Dataset Condensation Atlas

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A living literature review of dataset condensation (dataset distillation): how to make a small dataset train like a large one.

• 384 papers, each verified against its primary source
• Organized by setting, paradigm, and method family — not as a paper list
• The field in 2026: a synthesis essay read from 108 full-text papers
• No mixed-protocol leaderboards; numbers carry the protocol that produced them