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  1. CALR: Continuous Anchored Latent Reasoning via Render-of-Thought Compression

    Oct 5, 2026Zhaoyang Wei, Bowen Jiang, Yanchao Hao +5Efficient Latent Reasoning

    University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences · Tencent

  2. What Matters for Latent Reasoning with Flow Matching

    Oct 5, 2026Yassine Ouali, Adrian Bulat, Georgios TzimiropoulosEfficient Latent ReasoningLatent Flow

    Samsung AI Cambridge · Technical University of Iasi · Queen Mary University of London

  3. GeoLatent: Geometry-Guided Latent Structuring with Routed Optimization for 3D Reasoning

    Oct 1, 2026Yakun Zhu, Yi Bin, Yujuan Ding +53D Spatial ReasoningDiscriminative Congruence Transform

    Tongji University · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  4. Latent JEPA: Abstract Future Prediction for Latent Reasoning in Chemistry

    Oct 1, 2026Xinjian Zhao, Yaoyao Xu, Xuemin Chen +2ChemistryEfficient Latent Reasoning

    School of Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

  5. AURAL: Adaptive Latent Reasoning with Joint Chunk for Speech Language Models

    Oct 1, 2026Yuxiang Wang, Kunyu Feng, Yuancheng Wang +12Speech Language ModelsEfficient Latent Reasoning

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · Tencent Hunyuan · Tsinghua University +2

  6. Thinking in Depth, Speaking Directly: Recurrent Latent Reasoning for Paralinguistically Grounded Spoken Dialogue

    Sep 29, 2026Shengbo Cai, Yuxiang Wang, Jingran Xie +5Speech Language ModelsParalinguistic Cues

    Tsinghua University · Tencent Hunyuan · The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

  7. Port-Hamiltonian Latent Deliberation: Mitigating the Deliberation Drift Cliff in Test-Time Compute Scaling

    Sep 29, 2026Zeyu JiaTest-Time ScalingEfficient Latent Reasoning

    School of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Medical University, Medical School, Tianjin University

  8. Reasoning with Continuous Latent Diffusion

    Sep 28, 2026Xiang ChengEfficient Latent ReasoningLatent Flow

    Duke University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  9. Not All Thinking is Created Equal: Latent Reasoning Discovers a Recurrent Search Algorithm for Depth Generalization

    Sep 28, 2026Huzi Cheng, Zhewei ZhangEfficient Latent ReasoningMulti-Hop Reasoning

    University of Minnesota · Independent Researcher

  10. VaME: Exploring Variational Latent Reasoning for Multimodal Embeddings

    Sep 27, 2026Peixi Wu, Mingzhou Jiang, Feipeng Ma +11Multimodal EmbeddingsMultimodal Retrieval

    University of Science and Technology of China · Tsinghua University · Kuaishou +1

  11. Industrial Anomaly Detection via Defect-Grounded Reasoning in Visual Latent Space

    Sep 24, 2026Jaron Yeh, Yen-Wei Chang, Jiang Liu +1Latent Visual ReasoningEfficient Latent Reasoning

    National Taiwan University · AMD GenAI

  12. Schema-Anchored Latent Reasoning for Semantic Parsing-Based Knowledge Base Question Answering

    Sep 17, 2026Guangze Gao, Zixuan Li, Sikui Zhang +5Efficient Latent ReasoningSparql

    Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences China · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China

  13. Uni-LaDiR: Latent Diffusion Unifies Multimodal Reasoning

    Sep 17, 2026Haoqiang Kang, Yizhe Zhang, Nikki Lijing Kuang +3Multimodal ReasoningEfficient Latent Reasoning

    University of California, San Diego · Meta · University of Pennsylvania

  14. Right Direction, Wrong Step: Geometric Analysis of Finite-Step Failure in Looped Transformers

    Sep 15, 2026Zhihao Guo, Zonghan Wu, Haizhou Du +4Transformer ArchitecturesEfficient Latent Reasoning

    University of Technology Sydney, Australia · East China Normal University, China · Shanghai University of Electric Power, China +2

  15. Sampling via Decision-Flow: Training-Free Extraction of Improved Latent Reasoning Paths in Large Language Models

    Sep 14, 2026Zhendong Mi, Shaoyi HuangLLM Reasoning StrategiesEfficient Latent Reasoning

    Stevens Institute of Technology

  16. How Should Reasoning Be Organized in a Transformer's Latent Space?

    Sep 12, 2026Hongyu Gu, Chang Liu, Jingwen FuEfficient Latent ReasoningTransformer Architectures

    University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, China · Zhongguancun Academy Beijing, China

  17. Structural Process Supervision for Latent Chain-of-Thought Reasoning

    Sep 9, 2026Yiqi Li, Xu Chen, Chen Ju +5Efficient Latent ReasoningToken-Level Supervision

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Taobao & Tmall Group

  18. A*-Thought-V2: Efficient Latent Reasoning via Geometric Dynamics of LLM

    Sep 7, 2026Xiaoang Xu, Siyuan Liu, Shuo Wang +13Efficient Latent ReasoningChain-of-Thought Reasoning

    Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications · OpenBMB · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University +2

  19. Think Wider: Mitigating Latent Rank Collapse in Implicit Chain-of-Thought Reasoning

    Sep 7, 2026Yuwen Hao, Menglin YangEfficient Latent ReasoningChain-of-Thought Reasoning

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

  20. DODR: Deterministic Operator-Driven Reasoning in Latent Space

    Sep 7, 2026Weicai Huang (Beijing MQPat Technologies, Co., Ltd.)Efficient Latent ReasoningDesign Structure Matrices

    Beijing MQPat Technologies, Co., Ltd.

  21. RecurTrace: Adaptive Latent Reasoning with Loop-Time Memory

    Sep 3, 2026Yuxiang Wang, Kunyu Feng, Yingda Shen +3Efficient Latent ReasoningRecursive Models

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · The Chinese University of Hong Kong · Tianjin University +2

  22. Moose: Latent concept learning with reasoning-shortcut awareness in EL++\mathcal{EL}^{++}

    Aug 13, 2026Olga Mashkova, Asaad Mohammedsaleh, Fernando Zhapa-Camacho +1OntologyEfficient Latent Reasoning

    Computer Science Program, Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia

  23. LEMUR: Latent Entropy-aware Multimodal Unlearning via Visual-anchored Reasoning Redirection

    Aug 12, 2026Xinhao Zhong, Yuxia Qiao, Junhao Li +3Efficient Latent ReasoningUnlearning Method

    3Pengcheng Laboratory · 1Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen · 2Tsinghua University

  24. ENTLORE: A Graph-Grounded Benchmark for Latent Organizational Reasoning in Enterprise Question Answering

    Aug 11, 2026Akrin Zheng, Alexander Wu, Alaia LiuKnowledge GraphsHuman-Annotated Benchmark

  25. INSIDE the Student's Mind: Jointly Modeling Latent Reasoning and Action in LLM Student Simulators

    Aug 11, 2026Rose Niousha, Minwoo Kang, Narges NorouziUser SimulationStudent

    Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California, Berkeley

  26. Learning How the World Evolves: Extrapolative Video World Models via Latent Dynamics Reasoning

    Aug 10, 2026Haodong Li, Shaoteng Liu, Tianyu Wang +7Video World ModelsVideo Diffusion Models

    1UCSD 2Adobe

  27. BDH-CQ: In-Context Learning with Recurrent Latent Reasoning

    Aug 10, 2026Björn Engdahl, Adrian Kosowski, Jan Chorowski +6Efficient Latent ReasoningLarge Reasoning Models

    New York University

  28. DH-VLM: Dual-Horizon Cooperative Latent Reasoning for Autonomous Driving

    Aug 10, 2026Ziyi Song, Chen Xia, Hang Yu +2Autonomous DrivingAva-Vlm

    Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University · State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Green Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University

  29. Think Deep, Speak Once: Relit, A Recursive Latent Implicit Transformer Framework

    Aug 8, 2026Abhishek Panwar, Maheep Singh, Saksham BansalEfficient Latent ReasoningLatent Thoughts

    Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

  30. Perception Before Reasoning: Dynamic Latent Reasoning for Video Understanding and Question Answering

    Aug 4, 2026Haotian Xia, Zilin Xiao, Junbo Zou +2Long Video Question AnsweringVideo Understanding

    Department of Computer Science, Rice University · College of Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology

  31. LatentGuard: Efficient and Inspectable Latent Reasoning for LLM Safeguards

    Aug 4, 2026Zhinan Liu, Jie Li, Mingyu Kang +1Large Language Model SafetyEfficient Latent Reasoning

    1Xiamen University · University of Science and Technology of China

  32. LiLa-WAM: Lightweight Latent Reasoning World-Action Model for Robotic Manipulation

    Aug 4, 2026Fan Yang, Yuting Su, Xiaobo Wang +7Efficient World-Action ModelLatent World Models

    1Tianjin University · 2Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology · 5Sangfor Technologies Inc. +2

  33. The Ignition Is Real, and It Lives at the Readout: Latent composition, difficulty-clocked ignition, and the interface-constituted commit in a recurrent-depth reasoner

    Aug 4, 2026Simon Lam-MuirEfficient Latent ReasoningReadout

    Prime Calibre, Australia

  34. GradCuit: Credit-Assigned Gradient Flow Enables Robust and Interpretable Test-Time Latent Reasoning

    Aug 3, 2026Zhaoxin Yu, Qi Shen, Hengli Li +4Efficient Latent ReasoningCredit Assignment

    NLCo Lab, Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence · School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications · School of Artificial Intelligence for Science, Peking University

  35. Douyin Multimodal Embedding Model Technical Report

    Aug 3, 2026Haonan Chen, Chu Li, Zhicheng Wang +4Multimodal EmbeddingsMultimodal Large Language Models

    ByteDance Douyin Search Multimodal Team · Renmin University of China GSAI

  36. Learning Latent Reasoning Traces for Scalar Reward Models End-to-End

    Jul 31, 2026Sanwoo Lee, Clive Bai, Hsiu-Yuan Huang +3Reward FunctionsEfficient Latent Reasoning

    National Key Laboratory for Multimedia Information Processing, Peking University · School of Computer Science, Peking University · LLM Department, Tencent

  37. Hierarchical Latent Reasoning for LLM-based Recommendation

    Jul 30, 2026Peiyu Hu, Siying Gu, Weihai Lu +8RecommendationPreference Alignment Learning

    1Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University · 2Xiaohongshu · 3Peking University +1

  38. Penelope: Localized Latent Recurrence for Efficient Structured Reasoning

    Jul 28, 2026Yutong Chen, Shouqian Shi, Xinran Liu +5Efficient Latent ReasoningTransformer Encoder

  39. The Weight of Silence: A Causal Case for Weights Over the Scratchpad in Latent Chess Reasoning

    Jul 23, 2026Ishan S. KshirsagarEfficient Latent ReasoningLatent Thoughts

    Independent Researcher

  40. SLPO: Scaling Latent Reasoning via a Surrogate Policy

    Jul 22, 2026Runyang You, Zhiyuan Liu, Yongqi Li +1Efficient Latent ReasoningTest-Time Scaling

    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Sichuan University · Work done as an intern at PolyU.

  41. LatentMT: Machine Translation with Latent Reasoning

    Jul 21, 2026Wei-Rui Chen, Samar M. Magdy, Chiyu Zhang +3Machine TranslationEfficient Latent Reasoning

    The University of British Columbia · Arizona State University · Rice University +1

  42. Uncovering Latent Reasoning Strategies in Language Models

    Jul 20, 2026Awni Altabaa, John LaffertyEfficient Latent ReasoningLanguage Modeling

    Yale University

  43. Training Continuous Chain of Thought Models: A Tale of Two Regimes

    Jul 18, 2026Varun Yerram, He He, Eunsol ChoiChain-of-Thought ReasoningEfficient Latent Reasoning

    Center for Data Science, New York University

  44. Latent Memory Palace: Reasoning for Control as Autoregressive Variational Inference

    Jul 9, 2026Chuning Zhu, Eva Xu, Jose Barreiros +3Efficient Latent ReasoningVariational Inference

    University of Washington · Toyota Research Institute

  45. Answer Set Programming Energised! End-to-End Neurosymbolic Reasoning and Learning with ASP and Energy Based Models

    Jul 9, 2026Jakob Suchan, Julius Monsen, Salim Baloch +1Answer Set ProgrammingNeuro-Symbolic Framework

    Constructor University Bremen, Bremen, Germany · CoDesign Lab > Cognitive Vision · Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

  46. Final Checkpoints Are Not Enough: Analyzing Latent Reasoning Faithfulness Along Training Trajectories

    Jul 7, 2026Hengyu Jin, Shu Yang, Di WangEfficient Latent ReasoningExplanation Faithfulness

    Tongji University · Provable Responsible AI and Data Analytics (PRADA) Lab · King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

  47. TacReasoner: A Dynamic Tactile-Language Framework for Interactive Reasoning in Real-World Scenarios

    Jul 6, 2026Kailin Lyu, Di Wu, Long Xiao +7TactileEfficient Latent Reasoning

    Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. · Beijing Zhongguancun Academy, Beijing, China. · Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. +1

  48. Cache Merging as a Convergent Replicated State for Multi-Agent Latent Reasoning

    Jul 1, 2026Carlos Baquero, Luís BritoMergeEfficient Latent Reasoning

    Faculdade de Engenharia (FEUP), Universidade do Porto (UP), Portugal · Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão (ESTG), Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (IPVC), Portugal

  49. Multimodal Continuous Reasoning via Asymmetric Mutual Variational Learning

    Jul 1, 2026Shijie Li, Yilin Gao, Siyuan Yang +7Multimodal Large Language ModelsEfficient Latent Reasoning

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Ant Group

  50. CoLT: Teaching Multi-Modal Models to Think with Chain of Latent Thoughts

    Jun 30, 2026Lianyu Hu, Shengqian Qin, Zeqin Liao +4Efficient Latent ReasoningMultimodal Large Language Models

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore · Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China · NKIARI, Shenzhen Futian, China +2

  51. Bridging the Gap Between Latent and Explicit Reasoning with Looped Transformers

    Jun 30, 2026Ying Fan, Anej Svete, Kangwook LeeEfficient Latent ReasoningChain-of-Thought Reasoning

    Microsoft Research · 2ETH Zürich · 3KRAFTON +1

  52. LatentRevise: Learning from Zero-Hit Reasoning

    Jun 29, 2026Yiqiu Guo, Xueting Han, Qi Jia +2Reinforcement Learning With Verifiable RewardEfficient Latent Reasoning

    1Fudan University · 2Microsoft Research Asia · 3Shanghai AI Laboratory +1

  53. Latent-CURE for Breast Cancer Diagnosis

    Jun 29, 2026Weiyi Zhao, Xiaoyu Tan, Lu Gan +2MammographyCancer Detection

    School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China · Tencent YouTu Lab, Shanghai 200232, China · Integrative Clinical Research Ward, Clinical Medicine Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

  54. Why Struggle with Continuous Latents? Interpretable Discrete Latent Reasoning via Rendered Compression

    Jun 29, 2026Shuochen Chang, Qingyang Liu, Shaobo Wang +8Efficient Latent ReasoningIntermediate Latent States

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Tongji University

  55. The Latent Bridge: A Continuous Slow-Fast Channel for Real-Time Game Agents

    Jun 23, 2026Bojie Li, Noah ShiEfficient Latent ReasoningInference Latency

    Pine AI · University of Washington

  56. LaST-HD: Learning Latent Physical Reasoning from Scalable Human Data for Robot Manipulation

    Jun 22, 2026Jiaming Liu, Yinxi Wang, Chenyang Gu +15Human-To-Robot TransferRobotic Manipulation

    State Key Laboratory of Multimedia Information Processing, School of Computer Science, Peking University · The Chinese University of Hong Kong · Aether Tech +1

  57. Interpreting Latent CoT Reasoning as Dynamical Systems

    Jun 20, 2026Sabari Iyyappan Duraipandian, Shreya Sanjay Boyane, Manju Nagesh +3Efficient Latent ReasoningChain-of-Thought Reasoning

    1San Jose State University. · 2Worcester Polytechnic Institute. · 3George Mason University. +1

  58. What Makes Effective Supervision in Latent Chain-of-Thought: An Information-Theoretic Analysis

    Jun 18, 2026Xinghao Chen, Chak Tou Leong, Wenjin Guo +3Efficient Latent ReasoningChain-of-Thought Reasoning

    Ningbo Institute of Digital Twin, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China · Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

  59. Continual Self-Improvement with Lightweight Experiential Latent Memories

    Jun 16, 2026Vaggelis Dorovatas, Nancy Kalaj, Rahaf AljundiEfficient Latent ReasoningReplay-Based Continual Learning

    Toyota Motor Europe · University of Trento

  60. Learning to Refine Hidden States for Reliable LLM Reasoning

    Jun 16, 2026Chia-Hsuan Hsu, Jui-Ming YaoLLM Reasoning StrategiesEfficient Latent Reasoning