Transformer Neural Processes

    Ashman et al. · AABI 2024

    TNP conditions on multiple related datasets in context, not just one context set.

  4. Spatial multi-attention conditional neural processes

    Bao, Zhang & Zhang · Neural Networks 2024

    CNP variant with multiple spatial attention mechanisms for spatial prediction.

  5. Transformer Neural Processes - Kernel Regression

    Jenson et al. · arXiv

    TNP-KR: kernel-regression attention blocks for scalable spatiotemporal TNPs; precursor of BSA-TNP.

2023

  1. End-to-End Meta-Bayesian Optimisation with Transformer Neural Processes

    Maraval et al. · NeurIPS 2023

    TNP-based acquisition function trained end-to-end with RL for meta-Bayesian optimisation.

  2. Memory Efficient Neural Processes via Constant Memory Attention Block

    Feng et al. · ICML 2024

    Constant Memory Attention Block enables NPs with constant memory and efficient context updates.

2022

  1. Efficient Queries Transformer Neural Processes

    Feng et al. · NeurIPS 2022 Workshop (MetaLearn)

    Restructures TNP attention so query cost no longer scales quadratically with context size.

  2. Latent Bottlenecked Attentive Neural Processes

    Feng et al. · ICLR 2023

    Compresses context into fixed latent tokens, giving sub-quadratic NPs with near-TNP accuracy.

  3. Research on Patch Attentive Neural Process

    Yu & Mao · arXiv

    ANP variant operating on image patches (ViT/MAE-inspired) for cheaper, more accurate image completion.

  4. Semi-Parametric Inducing Point Networks and Neural Processes

    Rastogi et al. · ICLR 2023

    Linear-cost cross-attention with inducing points; yields Inducing Point NP handling very large contexts.

  5. Transformer Neural Processes: Uncertainty-Aware Meta Learning Via Sequence Modeling

    Nguyen & Grover · ICML 2022

    Casts NP prediction as masked transformer sequence modelling; includes autoregressive and Gaussian-output variants.

2021

  1. Neural Processes with Stochastic Attention: Paying more attention to the context dataset

    Kim, Go & Yun · ICLR 2022

    Treats attention weights as latent variables with an information-theoretic objective so predictions use context better.

2020

  1. Cost-effective Interactive Attention Learning with Neural Attention Processes

    Heo et al. · ICML 2020

    NP-based stochastic attention generator that absorbs human attention feedback without retraining.

2019

  1. Attentive Neural Processes

    Kim et al. · ICLR 2019

    Adds self- and cross-attention over context points to fix NP underfitting.

  2. Improved Attentive Neural Processes

    Suresh & Srinivasan · NeurIPS 2019 Workshop (Bayesian Deep Learning)

    Adds attention-based local latents per context point and decoder self-attention to ANPs.

03Convolutional and equivariant NPs

20 papers build translation equivariance or other symmetries into NPs, starting from ConvCNPs.

2026

  1. Bias-Spectrum Neural Processes for Parametric PDEs: Architecture Priors Meet PDE Constraints

    Li et al. · ICML 2026

    Spectral-bias NP architecture with PDE constraints for calibrated parametric PDE surrogates.

  2. Latent Twin Operator

    Verma, Chen & Chung · arXiv

    ConvCNP-style encoder/decoder with latent evolution for resolution-free PDE surrogates.

  3. Neural Operator Processes for Probabilistic Operator Learning under Partial Observations

    Lara-Rangel & Guillas · arXiv (ICLR 2027 submission)

    Unifies NP conditioning with neural-operator decoding for fields from sparse observations.

  4. Revisiting Neural Processes via Fourier Transform and Volterra Series

    Mohseni, Duffield & Wong · ICML 2026

    Spectral/Volterra-series view of NP encoders yielding new nonlinear spectral NP architectures.

  5. Wavelet Conditional Neural Processes

    Xuan & Wu · ProbML 2026 (AABI)

    Wavelet-domain context representation for multi-resolution CNPs.

2024

  1. Approximately Equivariant Neural Processes

    Ashman et al. · NeurIPS 2024

    Relaxes strict equivariance in ConvCNPs/TNPs via learned symmetry-breaking inputs.

  2. FNP: Fourier Neural Processes for Arbitrary-Resolution Data Assimilation

    Chen et al. · NeurIPS 2024

    Fourier-domain NP handling arbitrary-resolution observations for data assimilation.

  3. Noise-Aware Differentially Private Regression via Meta-Learning

    Räisä et al. · NeurIPS 2024

    DPConvCNP combines ConvCNP with functional DP mechanism, meta-trained to output private predictors.

  4. Spectral Convolutional Conditional Neural Processes

    Mohseni & Duffield · NeurIPS 2025

    Fourier neural operator layers in ConvCNPs capture long-range dependencies efficiently.

  5. Translation Equivariant Transformer Neural Processes

    Ashman et al. · ICML 2024

    Translation-equivariant attention in TNPs, improving generalization in spatio-temporal tasks.

  6. Warped Convolutional Conditional Neural Processes

    Zhou · NNICE 2024

    Input warping extends ConvCNPs to non-stationary inputs.

2023

  1. Bayesian Convolutional Deep Sets with Task-Dependent Stationary Prior

    Jung & Park · AISTATS 2023

    Random ConvDeepSet representations with task-dependent stationary priors for ConvCNP-type models.

  2. Geometric Neural Diffusion Processes

    Mathieu et al. · NeurIPS 2023

    Extends neural diffusion processes to manifolds and tensor fields with group equivariance.

  3. Practical Equivariances via Relational Conditional Neural Processes

    Huang et al. · NeurIPS 2023

    Relational encoding gives scalable translation/rotation-equivariant CNPs in higher input dimensions.

2021

  1. Global Convolutional Neural Processes

    Wang et al. · ICDM 2021

    Convolutional latent NP with global uncertainty representation aggregated over discretised inputs; strong latent-NP likelihoods.

  2. GP-ConvCNP: Better Generalization for Convolutional Conditional Neural Processes on Time Series Data

    Petersen et al. · UAI 2021

    Adds a GP to the ConvCNP pipeline for better time-series generalisation and sample-based predictions.

  3. Group Equivariant Conditional Neural Processes

    Kawano et al. · ICLR 2021

    EquivCNP: decomposition theorem enabling CNPs equivariant to Lie groups such as rotation and scaling.

2020

  1. Equivariant Learning of Stochastic Fields: Gaussian Processes and Steerable Conditional Neural Processes

    Holderrieth, Hutchinson & Teh · ICML 2021

    Characterises equivariant stochastic fields and builds steerable CNPs equivariant to rotations/reflections of vector fields.

  2. Meta-Learning Stationary Stochastic Process Prediction with Convolutional Neural Processes

    Foong et al. · NeurIPS 2020

    ConvNP: latent-variable ConvCNP extension with translation-equivariant latent function; studies ML vs ELBO training.

2019

  1. Convolutional Conditional Neural Processes

    Gordon et al. · ICLR 2020

    Translation-equivariant CNP via functional SetConv embedding and CNN processing; proves representation theorem.

04Correlated and joint predictions

17 papers model dependencies between target outputs, through Gaussian, autoregressive, diffusion or flow-based decoders.

2026

  1. Direct Flow Neural Processes: Efficient Sampling via Flow Step Amortization

    Haider & Rosenbaum · ICML 2026 Workshop (SPIGM)

    Amortizes flow-matching steps for fast few-step NP sampling.

  2. Flow-Adaptive Neural Processes with multiscale Spatial Bias for Irregular Inputs

    Anonymous · OpenReview (ICLR 2027 submission)

    Structured Flow Process: flow-matching NP with flow-adaptive multiscale spatial attention.

  3. Mamba Flow Matching Neural Processes: Linear-Time Inference for Irregularly Observed Spatial Fields

    Santoni et al. · NeurIPS 2026

    Mamba state-space backbone with flow matching gives linear-time NP sampling.

2025

  1. Efficient Autoregressive Inference for Transformer Probabilistic Models

    Hassan et al. · ICLR 2026

    Causal autoregressive buffer gives efficient joint sampling from set-based NPs/PFNs.

  2. Flow Matching Neural Processes

    Abu Hamad & Rosenbaum · NeurIPS 2025

    Flow-matching NP decoder producing correlated samples with simple training.

  3. Neural Bridge Processes

    Xu et al. · arXiv

    Input-anchored diffusion bridge forward process improves conditioning over neural diffusion processes.

  4. Score-Based Neural Processes

    Dou et al. · IEEE TNNLS 2025

    Trains NPs via score matching on predictive distributions, avoiding explicit likelihoods.

2023

  1. Autoregressive Conditional Neural Processes

    Bruinsma et al. · ICLR 2023

    Deploying CNPs autoregressively at test time yields coherent, non-Gaussian joint samples without retraining.

  2. Deep Stochastic Processes via Functional Markov Transition Operators

    Xu et al. · NeurIPS 2023

    Markov NPs stack function-space transition operators, increasing expressivity while preserving consistency.

  3. Diffusion-Augmented Neural Processes

    Bonito et al. · NeurIPS 2023 Workshop (Diffusion Models)

    Diffusion model conditioned on NP outputs to produce non-Gaussian, correlated function samples.

2022

  1. Modeling Temporal Data as Continuous Functions with Stochastic Process Diffusion

    Biloš et al. · ICML 2023

    Function-space diffusion for irregular time series; authors show it can be read as a neural process.

  2. Neural Diffusion Processes

    Dutordoir et al. · ICML 2023

    Diffusion model over function marginals with exchangeable attention, sampling joint predictions beyond NPs.

  3. Practical Conditional Neural Processes Via Tractable Dependent Predictions

    Markou et al. · ICLR 2022

    Low-rank Gaussian and copula-based CNPs giving tractable, scalable correlated predictions for non-Gaussian data.

2021

  1. Conditional Temporal Neural Processes with Covariance Loss

    Yoo et al. · ICML 2021

    Covariance loss, framed as CNP-equivalent regulariser, makes networks capture target dependencies; tested on spatiotemporal data.

  2. Decoupled Kernel Neural Processes: Neural Network-Parameterized Stochastic Processes using Explicit Data-driven Kernel

    Gwak et al. · OpenReview (ICLR 2022 / TMLR submission)

    Learns explicit mean and attention-parameterised kernel functions, producing correlated NP predictions.

  3. Efficient Gaussian Neural Processes for Regression

    Markou et al. · ICML 2021 Workshop (Uncertainty & Robustness in DL)

    Scalable alternative to FullConvGNP modelling output covariances, extending exact-likelihood Gaussian NPs to 2D/3D inputs.

  4. The Gaussian Neural Process

    Bruinsma et al. · AABI 2021 (3rd Symposium)

    Analyses CNP maximum-likelihood objective; proposes translation-equivariant NP with joint Gaussian predictive covariance.

05Sequential, temporal and dynamical NPs

17 papers extend NPs to sequences, dynamics and continuous-time processes.

2026

  1. Amortized Variational Inference of Latent Intensities from Replicated Point Patterns

    Liu, Miscouridou & Sulem · arXiv (ICLR 2027 submission)

    NP-based amortized variational inference of shared point-process intensities.

  2. Reinforced Neural Processes: Memory-Efficient Time-Series Forecasting with a World-Feedback-Trained Memory Policy

    Khan, Wichern & Laughman · ICML 2026 Workshop (RLxF)

    RL-trained memory policy selects which observations NPs retain under bounded context.

2025

  1. KooNPro: A Variance-Aware Koopman Probabilistic Model Enhanced by Neural Process for Time Series Forecasting

    Zheng, Bai & Ding · ICLR 2025

    Koopman probabilistic forecaster with NP-based variance modelling.

  2. Meta-Learning Contextual Time Series Forecasting with Neural Processes

    Schorr et al. · OpenReview (ICLR 2026 submission, not accepted)

    NP architecture conditioning forecasts on context from multiple related time series.

2024

  1. Learning continuous network emerging dynamics from scarce observations via data-adaptive stochastic processes

    Cui et al. · Science China Information Sciences

    NDP4ND extends neural ODE processes to network dynamics learned from sparse observations.

  2. Neural processes with event triggers for fast adaptation to changes

    Brunzema, Kruse & Trimpe · L4DC 2024

    Event-triggered context updating lets CNPs detect and adapt to changing dynamical systems online.

2023

  1. Meta Temporal Point Processes

    Bae et al. · ICLR 2023

    Frames temporal point processes as NPs with context sets and attentive local history matching.

2022

  1. Graph Sequential Neural ODE Process for Link Prediction on Dynamic and Sparse Graphs

    Luo, Haffari & Pan · WSDM 2023

    Combines sequential NPs, neural ODEs and graph encoders for link prediction on sparse dynamic graphs.

2021

  1. Deep Bayesian Active Learning for Accelerating Stochastic Simulation

    Wu et al. · arXiv

    Interactive NP: spatiotemporal NP surrogate plus latent-information-gain acquisition for active learning of simulators.

  2. Meta-learning using privileged information for dynamics

    Day et al. · ICLR 2021 Workshops (Learning to Learn; SimDL)

    Extends Neural ODE Processes to use privileged side information during training via flexible aggregation.

  3. Neural ODE Processes

    Norcliffe et al. · ICLR 2021

    Merges neural ODEs with NPs: latent ODE dynamics conditioned on context for adaptive time series.

  4. Social Processes: Self-Supervised Meta-Learning over Conversational Groups for Forecasting Nonverbal Social Cues

    Raman, Hung & Loog · ECCV 2022 Workshop (CV4Metaverse)

    NP-family sequence model (incl. attentive variant) forecasting future window distributions per conversation group.

  5. When in Doubt: Neural Non-Parametric Uncertainty Quantification for Epidemic Forecasting

    Kamarthi et al. · NeurIPS 2021

    EpiFNP: functional-NP-style model with stochastic correlation graphs over past sequences for calibrated forecasts.

2020

  1. Robustifying Sequential Neural Processes

    Yoon, Singh & Ahn · ICML 2020

    Recurrent memory reconstruction attention for SNPs using imaginary context to fix underfitting in meta-transfer learning.

2019

  1. Recurrent Attentive Neural Process for Sequential Data

    Qin et al. · NeurIPS 2019 Workshop

    Embeds an attentive NP within a recurrent network to capture temporal order in sequential data.

  2. Recurrent Neural Processes

    Willi et al. · NeurIPS 2019 Workshop (Bayesian Deep Learning)

    Conditional state-space models built from NPs, inferring slow latent time scales in fast time series.

  3. Sequential Neural Processes

    Singh et al. · NeurIPS 2019

    State-space model whose latent transitions evolve NP latents over time, modelling dynamic stochastic processes.

06Structured settings: graphs, multi-task, mixtures

33 papers adapt NPs to graphs, multiple tasks, mixtures of experts, heterogeneous data and causal structure.

2026

  1. Amortized Counterfactual Prediction with Graph Neural Networks

    Stumpf & Quinzan · arXiv (ICLR 2027 submission)

    Counterfactual Graph NP answers counterfactual queries without estimating a causal graph.

  2. Multi-Fidelity PDE Learning with Adaptive Spectral Neural Processes

    Anonymous · OpenReview (ICLR 2027 submission)

    Physics-informed spectral NP with autoregressive multi-fidelity corrections.

  3. NPBoost: Neural Processes with Gradient-Boosted Fixed Effects

    Nava et al. · arXiv

    Mixed-effects NP: gradient-boosted fixed effects plus NP random effects.

2025

  1. Continual learning via probabilistic exchangeable sequence modelling

    Xing & Yau · TMLR 2025

    CL-BRUNO: NP-based exchangeable generative model for tractable Bayesian continual learning.

  2. Estimating Interventional Distributions with Uncertain Causal Graphs through Meta-Learning

    Dhir et al. · NeurIPS 2025

    MACE-TNP predicts Bayesian model-averaged interventional distributions end-to-end.

  3. Graph Transformer Neural Processes

    Karagözlü et al. · OpenReview (ICLR 2026 submission, not accepted)

    Represents NP inputs as graphs with similarity-labelled edges for data-efficient uncertainty.

  4. Multi-task Neural Diffusion Processes

    Rawson, Ladopoulou & Dellaportas · arXiv

    Task encoder conditions neural diffusion processes for multi-task few-shot regression.

  5. Resolving Node Identifiability in Graph Neural Processes via Laplacian Spectral Encodings

    Yan et al. · arXiv

    Laplacian positional encodings with theory resolving node identifiability in graph NPs.

2024

  1. A Meta-Learning Approach to Bayesian Causal Discovery

    Dhir et al. · ICLR 2025

    Bayesian causal NP: meta-learned transformer approximating posteriors over causal graphs.

  2. Hierarchical Linear Symbolized Tree-Structured Neural Processes

    Tai & Guo · KDD 2024

    Tree-structured hierarchical NP with linear symbolization of context relationships.

  3. Multi-Fidelity Residual Neural Processes for Scalable Surrogate Modeling

    Niu et al. · ICML 2024

    Models residuals between fidelity levels within NPs for scalable multi-fidelity surrogate modelling.

  4. Topology of Neural Processes

    Tai & Guo · ICANN 2024

    Vietoris-Rips topological structure among context points to inform NP representations.

  5. Two Birds with One Stone: Enhancing Uncertainty Quantification and Interpretability with Graph Functional Neural Process

    Kong et al. · AISTATS 2024

    Graph functional NP over latent rationales for calibrated, interpretable graph classification.

2023

  1. Beyond Unimodal: Generalising Neural Processes for Multimodal Uncertainty Estimation

    Jung et al. · NeurIPS 2023

    Multimodal NP aggregates multiple input modalities with dynamic context memory and calibrated uncertainty.

  2. Disentangled Multi-Fidelity Deep Bayesian Active Learning

    Wu et al. · ICML 2023

    Multi-fidelity NP-style model with disentangled per-fidelity latents for deep Bayesian active learning.

  3. Episodic Multi-Task Learning with Heterogeneous Neural Processes

    Shen et al. · NeurIPS 2023

    Heterogeneous NPs share meta-knowledge across heterogeneous tasks and episodes via hierarchical latents.

  4. Graph Neural Processes for Spatio-Temporal Extrapolation

    Hu et al. · KDD 2023

    Spatio-temporal graph NP with cross-set convolution and uncertainty-aware aggregation for extrapolation.

  5. NPCL: Neural Processes for Uncertainty-Aware Continual Learning

    Jha et al. · NeurIPS 2023

    Hierarchical task-specific NP latents for continual learning with uncertainty-guided forgetting control.

2022

  1. Compositional Law Parsing with Latent Random Functions

    Shi, Li & Xue · ICLR 2023

    CLAP: concept-specific latent random functions instantiated with NPs to parse compositional scene laws.

  2. Learning Expressive Meta-Representations with Mixture of Expert Neural Processes

    Wang & van Hoof · NeurIPS 2022

    Mixture of expert latent NPs with assignment latents for multimodal task distributions.

  3. Multi-fidelity Hierarchical Neural Processes

    Wu et al. · KDD 2022

    Hierarchical latent NP for multi-fidelity surrogate modelling, sharing info across fidelity levels.

  4. Uncertainty Estimation With Neural Processes for Meta-Continual Learning

    Wang et al. · IEEE TNNLS 2022

    NP-based meta-continual learner estimating uncertainty under evolving data streams.

2021

  1. Bayesian Relational Generative Model for Scalable Multi-modal Learning

    Hajiramezanali et al. · OpenReview (ICLR 2022 submission)

    Multi-modal relational NP learning a dependency graph across modalities, extending functional NPs.

  2. How Neural Processes Improve Graph Link Prediction

    Liang & Gao · ICASSP 2022

    NPGNN: NP built on graph neural networks for transductive and inductive link prediction.

  3. Multi-Task Neural Processes

    Shen et al. · arXiv

    Hierarchical Bayesian NP sharing function-space priors across tasks for multi-task learning.

  4. Multi-Task Processes

    Kim et al. · ICLR 2022

    MTNP (arXiv title 'Multi-Task Neural Processes'): hierarchical latents jointly inferring correlated tasks.

2020

  1. Factorized Neural Processes for Neural Processes: K-Shot Prediction of Neural Responses

    Cotton, Sinz & Tolias · NeurIPS 2020

    NP with latent split into receptive-field location and tuning properties for K-shot neuron response prediction.

  2. Message Passing Neural Processes

    Day et al. · arXiv (ICLR 2022 GTRL Workshop)

    Incorporates graph message passing into NPs to exploit relational structure among data points.

  3. MFPC-Net: Multi-fidelity Physics-Constrained Neural Process

    Wang & Lin · arXiv

    NP surrogate fusing low-and high-fidelity simulation data with physics-law constraints.

2019

  1. Graph Neural Processes: Towards Bayesian Graph Neural Networks

    Carr & Wingate · arXiv

    CNP over graph-structured data using spectral edge features for uncertainty-aware edge imputation.

  2. The Functional Neural Process

    Louizos et al. · NeurIPS 2019

    Exchangeable model learning a dependency graph over latent point representations instead of a global latent.

2018

  1. Conditional Graph Neural Processes: A Functional Autoencoder Approach

    Nassar, Wang & Tumer · NeurIPS 2018 Workshop (Bayesian Deep Learning)

    Applies CNPs on graphs as a functional autoencoder for edge imputation.

  2. Neural Processes Mixed-Effect Models for Deep Normative Modeling of Clinical Neuroimaging Data

    Kia & Marquand · MIDL 2019

    NP-based mixed-effects model capturing site/subject random effects for normative modelling.

07Theory, evaluation, surveys and theses

12 papers analyse, benchmark, survey or package the family. The theses and resources below them are listed for reference but not counted.

2026

  1. Characterizing the Representational Capacity of Neural Processes

    Young · ProbML 2026 (AABI)

    Proves a strict expressivity hierarchy among CNP, ANP, TNP and latent variants.

  2. On the Conditioning Consistency Gap in Conditional Neural Processes

    Young · TMLR 2026

    Defines and bounds a KL conditioning-consistency gap quantifying CNP Kolmogorov inconsistency.

  3. Three Costs of Amortizing Gaussian Process Inference with Neural Processes

    Young · ProbNum 2026

    Analyses approximation costs when NPs amortize GP posterior inference.

2025

  1. Learning to Generalize: An Information Perspective on Neural Processes

    Li et al. · NeurIPS 2025

    Information-theoretic generalization bounds for NPs and sharpness-reducing stability regularization.

2024

  1. On Neural Process Pooling Operator Choice and Posterior Calibration

    Naderiparizi et al. · Canadian AI 2024

    Studies how context-aggregation pooling choice affects NP latent posterior calibration.

2023

  1. NP-SSL: A Modular and Extensible Self-supervised Learning Library with Neural Processes

    Ye et al. · CIKM 2023

    Unified modular library for building, benchmarking and self-supervised extension of NP variants.

2022

  1. The Neural Process Family: Survey, Applications and Perspectives

    Jha et al. · arXiv

    Survey of NP variants, theory, applications and open problems.

  2. What Matters For Meta-Learning Vision Regression Tasks?

    Gao et al. · CVPR 2022

    New vision regression meta-learning benchmarks; analyses augmentation and regularisation; adds functional contrastive learning to CNPs.

2020

  1. Frequency Decomposition in Neural Processes

    Petersen et al. · OpenReview (ICLR 2021 submission)

    Shows deterministic NPs act like Fourier decompositions; bounds representable frequency by latent size.

2019

  1. Probing Uncertainty Estimates of Neural Processes

    Grover et al. · NeurIPS 2019 Workshop (Bayesian Deep Learning)

    Proposes interpretable metrics probing the inductive biases of NP uncertainty estimates.

2018

  1. On the Connection between Neural Processes and Gaussian Processes with Deep Kernels

    Rudner et al. · NeurIPS 2018 Workshop (Bayesian Deep Learning)

    Shows NPs can be equivalent to GPs with deep kernels under certain conditions.

  2. Verification of deep probabilistic models

    Dvijotham et al. · NeurIPS 2018 Workshop (Security in ML)

    Verification framework for probabilistic models, demonstrated on certifying properties such as monotonicity of (C)NPs.

Theses and resources17 · not counted

2025

  1. Modelling data on and off the grid using Neural Processes with applications in weather prediction

    Stratis Markou · PhD thesis (University of Cambridge)

    PhD thesis on NPs for gridded and off-grid data, applied to weather prediction.

  2. On Transformer Neural Processes

    Matthew Ashman · PhD thesis (University of Cambridge)

    PhD thesis on transformer NPs (TE-TNP, gridded TNPs, approximate equivariance).

2024

  1. {On, Off}-The-Grid Data Modelling Using Transformer Neural Processes

    Eric Robin Langezaal · MPhil thesis (University of Cambridge, MLMI)

    MPhil dissertation on TNPs for mixed gridded/off-grid data.

2023

  1. Amortised Inference in Bayesian Neural Networks

    Tommy Rochussen · Undergraduate thesis (arXiv)

    Amortized pseudo-observation BNN inference framed as a new NP-family member.

  2. Autoregressive Diffusion Neural Processes

    Lorenzo Bonito · MPhil thesis (University of Cambridge, MLMI)

    MPhil dissertation combining diffusion models with autoregressive NPs.

  3. DeepSensor (Python package for environmental neural processes)

    Andersson et al. · Software (GitHub/PyPI)

    Open-source toolkit for ConvNP-based environmental interpolation, downscaling and sensor placement.

  4. Towards Data-Efficient Deep Learning with Meta-Learning and Symmetries

    Jin Xu · PhD thesis (University of Oxford)

    DPhil thesis covering MetaFun and Markov Neural Processes.

2022

  1. Approximate Inference in Bayesian Neural Networks and Translation Equivariant Neural Processes

    Andrew Y. K. Foong · PhD thesis (University of Cambridge)

    BNN approximate-inference limits plus convolutional (translation-equivariant) NPs.

  2. Better Encoders for Neural Process Family Models

    Benedict King · MPhil thesis (University of Cambridge, MLMI)

    MPhil dissertation studying improved encoder architectures for NPF models.

  3. Convolutional Conditional Neural Processes (PhD thesis)

    Wessel P. Bruinsma · PhD thesis (University of Cambridge)

    Thesis on ConvCNPs, Gaussian NPs and autoregressive CNPs; posted to arXiv in 2024.

  4. Functional representation learning for uncertainty quantification and fast skill transfer

    Qi Wang · PhD thesis (University of Amsterdam)

    Thesis on hierarchical (DSVNP), mixture-of-experts and graph NPs plus SI-NP objective.

  5. The Neural Processes Family: Translation Equivariance and Output Dependencies

    James Requeima · PhD thesis (University of Cambridge)

    Thesis on ConvCNP, ConvLNP, ConvGNP and AR CNPs with climate/medical applications.

2021

  1. Advances in Probabilistic Meta-Learning and the Neural Process Family

    Jonathan Gordon · PhD thesis (University of Cambridge)

    NPF tutorial, expressivity analysis, translation-equivariant DeepSets/ConvCNPs, and CNAPs.

2020

  1. Geometric Extensions of Neural Processes

    Carr · MS thesis, Brigham Young University

    Thesis covering graph NPs via Laplacian spectra and Wasserstein-trained NPs.

  2. Neural Process Family (website and library)

    Dubois, Gordon & Foong · Website / GitHub

    Tutorial-style overview and unified PyTorch implementations of CNP, NP, ANP, ConvCNP and ConvNP.

2019

  1. Interpretable Models in Probabilistic Machine Learning

    Hyunjik Kim · PhD thesis (University of Oxford)

    DPhil thesis whose final part covers attention-based stochastic process models (ANPs).

  2. Spatiotemporal Modeling using Recurrent Neural Processes

    Kumar · MS thesis, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU-RI-TR- 19-67)

    Recurrent neural processes for spatiotemporal forecasting with learned kernels and structured uncertainty.

08Applications by domain

286 papers use an NP-family model as their core method. Energy and engineering and robotics lead with 38 each, followed by general ML problems (28) and climate, weather and environment (24).

Energy & engineering38

2026

  1. Accelerating Load-Pull Measurements Using Attentive Neural Processes

    Hsu et al. · IEEE ICMTS 2026

    ANP predicts RF load-pull contours from few measurements to speed device characterization.

  2. ASAP: Accelerating Corner-Based Timing Analysis With Bayesian Active Self-Attention Neural Process

    Wang et al. · IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

    Self-attention NP with active learning gives confidence-aware multi-corner static timing predictions for chip design.

  3. Automatic Tuning and Matching for NMR Probes Based on Physics-Informed Conditional Neural Processes

    Zhai et al. · Sensors

    Physics-informed CNP enables automatic tuning and matching of NMR probes.

  4. Behaviour-Conditioned Neural Processes for Adaptive Residential Short-Term Load Forecasting

    Soleimani, Visentin, Pesch · arXiv

    ANP with inferred discrete behavioural latent conditions household load forecasts.

  5. Collaborative Probabilistic Wind Power Forecasting Using Adaptive Flow Matching Enhanced Neural Process

    Liu et al. · International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing

    Flow-matching-enhanced NP produces collaborative probabilistic wind power forecasts across farms.

  6. Few-Shot Emergency Response Equipment Fault Diagnosis for Coal Electricity Integrated Enterprises Based on Structure-Aware Neural Processes

    Wang et al. · ICAIC 2026 (ACM)

    Structure-aware NPs for few-shot equipment fault diagnosis.

  7. Meta-Adaptive Neural Processes for Cross-Chemistry SOH Probabilistic Prediction: Robust to Noise and Incomplete Charging Data

    Yue et al. · IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification

    Meta-adaptive NP predicts lithium-ion battery state of health across chemistries with uncertainty.

  8. Physics-guided neural process with adaptive learning for uncertainty quantification of aero-engine remaining useful life

    Tian et al. · Computers & Industrial Engineering

    Physics-guided adaptive NP quantifies uncertainty in aero-engine RUL prediction.

  9. Physics-informed autoregressive neural processes for wear degradation prognostics with application to magnetic head

    Wang et al. · Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

    Physics-informed autoregressive NP forecasts wear degradation of magnetic heads.

  10. Physics-informed conditional neural processes for reconstructing transient temperature fields of turbine blades from sparse maximum temperature data

    Qin et al. · Applied Thermal Engineering

    Physics-informed CNP reconstructs transient turbine-blade temperature fields from sparse measurements.

  11. Regime-aware conditional neural processes with multi-criteria decision support for operational electricity price forecasting

    Das, Schlüter, Schneider · Energy Economics

    Regime-specific CNP mixture forecasts German day-ahead hourly electricity prices.

  12. Resilient Load Forecasting under Climate Change: Adaptive Conditional Neural Processes for Few-Shot Extreme Load Forecasting

    Hu et al. · arXiv

    AdaCNP gives calibrated few-shot electricity load forecasts during extreme-weather regime shifts.

  13. Unbiased estimation attentive neural processes for state assessment of multi-working condition industrial robots

    Zhang et al. · Advanced Engineering Informatics

    Unbiased-estimation ANP assesses industrial robot health state under varying working conditions.

2025

  1. Adaptive LCI Data Completion: Integrating Neural Processes and Active Learning for Enhanced Life Cycle Assessment

    Xing et al. · Procedia CIRP

    NPs with active learning complete missing life-cycle-inventory data for environmental assessment.

  2. Attentive neural processes based on reliable inferences for industrial equipment anomaly detection

    Huang et al. · Computers in Industry

    Reliable-inference ANP detects anomalies in industrial equipment signals.

  3. Meta-model Neural Process for Probabilistic Power Flow under Varying N-1 System Topologies

    Ly et al. · IEEE PES General Meeting 2025

    Topology-adaptive NP solves probabilistic power flow across N-1 contingencies without retraining.

  4. Physics-informed multi-source data fusion for inferencing residual stress field of rotary parts

    Guo et al. · International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

    Treats residual stress fields as an NP fusing deformation-force and local stress measurements.

  5. Real-time adaptation for time-series signal prediction using label-aware neural processes

    Chung, Kontar · Reliability Engineering & System Safety

    Label-aware NP rapidly adapts condition-monitoring signal predictions online for engineering units.

  6. Scalable and reliable deep transfer learning for intelligent fault detection via multi-scale neural processes embedded with prior knowledge

    Li et al. · Neurocomputing

    Knowledge-embedded multi-scale NPs for cross-domain industrial fault detection with uncertainty.

  7. Short-Term Load Forecasting with Attentive Neural Processes: Adaptivity and Uncertainty Estimation

    Soleimani, Chung, Pesch · IEEE SMARTCOM P 2025

    ANP gives adaptive, uncertainty-aware short-term electricity load forecasts.

  8. The Research of Industrial Robot Anomaly Detection Based on Kinematic Model-Guided IMU Attitude Error Calibration

    Zi et al. · ICEIOM 2025 (IEEE)

    ANP fits normal IMU acceleration data; reconstruction error flags industrial robot anomalies.

  9. Weighted sequence neural processes based uncertainty-aware machinery failure prognostic for mineral manufacturing equipment

    Liang et al. · Measurement

    Weighted sequence NP gives uncertainty-aware failure prognostics for mineral-processing machinery.

2024

  1. An improved multi-task approach for SHM missing data reconstruction using attentive neural process and meta-learning

    Zhao et al. · Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring

    Multi-task ANP with meta-learning reconstructs missing structural health monitoring data.

  2. ANP-Net: attention neural processes network for semi-supervised pavement defect semantic segmentation

    Pang et al. · International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems

    ANP-based semi-supervised network segments pavement defects for road inspection.

  3. Deep Wavelet Neural Process: Modeling Stochastic Variation of Non-Euclidean Functional Data for Manufacturing Quality Inference

    Wang et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

    Wavelet NP models stochastic surface variation for manufacturing quality inference.

  4. Multidomain neural process model based on source attention for industrial robot anomaly detection

    Yang et al. · Advanced Engineering Informatics

    Source-attention multi-domain NP detects anomalies in industrial robots across working conditions.

2023

  1. A Deep Generative Active Learning-based Scheme for the Efficient Development of Transient Stability Predictor

    Li et al. · PandaFPE 2023 (IEEE)

    NP predicts power-system transient stability within a generative active-learning data scheme.

  2. Neural Process for Health Prognostics With Uncertainty Estimations

    Yang, Mei, Zhai · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

    NP-based health prognostics of degrading machinery with uncertainty estimates.

  3. Towards a population-informed approach to the definition of data-driven models for structural dynamics

    Tsialiamanis et al. · Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

    CNP and MAML learn structural-dynamics models from populations of similar structures.

  4. Uncertainty Quantification Based Health Diagnosis for Lithium-Ion Batteries Under Different Operating Conditions

    Zhang et al. · ICEMI 2023 (IEEE)

    NP combined with LSTM models battery degradation paths with uncertainty across operating conditions.

2022

  1. Calibrating building simulation models using multi-source datasets and meta-learned Bayesian optimization

    Zhan et al. · Energy and Buildings

    ANP meta-learned surrogate speeds Bayesian-optimisation calibration of building energy simulators.

  2. High-Speed Adder Design Space Exploration via Graph Neural Processes

    Geng et al. · IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

    Graph NP surrogate guides Bayesian-optimisation exploration of high-speed adder circuit designs.

  3. Neural Process Enhanced Machining Error Evaluation for Coordinate Measuring Machines

    Li et al. · IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

    NP improves machining-error evaluation from sparse coordinate-measuring-machine points.

  4. Relation-Aware Attentive Neural Processes Model for Remaining Useful Life Prediction

    Lu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

    Relation-aware ANP models sensor relations for probabilistic RUL prognostics.

2021

  1. Anomalous Sound Detection Using Attentive Neural Processes

    Wichern et al. · IEEE WASPAA 2021

    ANP reconstructs masked spectrogram regions to detect anomalous machine sounds for condition monitoring.

  2. Attentive Neural Processes and Batch Bayesian Optimization for Scalable Calibration of Physics-Informed Digital Twins

    Chakrabarty, Wichern, Laughman · ICML 2021 Workshop: Tackling Climate Change with ML

    ANP surrogate with batch Bayesian optimisation calibrates building-energy digital twins.

  3. Scenario Uncertainty Modeling for Predictive Maintenance with Recurrent Neural Adaptive Processes (RNAPs)

    Yu et al. · SAE Technical Paper Series (SAE WCX 2021)

    Recurrent NP-based meta-learner for scenario-adaptive, uncertainty-aware vehicle predictive maintenance.

2020

  1. Predicting Remaining Useful Life with Uncertainty Using Recurrent Neural Process

    Gao, Que, Xu · IEEE QRS-C 2020

    Recurrent NP predicts equipment remaining useful life with uncertainty.

Robotics38

2026

  1. Exploring Temporal Representation in Neural Processes for Multimodal Action Prediction

    Fedozzi et al. · arXiv

    Studies temporal representations in CNPs for multimodal action prediction.

  2. Neural Process-Based Reactive Controller for Autonomous Racing

    Hunter, Enyioha · IEEE SoutheastCon 2026

    Attentive and physics-informed NP reactive controller for autonomous racing.

  3. POMDP-based Object Search with Growing State Space and Hybrid Action Domain

    Chen et al. · arXiv

    POMDP object search using an NP network to filter primitive actions.

  4. Safe human–robot interaction via Attentive Neural Movement Primitives and control barrier functions

    Hafezi et al. · Robotics and Autonomous Systems

    Attentive neural movement primitives combined with control barrier functions for safe HRI.

  5. State estimation using physics informed attentive neural processes for vehicle tracking

    Hunter, Augsburger, O'Rourke · SPIE Signal Processing, Sensor/Information Fusion, and Target Recognition XXXV

    Physics-informed attentive NPs for vehicle state estimation and tracking.

  6. Task Parameter Extrapolation via Learning Inverse Tasks From Forward Demonstrations

    Bahar et al. · IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

    Joint CNP/DMBN representation of forward and inverse tasks for extrapolation.

  7. The Impact of Trajectory Segmentation on Learning Performance in the C-CNMP Architecture

    Pekmezci, Oztop · SIU 2026 (IEEE)

    Studies trajectory segmentation effects on coupled CNMP learning.

  8. Trajectory Learning with Graph Representations for Social Robot Navigation

    Kartal et al. · arXiv

    Graph-representation extension of CNMP for social robot navigation.

  9. Uncertainty-Quantified Pseudo-GNSS via GANP for Robust INS/GNSS Navigation of UAVs During GNSS Outages

    Xu et al. · IEEE Sensors Journal

    GRU-attention neural process generates pseudo-GNSS measurements with covariance to bridge UAV GNSS outages.

2025

  1. Artificial Pain Representation with Tactile and Vision Blending

    Ribeiro et al. · IEEE-RAS Humanoids 2025

    Adapts CNMP-derived Deep Modality Blending Networks to predict touch from vision for pain anticipation.

  2. Learning Attentive Neural Processes for Planning with Pushing Actions

    Jain, Shaw & Roy · RoboReps Workshop 2025

    ANP infers latent physical properties for planning pushing actions.

  3. MetaVLA: Unified Meta Co-training For Efficient Embodied Adaption

    Li et al. · arXiv

    ANP-derived meta co-training for efficient vision-language-action model adaptation.

  4. Mobil Robotlarda Sosyal Navigasyon Öğrenme / Learning Social Navigation in Mobile Robots

    Kartal et al. · SIU 2025 (IEEE)

    Graph attention for spatial and CNPs for temporal structure of demonstrated social navigation.

  5. Real-Time Performance Analysis of Multi-Fidelity Residual Physics-Informed Neural Process-Based State Estimation for Robotic Systems

    Hunter & Enyioha · arXiv

    Multi-fidelity residual physics-informed NP for real-time robot state estimation.

  6. Uncertainty-aware Accurate Elevation Modeling for Off-road Navigation via Neural Processes

    Jung et al. · CoRL 2025

    NP-based terrain elevation modeling with uncertainty for off-road navigation.

2024

  1. Conditional Neural Expert Processes for Learning Movement Primitives From Demonstration

    Yildirim, Ugur · IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

    Mixture-of-experts CNP for multimodal movement primitives from demonstration.

  2. Correspondence Learning Between Morphologically Different Robots via Task Demonstrations

    Aktas et al. · IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

    Blends latents of coupled CNMPs to learn correspondences across robot morphologies.

  3. Coupled Conditional Neural Movement Primitives

    Pekmezci, Ugur, Oztop · Neural Computing and Applications

    Coupled CNMPs that link multiple movement primitives via shared latents.

  4. Cross-Embodied Affordance Transfer through Learning Affordance Equivalences

    Aktas et al. · arXiv

    CNMP-backbone shared affordance space for cross-embodiment affordance transfer.

  5. Learning a Terrain- and Robot-Aware Dynamics Model for Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation

    Achterhold et al. · arXiv

    NP-based terrain- and robot-aware dynamics model for mobile robot navigation.

  6. Learning Early Social Maneuvers for Enhanced Social Navigation

    Yildirim, Suzer & Ugur · ICRA 2024 Workshop (RTSS)

    CNP-based LfD for social navigation using pedestrian path predictions.

  7. Multi-step planning with learned effects of partial action executions

    Aktas, Bozdogan, Ugur · Advanced Robotics

    CNP-based affordance model predicting effects of partial actions for multi-step planning.

  8. Semi-Supervised Neural Processes for Articulated Object Interactions

    Liu, Noseworthy & Roy · arXiv

    Semi-supervised NP reward model for articulated object interactions.

2023

  1. Bimanual Rope Manipulation Skill Synthesis through Context Dependent Correction Policy Learning from Human Demonstration

    Akbulut et al. · ICRA 2023

    CNMP-learned correction policies for bimanual rope manipulation.

  2. Conditional Neural Processes for Self-Supervised Goal Discovery in Action Imitation

    Fedozzi et al. · IROS 2023 Workshop (World Models and Predictive Coding)

    CNPs for self-supervised discovery of action goals in imitation.

  3. Context-Conditional Navigation with a Learning-Based Terrain-and Robot-Aware Dynamics Model

    Guttikonda et al. · ECMR 2023

    NP-based context-conditional terrain-and robot-aware dynamics model for navigation.

  4. Deep Probabilistic Movement Primitives with a Bayesian Aggregator

    Przystupa et al. · IROS 2023

    Replaces CNMP mean aggregation with Bayesian context aggregation for conditioning and blending.

  5. Image-based Outdoor Navigation in Static Environments via Conditional Neural Movement Primitive

    Nakahara, Capi · IEEE ROSE 2023

    Image-conditioned CNMP for outdoor mobile robot navigation.

2022

  1. Imitation and mirror systems in robots through Deep Modality Blending Networks

    Seker et al. · Neural Networks

    Deep modality blending networks extend CNPs to multimodal action understanding and imitation.

  2. Learning social navigation from demonstrations with conditional neural processes

    Yildirim, Ugur · Interaction Studies

    CNP-based global and local controllers for social navigation from demonstrations.

  3. Meta-Learning Regrasping Strategies for Physical-Agnostic Objects

    Gao et al. · ICRA 2022 Workshop (Scaling Robot Learning)

    ConDex: CNP combined with DexNet to infer physical properties for regrasping.

2021

  1. Generative Adversarial Networks with Conditional Neural Movement Primitives for An Interactive Generative Drawing Tool

    Ada & Seker · arXiv

    Adds adversarial loss to CNMP for smooth, consistent interactive sketch generation.

  2. Learning Social Navigation from Demonstrations with Deep Neural Networks

    Yildirim & Ugur · RO-MAN 2021 Workshop (TSAR)

    CNP models for global and local social navigation planning learned from demonstrations.

  3. Learning System Dynamics via Deep Recurrent and Conditional Neural Systems

    Pekmezci, Ugur & Oztop · SIU 2021 (IEEE)

    Compares LSTM and CNMP-based conditional models for learning system dynamics from time series.

2020

  1. ACNMP: Skill Transfer and Task Extrapolation through Learning from Demonstration and Reinforcement Learning via Representation Sharing

    Akbulut et al. · CoRL 2020

    Adaptive CNMP: shares CNP latent between supervised demos and RL for skill extrapolation.

  2. Predicting Whole Body Motion Trajectories using Conditional Neural Movement Primitives

    Kurtoglu et al. · ICRA 2020 Workshop (venue unconfirmed)

    Extends CNMPs to generate whole-body human motion conditioned on desired body configurations.

  3. Towards a Mirror Neuron System via Dual Channel Conditional Neural Movement Primitives

    Seker et al. · ICRA 2020 Workshop (venue unconfirmed)

    Two CNMPs (image and joint channels) sharing a latent space for mirror-neuron-like transfer.

2019

  1. Conditional Neural Movement Primitives

    Seker et al. · RSS 2019

    CNMP: CNP-based movement primitives conditioned on arbitrary via-points and sensory inputs.

Other ML28

2026

  1. Hamiltonian monte carlo based neural process for few-shot knowledge graph completion

    Wang et al. · Information Sciences

    Hamiltonian Monte Carlo NP for few-shot knowledge graph completion.

  2. PRIM: Meta-Learned Bayesian Root Cause Analysis

    Lohse et al. · NeurIPS 2026

    MACE-TNP-based amortized Bayesian root cause analysis.

  3. Source Localization in Continuous-Time Propagation via Spectral ODE Modeling

    Hou et al. · WWW 2026

    Graph-VAE neural process encodes latent propagation patterns conditioning a spectral neural ODE.

  4. Sum-Rate Optimization for Multi-User Fluid Antenna MISO Systems via ConvCNP-Assisted D3QN Port Selection

    Hu & Chen · IEEE Access

    ConvCNP infers unobserved fluid-antenna port CSI from pilots, guiding D3QN port selection.

  5. Unit-level aggregation breaks coverage in causal foundation models

    Schulman, Bynum & Wald · arXiv

    NP heads on causal foundation models to fix CATE coverage.

2025

  1. Combat Misinformation: Dynamic User Credibility Prediction via State-Aware Neural Processes

    Chen, Han · IJCNN 2025

    State-aware NPs for dynamic user credibility prediction against misinformation.

  2. Enhancing Real Estate Valuation through Deep Modeling of Spatiotemporal Dependencies and Feature Interactions

    Xu & Wu · WWW 2025 Companion

    TabularCNP conditions property value predictions on nearby recent transactions via a CNP.

  3. Graph Stochastic Neural Process for Inductive Few-shot Knowledge Graph Completion

    Zhao et al. · ACM TIST

    Graph stochastic NP for inductive few-shot KG completion.

  4. Hybrid State Estimation of Uncertain Nonlinear Dynamics Using Neural Processes

    Hunter & Enyioha · arXiv

    Physics-informed attentive NP for hybrid state estimation of nonlinear dynamics.

  5. Machine learning approach to synthetic data generation: Uncertainty generative model with neural attention

    Kang et al. · Decision Sciences

    Combines attentive NPs with Heston stochastic volatility SDEs to generate synthetic data under scarcity.

  6. Meta Learner-Based Transfer Learning: Bridging Simulation and Actual Router Metrics

    Hattori, Korikawa & Takasaki · IEEE Access (conf. version HPSR 2024)

    NP meta-learner plus PLS bridges simulated and real router metrics for packet multiplexing.

  7. MockiFi: CSI Imitation using Context-Aware Conditional Neural Process for Zero-shot Learning

    Touhiduzzaman, Bulut · ICCCN 2025

    Context-aware CNP imitating Wi-Fi CSI for zero-shot learning.

  8. Neural Processes-Based Node Modeling to Extrapolate Router Metrics

    Hattori, Korikawa, Takasaki · IEICE Transactions on Communications

    NP-based node modeling to extrapolate router metrics.

  9. Robust Simulation-Based Inference under Missing Data via Neural Processes

    Verma, Bharti & Garg · ICLR 2025

    NP-based imputation jointly trained with neural posterior estimation for SBI under missing data.

  10. Spreader Behavior Forecasting: Intent-aware Neural Processes for Intervening Misinformation

    Chen, Han · CIKM 2025

    Intent-aware NPs forecasting misinformation spreader behavior.

  11. User-Side Retraining-Free Learning for High-Precision 5G Positioning

    Zhang et al. · IEEE Transactions on Communications

    Neural-process regressor learns NLOS ranging-bias distributions directly from received 5G signals.

2024

  1. NAEP: Neighborhood Multihead Attention with Evidential Conditional Neural Processes for Few-Shot Knowledge Graph Completion

    Cao et al. · IEEE SMC 2024

    Evidential CNPs with neighborhood attention for few-shot KG completion.

  2. Structure-Aware Prototypical Neural Process for Few-Shot Graph Classification

    Lin et al. · IEEE TNNLS

    Structure-aware prototypical NP for few-shot graph classification.

  3. Trend Encoder with Attentive Neural Process: Node Performance Extrapolation for Non-Time-Series Datasets

    Hattori, Korikawa, Takasaki · ICNC 2024

    Trend encoder with ANP to extrapolate network node performance.

2023

  1. Community Search: A Meta-Learning Approach

    Fang et al. · ICDE 2023

    Conditional graph NP for meta-learned community search.

  2. Multiple Extended Target Tracking Using PHD Filter and Convolutional Conditional Neural Process

    Zhang et al. · Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

    PHD filter with ConvCNP for multiple extended target tracking.

  3. Normalizing Flow-based Neural Process for Few-Shot Knowledge Graph Completion

    Luo et al. · SIGIR 2023

    Normalizing-flow NP for few-shot knowledge graph completion.

  4. Towards Few-shot Inductive Link Prediction on Knowledge Graphs: A Relational Anonymous Walk-guided Neural Process Approach

    Zhao et al. · ECML PKDD 2023

    Relational anonymous-walk-guided NP for few-shot inductive KG link prediction.

  5. VNP: A Weak-Supervised and Retraining-Free Learning Approach for Online Positioning

    Zhang & Wang · IEEE PIMRC 2023

    Variational neural processes infer NLOS ranging bias without precise labels or retraining.

2022

  1. Online Learning Based NLOS Ranging Error Mitigation in 5G Positioning

    Zhang & Wang · arXiv

    NP regressor for NLOS ranging-error mitigation in 5G positioning.

2020

  1. Feature embedding and conditional neural processes for data imputation

    Kwon, Jeong, Choi · Electronics Letters

    Feature embedding with CNPs for missing-data imputation.

  2. Improving Query Efficiency of Black-box Adversarial Attack

    Bai et al. · ECCV 2020

    NP-Attack: NP-modeled adversarial distribution for query-efficient black-box attacks.

2019

  1. An Uncertainty-Incorporated Approach to Predict the Winner in StarCraft II Using Neural Processes

    Lin et al. · IEEE Access

    NPs for uncertainty-aware StarCraft II winner prediction.

Climate, weather & environment24

2026

  1. A deep learning framework for gridding daily climate variables from a sparse station network

    Dumitrescu · Geoscientific Model Development

    Localized spatial multi-attention CNP grids Romanian daily temperature/precipitation, beating regression kriging; compares ConvCNP, GriddedTNP.

  2. Data-driven Optimal Sensor Placement for Aerosol Monitoring in the UK

    Ansar et al. · arXiv

    Convolutional Gaussian NP inside DeepSensor with genetic optimisation selects UK aerosol monitoring stations.

  3. Earth observation embeddings are effective sub-grid descriptors for probabilistic weather downscaling

    Sousa et al. · arXiv

    Augments ConvCNP downscaler with Earth-observation foundation-model embeddings as sub-grid surface descriptors.

  4. Exploring Convolutional Neural Processes for Weather Downscaling

    Passos · arXiv

    Adapts Vaughan-style ConvCNP to downscale ERA5-Land maximum temperature to 1 km over complex Swiss terrain.

  5. From Drops to Grid: Noise-Aware Spatio-Temporal Neural Process for Rainfall Estimation

    Pablos Sarabia et al. · CVPR 2026 Findings

    Noise-aware spatio-temporal NP fuses private weather stations and radar into dense rainfall maps.

  6. Learning Spatiotemporal Precipitation Fields with Probabilistic Neural Processes

    Pazola et al. · EGU General Assembly 2026 (abstract)

    Frames gauge-based precipitation field reconstruction as probabilistic NP context-to-target prediction.

  7. Neural Stochastic Processes for Satellite Precipitation Refinement

    Nagashima et al. · arXiv

    NP encoder over gauge sets plus latent neural SDE corrects biased satellite precipitation through time.

  8. Observation Assimilation Transformer: Probabilistic Weather Analysis from Sparse Station Observations

    Donner et al. · arXiv

    Geometry-aware transformer neural process corrects NWP priors by assimilating thousands of sparse station observations.

  9. OmniPMNet: Bridging discrete and gridded PM10 forecasts via omni-query neural processes

    He, Wang · arXiv

    ConvCNP-based fusion of station GNN forecasts and chemical-transport grids for PM10 dust-storm forecasting.

  10. Sensor Placement with Neural Processes by Mixture Component Disagreement

    Eksen, Oehmcke, Lüdtke · Lecture Notes in Computer Science

    Sensor placement acquisition from disagreement between NP mixture components as an epistemic-uncertainty proxy.

2025

  1. Development of Gridded Climate Data for CONUS using Neural Processes

    Opio, Patel, Rao · ESS Open Archive (preprint)

    Builds a 5 km daily temperature/precipitation dataset for CONUS with NP predictions and uncertainty.

  2. End-to-end data-driven weather prediction

    Allen et al. · Nature

    Neural-process weather model with SetConv encoders ingesting raw observations, replacing the full NWP pipeline end to end.

  3. Fast Risk Awareness of Wildfires with Partially Observable Dataset

    Jia et al. · BigDIA 2025 (IEEE)

    Selective CNPs complete global wildfire-risk fields from a few partial observations.

  4. Optimal Sensor Placement for Aerosol Absorption Optical Depth with Convolutional Neural Processes

    Pelucchi et al. · EGU General Assembly 2025 (abstract)

    Uses ConvNPs (DeepSensor) to propose new aerosol absorption optical depth monitoring sites.

  5. Where to Measure: Epistemic Uncertainty-Based Sensor Placement with ConvCNPs

    Eksen, Oehmcke, Lüdtke · arXiv

    Mixture-density ConvCNP separates epistemic uncertainty for better environmental sensor placement acquisition.

2024

  1. Neural Processes for Short-Term Forecasting of Weather Attributes

    Mussati, McKay, Roberts · ICLR 2024 Workshop: Tackling Climate Change with ML

    Compares multi-task and single-task NPs against GP ensembles for short-horizon coastal weather forecasting.

  2. Using Convolutional Neural Processes to Produce High-Resolution Weather Datasets Over New Zealand

    O'Riordan · NeurIPS 2024 Workshop: Tackling Climate Change with ML

    ConvNPs fuse stations and coarse data into 1 km hourly temperature/precipitation datasets with uncertainty.

2023

  1. A two-stage downscaling hydrological modeling approach via convolutional conditional neural process and geostatistical bias correction

    Cui, Chen, Liu · Journal of Hydrology

    ConvCNP downscales hydrological variables, followed by geostatistical bias correction.

  2. Environmental sensor placement with convolutional Gaussian neural processes

    Andersson et al. · Environmental Data Science

    ConvGNP models Antarctic temperature and drives active-learning sensor placement via predictive uncertainty.

  3. Sim2Real for Environmental Neural Processes

    Scholz et al. · NeurIPS 2023 Workshop: Tackling Climate Change with ML

    Pre-train ConvCNP on reanalysis, fine-tune on sparse station data; improves German temperature interpolation.

2022

  1. Active Learning with Convolutional Gaussian Neural Processes for Environmental Sensor Placement

    Andersson et al. · NeurIPS 2022 Workshop on GPs, Spatiotempor al Modeling, and Decision-making Systems

    Workshop precursor using ConvGNPs for active sensor placement.

  2. Characterization of Subsurface Hydrogeological Structures With Convolutional Conditional Neural Processes on Limited Training Data

    Cui, Chen, Liu · Water Resources Research

    ConvCNP infers subsurface hydrogeological structure from sparse measurements with little training data.

  3. Convolutional conditional neural processes for local climate downscaling

    Vaughan et al. · Geoscientific Model Development

    ConvCNP downscales reanalysis to arbitrary station locations for temperature and precipitation, outperforming standard statistical downscaling.

2021

  1. Multivariate climate downscaling with latent neural processes

    Vaughan, Lane, Herzog · ICML 2021 Workshop: Tackling Climate Change with ML

    Convolutional latent NP jointly downscales maximum temperature and precipitation with spatially coherent samples at unseen locations.

Computer vision & INRs16

2026

  1. Few-Shot Personalized Age Estimation

    Paplhám, Franc & Moroz · arXiv

    Conditional attentive NP baseline for few-shot personalized age estimation.

  2. NeuralVisionNet: a probabilistic neural process model for continuous visual anticipation

    He et al. · Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

    Video Swin features plus attentive NPs for continuous-time video anticipation.

2025

  1. A memory-based conditional neural process for video instance segmentation

    Yuan et al. · Neurocomputing

    Memory-augmented CNP for video instance segmentation.

  2. Continuous conditional video synthesis by neural processes

    Ye, Bilodeau · Computer Vision and Image Understanding

    NP-based continuous conditional video synthesis.

  3. Probabilistic Interactive 3D Segmentation with Hierarchical Neural Processes

    Liu et al. · ICML 2025

    Hierarchical NPs for probabilistic interactive 3D segmentation.

2024

  1. Beyond Kalman filters: deep learning-based filters for improved object tracking

    Adžemović et al. · Machine Vision and Applications

    Learned motion models for multi-object tracking, including CNP-based filters.

  2. Meta-Learning Empowered Meta-Face: Personalized Speaking Style Adaptation for Audio-Driven 3D Talking Face Animation

    Zhou et al. · arXiv

    Dynamic relation mining NP for personalized audio-driven 3D talking faces.

2023

  1. A unified model for continuous conditional video prediction

    Ye, Bilodeau · CVPR 2023 Workshops

    Formulates continuous conditional video prediction as an NP over spatio-temporal coordinates.

2022

  1. Category-Agnostic 6D Pose Estimation with Conditional Neural Processes

    Li et al. · CVPR 2022 Workshop (WiCV)

    CNP meta-learning for category-agnostic 6D pose estimation.

  2. ExReg: Wide-range Photo Exposure Correction via a Multi-dimensional Regressor with Attention

    Do et al. · ACM TIST

    Encoder-decoder ANP regressor for wide-range photo exposure correction.

  3. Fast Point Clouds Upsampling with Uncertainty Quantification for Autonomous Vehicles

    Jung, Seo & Kim · ICRA 2022

    CNP-based real-time LiDAR upsampling that drops high-uncertainty generated points.

  4. Super-Pixel Guided Low-Light Images Enhancement with Features Restoration

    Liu et al. · Sensors

    ANPs learn a local enhancement function per super-pixel for low-light image restoration.

2021

  1. A Compact Representation of Measured BRDFs Using Neural Processes

    Zheng et al. · ACM Transactions on Graphics

    NP-based compact representation of measured BRDFs.

  2. Affective Processes: stochastic modelling of temporal context for emotion and facial expression recognition

    Sanchez et al. · CVPR 2021

    Affective processes: NP-based temporal context modeling for emotion recognition.

  3. Uncertainty-Aware Fast Curb Detection Using Convolutional Networks in Point Clouds

    Jung et al. · ICRA 2021

    Autoencoder curb proposals are rectified by a CNP that also outputs uncertainty.

2020

  1. Neural Physicist: Learning Physical Dynamics from Image Sequences

    Zhu, Wang & Zhang · arXiv

    VAE plus NP inferring global physical parameters to learn dynamics from image sequences.

Transportation16

2026

  1. Metropolis-Scale Resilient and Trustworthy Traffic Flow Inference Using Multi-Source Data

    Zhou et al. · Transportation Research Part C

    Task-aware ANP fuses floating-car and sensor data for city-scale traffic state inference.

  2. Passenger Flow Estimation for Urban Rail: Meta-Learning Approach with Mobile Network Data

    Mimura & Yamada · IEEE PerCom Workshops 2026

    Attentive NP refines and imputes origin-destination rail flows from mobile-network context edges.

2025

  1. Enhancing Hybrid Bike-Sharing Systems Through Long-Term Inventory Management: A Generative-Model-Informed Reinforcement Learning Approach

    Shi et al. · IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems

    Recurrent-attentive NP forecasts hourly bike demand that informs an RL inventory optimiser.

  2. STAC-Net: A hierarchical framework for modeling and predicting urban traffic flow with uncertainty quantification

    Yan, Cai · PLOS ONE

    Hierarchical attention traffic-flow forecaster with a neural process module generating samples for uncertainty quantification.

2024

  1. A Memory-augmented Conditional Neural Process model for traffic prediction

    Wei et al. · Knowledge-Based Systems

    Memory-augmented CNP for probabilistic road traffic prediction.

  2. Accurate and Interpretable Driving Style Recognition with Unbalanced Data: A Diffusion Ft Transformer with Attentive Neural Process

    Xu, Wu, Liang · SSRN (preprint)

    ANP combined with diffusion FT-transformer recognises driving styles from imbalanced data.

  3. An Offline Meta Black-box Optimization Framework for Adaptive Design of Urban Traffic Light Management Systems

    Yun et al. · arXiv

    ANP surrogate predicts congestion across traffic patterns for offline traffic-light design optimisation.

  4. Demand forecasting and predictability identification of ride-sourcing via bidirectional spatial-temporal transformer neural processes

    Li et al. · Transportation Research Part C

    Bidirectional spatio-temporal TNP forecasts ride-sourcing demand and quantifies predictability.

  5. GRANP: A Graph Recurrent Attentive Neural Process Model for Vehicle Trajectory Prediction

    Luo, Chen, Zhu · IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium 2024

    Graph recurrent ANP gives fast probabilistic vehicle trajectory prediction.

2023

  1. AGNP: Network-wide short-term probabilistic traffic speed prediction and imputation

    Xu et al. · Communications in Transportation Research

    Attentive graph NP predicts and imputes network-wide traffic speeds with reliability estimates.

  2. Multi-task supply-demand prediction and reliability analysis for docked bike-sharing systems via transformer-encoder-based neural processes

    Xu et al. · Transportation Research Part C

    Transformer-encoder NP jointly forecasts bike-sharing supply and demand with reliability analysis.

  3. Robust Meta-Learning of Vehicle Yaw Rate Dynamics via Conditional Neural Processes

    Ullrich, Völz, Graichen · IEEE CDC 2023

    CNP meta-learns vehicle yaw-rate dynamics for trajectory planning.

2022

  1. A Generative Car-following Model Conditioned On Driving Styles

    Zhang et al. · Transportation Research Part C

    NP-based generative car-following model infers time-varying driver styles.

2021

  1. Real-Time Fine-Grained Freeway Traffic State Estimation Under Sparse Observation

    Lin et al. · ECML PKDD 2020

    Residual attention CNP (RA-CNP) estimates fine-grained freeway traffic states from sparse sensors.

2019

  1. Interactive Trajectory Prediction for Autonomous Driving via Recurrent Meta Induction Neural Network

    Dong, Chen & Dolan · ICRA 2019

    Replaces CNP's permutation-invariant encoder with a recurrent cell to predict interacting drivers.

  2. Probabilistic Trajectory Prediction for Autonomous Vehicles with Attentive Recurrent Neural Process

    Zhu et al. · arXiv

    Attentive recurrent NP predicts multi-vehicle interaction trajectories with uncertainty.

Healthcare & medicine14

2026

  1. Diffusion modelling of polarimetric cervical tissue properties

    Robinson et al. · SPIE BiOS 2026 (Polarized Light and Optical Angular Momentum for Biomedical Diagnostics)

    Extends neural diffusion processes to infill and flag anomalous regions in polarimetric cervical tissue maps.

  2. Normalizing flow based neural processes for Alzheimer's disease progression prediction

    Al-Anbari, Karshenas, Shoushtarian · PLOS One

    Normalizing-flow NP models Alzheimer's progression trajectories with richer predictive distributions.

  3. Optimising antibiotic switching via forecasting of patient physiology

    Ross et al. · Nature Communications

    NPs forecast vital-sign trajectories to judge readiness to switch from IV to oral antibiotics.

  4. Picking the Right Specialist: Attentive Neural Process-based Selection of Task-Specialized Models as Tools for Agentic Healthcare Systems

    Saha et al. · arXiv

    ANP-based ToolSelect picks the best specialist clinical model per query for healthcare agents.

2025

  1. A Novel Approach to the Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease Progression by Leveraging Neural Processes and a Transformer Encoder Model

    Al-Anbari, Karshenas, Shoushtarian · IEEE Access

    NP with transformer encoder predicts Alzheimer's disease progression from longitudinal data.

  2. A Switched Neural Process for Long-Term Postprandial Glucose Trajectory Prediction Based on Insulin Sensitivity Estimation

    Chen et al. · IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

    Switched NP predicts long-term postprandial glucose trajectories using insulin-sensitivity estimates.

  3. Conditional Neural Processes for Generalizable TOF-PET Timing Enhancement

    Wang et al. · IEEE NSS/MIC/RT SD 2025

    CNP improves time-of-flight PET detector timing resolution, generalising across detector configurations.

  4. Semi-supervised segmentation on medical images with pseudo label calibration and neural process

    Zhang et al. · Neural Networks

    NP-calibrated pseudo-labels for semi-supervised 3D medical image segmentation.

  5. Spatiotemporal graph neural process for reconstruction, extrapolation, and classification of cardiac trajectories

    Banus et al. · arXiv

    Graph neural ODE process reconstructs and extrapolates cardiac motion and classifies disease.

2024

  1. Data-Driven Simulator for Mechanical Circulatory Support with Domain Adversarial Neural Process

    Sun et al. · arXiv

    Domain-adversarial NP simulates aortic pressure response to mechanical circulatory support pump levels.

  2. Predicting interstitial lung disease progression in patients with systemic sclerosis using attentive neural processes - a EUSTAR study

    Allam et al. · medRxiv

    ANP forecasts interstitial lung disease progression in systemic sclerosis registry patients.

2022

  1. Data Pre-Processing Using Neural Processes for Modeling Personalized Vital-Sign Time-Series Data

    Sharma et al. · IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

    NPs impute and smooth personalized patient vital-sign time series.

2021

  1. Continuous-Time Deep Glioma Growth Models

    Petersen et al. · MICCAI 2021

    Hierarchical multi-scale NP models continuous-time glioma growth from irregular MRI sequences.

2020

  1. Personalized acute stress classification from physiological signals with neural processes

    Stewart, Folarin, Dobson · arXiv

    NPs contextualized on a person's wearable data personalize acute stress classification.

Recommender systems14

2026

  1. NP-MiSR: Neural Process-based Multi-Interest Learning for Session-Based Recommendation

    Bao et al. · AAAI 2026

    NP-based multi-interest learning for session-based recommendation.

  2. Personalized Multi-Interest Modeling for Cross-Domain Recommendation to Cold-Start Users

    Li et al. · arXiv

    Normalizing-flow-enhanced NP for multi-interest cross-domain cold-start recommendation.

  3. RIDRec: Retrieval-Enhanced Intent Diffusion for Anonymous Short-Session Recommendation

    Liu, Ji & Yan · ICTIR 2026 (ACM SIGIR)

    Models session intent as an NP latent distribution, combined with retrieval-conditioned diffusion.

2025

  1. Auto Encoding Neural Process for Multi-interest Recommendation

    Jiang et al. · AAAI 2025

    Auto-encoding NP for multi-interest recommendation.

  2. CDSRNP: Cross-Domain Sequential Recommendation via Neural Process

    Li et al. · SDM 2025

    NP for cross-domain sequential recommendation.

2024

  1. CDRNP: Cross-Domain Recommendation to Cold-Start Users via Neural Process

    Li et al. · WSDM 2024

    NP for cross-domain recommendation to cold-start users.

  2. Learning Hierarchical Preferences for Recommendation With Mixture Intention Neural Stochastic Processes

    Liu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering

    Mixture-of-intentions neural stochastic process (MINSP) captures hierarchical user preferences.

  3. Towards Flexible and Adaptive Neural Process for Cold-Start Recommendation

    Lin et al. · IEEE TKDE

    Flow-based adaptive NP with hypernetwork decoder for cold-start recommendation.

2023

  1. Doubly Intention Learning for Cold-start Recommendation with Uncertainty-aware Stochastic Meta Process

    Liu et al. · ACM Multimedia 2023

    Stochastic meta process with doubly-distinguished intention latents for uncertainty-aware cold-start recommendation.

  2. IDNP: Interest Dynamics Modeling Using Generative Neural Processes for Sequential Recommendation

    Du et al. · WSDM 2023

    Generative NP modeling interest dynamics for sequential recommendation.

  3. Modeling Preference as Weighted Distribution over Functions for User Cold-start Recommendation

    Wen, Liu & Jing · CIKM 2023

    NP with multinomial likelihood and curriculum weighting models per-user preference functions for cold start.

2022

  1. Conditional Collaborative Filtering Process for Top-K Recommender System (Student Abstract)

    Wang et al. · AAAI 2022 (Student Abstract)

    Conditional collaborative filtering process for top-K recommendation.

  2. Learning Intrinsic and Extrinsic Intentions for Cold-start Recommendation with Neural Stochastic Processes

    Liu et al. · ACM Multimedia 2022

    Intention neural process (INP) extends NP family with intrinsic/extrinsic intention latents for cold start.

2021

  1. Task-adaptive Neural Process for User Cold-Start Recommendation

    Lin et al. · WWW 2021

    TaNP: task-adaptive NP for user cold-start recommendation.

Bayesian optimization & HPO11

2026

  1. AdaNP-BO: Adaptive Neural Process Bayesian Optimization with Learnable Stochastic Activations

    Chen, Wang, Xi · SSRN preprint

    Neural-process Bayesian optimization with learnable stochastic activations.

  2. From Regression to Inference: Meta-Learning Predictors for Neural Architecture Search

    Deng & Xiao · arXiv

    ConvNP meta-learned predictor for architecture performance in neural architecture search.

  3. Meta-Learning-Based Surrogate Models for Efficient Hyperparameter Optimization

    Deng, Raissi & Xiao · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

    ConvCNP-inspired meta-learned surrogate transfers hyperparameter response surfaces across historical tasks.

2025

  1. AQETuner: Reliable Query-level Configuration Tuning for Analytical Query Engines

    Chen et al. · arXiv

    Dual-task NP predicts query performance and failures to guide database configuration tuning.

  2. PABBO: Preferential Amortized Black-Box Optimization

    Zhang et al. · ICLR 2025

    Transformer NP surrogate+acquisition trained with RL for amortized preferential BO.

2024

  1. RLBOF: Reinforcement Learning from Bayesian Optimization Feedback

    Huang et al. · IJCNN 2024

    Pre-trains an NP surrogate, then fine-tunes it with RL from real Bayesian-optimisation feedback.

2021

  1. Meta-learning Hyperparameter Performance Prediction with Neural Processes

    Wei, Zhao & Huang · ICML 2021

    NP-based meta surrogate with dataset-aware representations for hyperparameter performance prediction.

  2. Neural Process for Black-Box Model Optimization Under Bayesian Framework

    Shangguan et al. · AAAI 2021 Workshop (MLPS)

    Replaces GP surrogate with an NP for scalable black-box Bayesian optimization (NPBO).

2020

  1. Novel Multitask Conditional Neural-Network Surrogate Models for Expensive Optimization

    Luo et al. · IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

    Multi-task CNP surrogates for expensive optimisation problems.

2019

  1. Meta-Learning surrogate models for sequential decision making

    Galashov et al. · arXiv

    Uses NPs as meta-learned probabilistic surrogates for Bayesian optimisation, bandits and model-based RL.

  2. Transferable Neural Processes for Hyperparameter Optimization

    Wei et al. · NeurIPS 2019 Workshop (Meta-Learning)

    NP surrogate transferring HPO trial history across datasets to warm-start sequential model-based optimisation.

Biology & chemistry11

2026

  1. A Multi-Scale Graph Neural Process with Cross-Drug Co-Attention for Drug-Drug Interactions Prediction

    Yan et al. · MATCH Communications in Mathematical and in Computer Chemistry

    Multi-scale graph NP with cross-drug co-attention predicts drug-drug interactions with confidence.

  2. Integrating Transformer Neural Processes and Deep Kernel Learning for High-Throughput Screening and Uncertainty Quantification for Water-Splitting Electrocatalysts Across Perovskites and Metal Alloys

    Shindy · Book chapter, Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics (IGI Global)

    TNPs with deep kernel learning screen perovskite and alloy electrocatalysts with uncertainty.

  3. Neural Processes with Normalizing Flows for Wheat Height Estimation

    Boss, Volpi, Roth · in silico Plants

    Flow-augmented NPs model irregularly sampled wheat height growth trajectories across genotypes.

  4. SpatialNP: Gridded Transformer Neural Processes for Probabilistic Spatial Proteomics in Multiplexed Tissue Imaging

    Kim · ICML 2026 Workshop (SPIGM)

    Gridded transformer NP maps irregular single-cell protein-marker observations to continuous probabilistic spatial expression fields.

2024

  1. Calibrated prediction of scarce adverse drug reaction labels with conditional neural processes

    Garcia-Ortegon et al. · bioRxiv

    CNPs give calibrated predictions of sparsely labelled adverse drug reactions.

  2. Graph neural processes for molecules: an evaluation on docking scores and strategies to improve generalization

    García-Ortegón et al. · Journal of Cheminformatics

    Graph NPs for few-shot molecular property (docking score) prediction and generalisation strategies.

  3. Predicting time-varying flux and balance in metabolic systems using structured neural-ODE processes

    Rathod, Liò & Zhang · arXiv

    Structured neural ODE process with non-Gaussian latents predicts metabolic flux from gene expression.

2023

  1. Embracing assay heterogeneity with neural processes for markedly improved bioactivity predictions

    Chan, Verdonk, Poelking · arXiv

    Hierarchical NP meta-learning across heterogeneous assays improves ligand bioactivity prediction.

  2. Inferring direction of associations between histone modifications using a neural processes-based framework

    Ganesan et al. · iScience

    NPs impute single-cell histone modification abundances and infer directional associations.

2022

  1. Conditional Neural Processes for Molecules

    Garcia-Ortegon, Bender, Bacallado · arXiv

    Benchmarks CNPs for few-shot transfer learning on molecular docking-score prediction.

  2. MetaDTA: Meta-learning-based drug-target binding affinity prediction

    Lee et al. · ICLR 2022 Workshop: Machine Learning for Drug Discovery (MLDD)

    Attentive NP treats each target's binding affinities as a function of compounds for few-shot drug-target affinity prediction.

Earth observation & geospatial11

2026

  1. A neural-process framework for stochastic simulation of spatially dependent geoscientific fields

    Wang et al. · EGUsphere (preprint)

    NP replaces variogram-based sequential Gaussian simulation for stochastic geoscientific field realizations.

  2. Comparing Gaussian Processes, Neural Processes and Neural Networks for Interpolation of Ionospheric ROTI

    Iten, Soja · EGU General Assembly 2026 (abstract)

    Benchmarks NPs against GPs and NNs for interpolating sparse GNSS ionospheric irregularity indices.

  3. Interpolation of GEDI Biomass Estimates with Calibrated Uncertainty Quantification

    Young, Keshav · arXiv

    ANPs with geospatial embeddings interpolate sparse GEDI lidar biomass with calibrated uncertainty across biomes.

  4. Neural Processes Maintain Calibrated Biomass Estimates Across Spatiotemporal Gaps and Disturbance

    Young, Keshav · arXiv

    Extends ANP biomass interpolation to joint space-time gaps, including GEDI hibernation and deforestation events.

2025

  1. Coupled geological modeling using multi-source data: A K-dimensional tree-graph convolutional neural process approach

    Wang et al. · Computers and Geotechnics

    KD-tree graph-convolutional NP fuses multi-source data for coupled 3D geological modelling.

  2. Reservoir parameter prediction based on spatial attentive neural processes

    Guo et al. · IMAGE 2025 (SEG/AAPG)

    Geostatistics-inspired dual-attention NP maps seismic attributes to reservoir parameters from sparse well logs.

2024

  1. A two-stage spatial prediction modeling approach based on graph neural networks and neural processes

    Bao et al. · Expert Systems with Applications

    Combines GNN trend modelling with NP residual modelling for spatial prediction with uncertainty.

  2. GACNPs: Fine-Grained Drought Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data Based on Conditional Neural Processes

    Wang et al. · IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

    CNP variant produces fine-grained drought monitoring maps from remote-sensing inputs.

  3. Neural process for uncertainty-aware geospatial modeling

    Li, Cao · ACM SIGSPATIAL GeoAI Workshop

    Applies NPs to geospatial regression to provide uncertainty-aware spatial predictions.

2022

  1. Convolutional Neural Processes for Inpainting Satellite Images: Application to Water Body Segmentation

    Pondaven et al. · NeurIPS 2022 Workshop: Tackling Climate Change with ML

    ConvCNP inpaints cloud-occluded satellite imagery to improve downstream water-body segmentation.

2021

  1. A neural process approach for probabilistic reconstruction of no-data gaps in lunar digital elevation maps

    Park, Choi · Aerospace Science and Technology

    ANP probabilistically fills voids in lunar NAC digital elevation maps with uncertainty.

Reinforcement learning11

2026

  1. Neural process model predictive control

    Waibel, Mello Rella, Jones · European Journal of Control

    Combines neural-process models with model predictive control (details from title/metadata only).

2025

  1. Model-Based Offline Reinforcement Learning for AUV Path-Following Under Unknown Ocean Currents with Limited Data

    Li et al. · Drones

    Improved CNP dynamics/kinematics models enable offline model-based RL for AUV path following.

2024

  1. Development of an AI framework using neural process continuous reinforcement learning to optimize highly volatile financial portfolios

    Kang et al. · Knowledge-Based Systems

    Neural-process continuous RL framework for volatile portfolio optimization.

  2. Unsupervised Meta-Testing With Conditional Neural Processes for Hybrid Meta-Reinforcement Learning

    Ada, Ugur · IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

    Hybrid meta-RL using CNPs for unsupervised meta-testing task inference.

2023

  1. Conditional neural processes for model-based reinforcement learning with stability guarantees

    Yang et al. · SCIENTIA SINICA Technologica

    CNP dynamics models for model-based RL with stability guarantees.

  2. Meta-World Conditional Neural Processes

    Ada & Ugur · arXiv

    CNP world-model generator for sample-efficient meta-RL via hallucinated environments.

2022

  1. A Meta Reinforcement Learning Approach for Predictive Autoscaling in the Cloud

    Xue et al. · KDD 2022

    Model-based meta-RL with embedded NP for predictive cloud autoscaling.

  2. Model-based Meta Reinforcement Learning using Graph Structured Surrogate Models and Amortized Policy Search

    Wang & van Hoof · ICML 2022

    Extends NP-style latent task identification with graph-structured surrogates for model-based meta-RL.

2021

  1. Context-Aware Safe Reinforcement Learning for Non-Stationary Environments

    Chen et al. · ICRA 2021

    ANP disturbance-dynamics model enables fast posterior adaptation for safe RL under non-stationarity.

  2. Explore the Context: Optimal Data Collection for Context-Conditional Dynamics Models

    Achterhold & Stueckler · AISTATS 2021

    NP-style context-conditional dynamics models with information-optimal exploration.

  3. Reward Conditioned Neural Movement Primitives for Population-Based Variational Policy Optimization

    Akbulut et al. · ICRA 2021

    NP-based reward-conditioned movement primitives for population-based policy optimization.

Astronomy9

2026

  1. A Meta-Learning Framework for Multitask Reverberation Mapping in Active Galactic Nuclei

    Raju et al. · Astronomy & Astrophysics

    Attentive latent NPs perform photometric AGN reverberation mapping at LSST scale.

  2. Modeling Multi-band Active Galactic Nuclei Lightcurves Using an Self-supervised Attentive Neural Process Network

    Shen et al. · arXiv

    Self-supervised ANP jointly reconstructs six-band quasar light curves and infers AGN physical parameters.

  3. NAPTIME: A Neural-process Framework for Rubin Alert Classification

    Earl et al. · The Astrophysical Journal

    NP framework classifies sparse multiband Rubin alerts, e.g. tidal disruption events.

  4. Probabilistic Data-Driven Modelling of Astrophysical Transients: The Neural Process Family for Ultrafast and Class-Agnostic Light Curve Reconstruction with NightLANP

    Chaini, Bianco, Mahabal · arXiv

    Meta-learned ANPs reconstruct sparse multiband Rubin transient light curves, beating GP baselines.

2024

  1. Modeling quasar variability through self-organizing map-based neural process

    Čvorović-Hajdinjak · Serbian Astronomical Journal

    SOM clustering before CNP modelling improves quasar light-curve fits.

2023

  1. Deep learning of quasar lightcurves in the LSST era

    Kovačević et al. · Universe (MDPI)

    Upgraded CNP pipeline models large samples of quasar light curves for LSST.

  2. Harnessing Deep Learning for Quasar Light Curve Modeling with QNPy

    Pavlović et al. · XIII Symposium Mathematics and Applications (Belgrade)

    Presents QNPy, a Python package for CNP-based quasar light curve modelling.

2021

  1. Conditional Neural Process for nonparametric modeling of active galactic nuclei light curves

    Čvorović-Hajdinjak et al. · Astronomische Nachrichten

    CNP models and interpolates AGN optical light curves from ASAS-SN data.

  2. Inferring Black Hole Properties from Astronomical Multivariate Time Series with Bayesian Attentive Neural Processes

    Park et al. · arXiv

    Bayesian ANP reconstructs multiband AGN light curves and infers black hole mass posteriors.

Physics & simulation9

2026

  1. Density-Guided Conditional Neural Processes for Detector Efficiency Estimation

    Ma, Li · arXiv

    Density-guided CNP estimates detector selection efficiency on MAJORANA calibration data.

2025

  1. Context-aware Learned Mesh-based Simulation via Trajectory-Level Meta-Learning

    Dahlinger et al. · TMLR 2026

    CNP trajectory-level meta-learning adapts mesh-based simulators to new scenarios from limited data.

  2. MaNGO - Adaptable Graph Network Simulators via Meta-Learning

    Dahlinger et al. · NeurIPS 2025

    CNP-encoded latent with neural operator adapts graph-network physics simulators to new material parameters.

  3. NP-Optimized Inversion Model for High-Precision Thickness of SiC Epilayers using Infrared Interferometry

    Guo et al. · CMSDA 2025 (ACM)

    Meta-learned NP surrogate with multi-start optimisation inverts IR interference spectra for epilayer thickness.

2024

  1. An attention-neural-processes approach to reconstructing unsteady water load for seaplanes

    Zhang et al. · Physics of Fluids

    ANP reconstructs full unsteady hydrodynamic water-load distributions on seaplane hulls from sparse sensors.

  2. RESuM: Rare Event Surrogate Model for Physics Detector Design

    Schuetz, Poon, Li · ICLR 2025

    Pretrained CNP informs multi-fidelity GP surrogate optimising neutrinoless double-beta-decay detector moderators.

  3. Sound field reconstruction using neural processes with dynamic kernels

    Liang, Zhang, Abhayapala · EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing

    NP with learned dynamic kernels reconstructs acoustic sound fields from few microphones.

2023

  1. Peri-Net-Pro: the neural processes with quantified uncertainty for crack patterns

    Kim, Lin · Applied Mathematics and Mechanics

    NPs with peridynamics data predict and classify crack patterns with uncertainty.

2021

  1. NP-ODE: Neural process aided ordinary differential equations for uncertainty quantification of finite element analysis

    Wang et al. · IISE Transactions

    NP-aided ODE surrogate emulates finite element simulations with input and output uncertainty.

Few-shot classification8

2025

  1. Perspectives of Calibrated Adaptation for Few-Shot Cross-Domain Classification

    Kong et al. · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

    Upgrades CNAPs' conditioning for calibrated cross-domain amortisation on Meta-Dataset.

2022

  1. Beyond Simple Meta-Learning: Multi-Purpose Models for Multi-Domain, Active and Continual Few-Shot Learning

    Bateni et al. · arXiv

    Extends Simple CNAPs to multi-domain, active and continual few-shot learning.

  2. Canonical Mean Filter for Almost Zero-Shot Multi-Task classification

    Li, Wang & Ye · arXiv

    Canonical mean filter improving CNAPs robustness for near zero-shot multi-task classification.

2021

  1. Meta-Learning for Few-Shot Plant Disease Detection

    Chen, Cui & Li · Foods

    LFM-CNAPS adds local feature matching to CNAPs for few-shot plant disease recognition.

2020

  1. Enhancing Few-Shot Image Classification with Unlabelled Examples

    Bateni et al. · WACV 2022

    Transductive CNAPS: uses unlabelled queries via soft k-means with the CNAPs adaptation backbone.

2019

  1. Fast and Flexible Multi-Task Classification Using Conditional Neural Adaptive Processes

    Requeima et al. · NeurIPS 2019

    CNAPs: CNP-inspired adaptation networks producing FiLM parameters for few-shot classification.

  2. Improved Few-Shot Visual Classification

    Bateni et al. · CVPR 2020

    Simple CNAPS: adds class-covariance Mahalanobis distance classifier to CNAPs for few-shot classification.

  3. MetaFun: Meta-Learning with Iterative Functional Updates

    Xu et al. · ICML 2020

    CNP-style encoder-decoder with infinite-dimensional functional representation refined by learned functional-gradient updates.

NLP, speech & LLMs7

2026

  1. LLM Flow Processes for Text-Conditioned Regression

    Biggs & Willis · NeurIPS 2026

    Combines LLM process densities with a diffusion NP for calibrated text-conditioned regression.

2024

  1. Dynamic Speech Emotion Recognition using a Conditional Neural Process

    Martinez-Lucas & Busso · ICASSP 2024

    CNP for time-continuous speech emotion recognition.

  2. Few-shot Steerable Alignment: Adapting Rewards and LLM Policies with Neural Processes

    Kobalczyk et al. · arXiv

    NP-based few-shot steerable reward models and LLM policies.

  3. LLM Processes: Numerical Predictive Distributions Conditioned on Natural Language

    Requeima et al. · NeurIPS 2024

    Elicits NP-like numerical predictive distributions from LLMs conditioned on data and text.

2021

  1. Grad2Task: Improved Few-shot Text Classification Using Gradients for Task Representation

    Wang et al. · NeurIPS 2021

    CNP-based few-shot text classifier representing tasks with base-model gradients.

  2. Multimodal Emergent Fake News Detection via Meta Neural Process Networks

    Wang et al. · KDD 2021

    Meta neural process networks for multimodal emergent fake news detection.

  3. Stochastic Process Regression for Cross-Cultural Speech Emotion Recognition

    Tellamekala et al. · Interspeech 2021

    Recurrent NP variant infers latent from noisy backbone predictions for emotion label regression.

Semi-supervised & continual learning6

2026

  1. Semi-supervised time series classification via sequence neural process

    Song, Chen, Zhong · Knowledge and Information Systems

    Sequence NP for semi-supervised time series classification.

2023

  1. NP-Match: Towards a New Probabilistic Model for Semi-Supervised Learning

    Wang, Hu & Lukasiewicz · arXiv

    Extended NP-Match with uncertainty-guided skew-geometric JS divergence.

  2. NP-SemiSeg: When Neural Processes meet Semi-Supervised Semantic Segmentation

    Wang et al. · ICML 2023

    NP-SemiSeg: NPs for uncertainty-aware semi-supervised semantic segmentation.

  3. Semi-Supervised Anomaly Detection Via Neural Process

    Zhou et al. · IEEE TKDE

    NP-based semi-supervised anomaly detection.

2022

  1. NP-Match: When Neural Processes meet Semi-Supervised Learning

    Wang et al. · ICML 2022

    Adapts NPs to semi-supervised image classification, using NP uncertainty to select reliable pseudo-labels.

  2. SNPD: Semi-Supervised Neural Process Dehazing Network with Asymmetry Pseudo Labels

    Zhou et al. · Symmetry

    Semi-supervised NP dehazing network with asymmetric pseudo labels.

Other science5

2026

  1. Attentive Neural Processes for Fast Trajectory Prediction in Underwater Acoustic Networks

    Salvador, Parras, Zazo · IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

    ANP predicts node trajectories quickly in underwater acoustic sensor networks.

2025

  1. Attentive Neural Processes for Few-Shot Learning Anomaly-Based Vessel Localization Using Magnetic Sensor Data

    Fernández-Salvador et al. · Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

    ANP localizes underwater vessels from magnetic anomaly measurements in few-shot settings.

  2. Meta-Learning Neural Process for Implied Volatility Surfaces with SABR-induced Priors

    Zhuang, Wu · arXiv

    Attention NP pre-trained on SABR surfaces reconstructs option implied volatility surfaces from sparse quotes.

  3. Mode-informed complex-valued neural processes for matched field processing

    Liu et al. · Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    Complex-valued NP with ocean modal depth functions reconstructs acoustic fields for underwater source localization.

2024

  1. HRTF Interpolation Using a Spherical Neural Process Meta-Learner

    Thuillier, Jin, Välimäki · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing

    Spherical ConvCNP meta-learner corrects individualized head-related transfer function estimates from few measurements.

Active learning & experimental design4

2025

  1. ALINE: Joint Amortization for Bayesian Inference and Active Data Acquisition

    Huang et al. · NeurIPS 2025

    Transformer NP-style engine jointly amortizing posterior inference and active data acquisition.

2024

  1. Amortized Bayesian Experimental Design for Decision-Making

    Huang et al. · NeurIPS 2024

    Transformer Neural Decision Process amortizes decision-aware experimental design and prediction.

2023

  1. ExPT: Synthetic Pretraining for Few-Shot Experimental Design

    Nguyen, Agrawal & Grover · NeurIPS 2023

    TNP-style in-context transformer pretrained on synthetic functions generates optimal designs from few labels.

  2. Learning Objective-Specific Active Learning Strategies with Attentive Neural Processes

    Bakker, van Hoof & Welling · ECML PKDD 2023

    Attentive conditional NP learns objective-specific active learning acquisition strategies.

Time series3

2025

  1. Social Processes: Probabilistic Meta-learning for Adaptive Multiparty Interaction Forecasting

    Jučas & Raman · arXiv

    Extends Social Process NPs to adaptive group-level conversation behaviour forecasting.

2023

  1. Conditional Neural ODE Processes for Individual Disease Progression Forecasting: A Case Study on COVID-19

    Dang et al. · KDD 2023

    Conditional neural ODE processes for individual disease progression forecasting.

2021

  1. Unsupervised clustering of series using dynamic programming and neural processes

    Sinnathamby et al. · arXiv

    NPs within dynamic programming for unsupervised time series clustering.

Neuroscience3

2025

  1. Decoding Emotions from Missing-Channel EEG Signals via Uncertainty-Aware Modeling with Neural Processes

    Liu et al. · IEEE BIBM 2025

    FC-EEGNP: NP framework for emotion recognition from incomplete EEG channels.

2022

  1. Increasing the Stability of EEG-based Emotion Recognition with a Variant of Neural Processes

    Liu, Jiang, Lu · IJCNN 2022

    Robust NP variant for stable EEG emotion recognition under data corruption.

2020

  1. A Robust Approach to Estimating Vigilance from EEG with Neural Processes

    Yao, Lu · IEEE BIBM 2020

    NPs estimate vigilance levels from EEG robustly across subjects.