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  1. InterEvolve: Test-Time Evolution of Reward Programs for Humanoid Loco-Manipulation

    Oct 1, 2026Zhuo Lin, Sirui Xu, Liuyu Bian +2Humanoid Loco-ManipulationEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  2. World Observer: Joint Actor-Observer Generation for Persistent World Modeling

    Oct 1, 2026Hyunwook Choi, Dahyun Chung, Hyunsung Kim +4Video World ModelsWorld Models

    KAIST AI

  3. SkillEvoLean: Mutation-enhanced skill evolution for Lean provers

    Oct 1, 2026Kuo Zhou, ZiXion Yang, Lu ZhangSkill EvolutionTheorem Proving

    Peking University

  4. Why Does Train-Validation Separation Emerge? Update-Pressure Density Dynamics in Pretrained Backbones

    Oct 1, 2026Yuchen Li, Mingyu Du, Zongqi Fan +2Training-Inference MismatchLoss Function

    School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia · School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia

  5. Neural scaling laws and evolution of learnable activation functions of Kolmogorov-Arnold networks

    Oct 1, 2026Tilen Cadez, Sanghoon Lee, Kyoung-Min KimKolmogorov-Arnold NetworksScaling Laws

    Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, 37673, Republic of Korea · Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Republic of Korea

  6. GUI-HARVEST: Self-Improving GUI Agents through Evidence-Driven Harness Evolution

    Oct 1, 2026Geyi Yang, Zikun Qu, Xiang Li +4Evolving HarnessEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · Tianjin University · Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) +2

  7. Large Language Model-Guided Evolutionary Discovery of Native Neural Architectures for Spiking Sequence Modeling

    Sep 30, 2026Ruoyu Zhao, Jiaqi Wu, Chenyu Zhu +1Spiking Neural NetworksNeural Architecture Search

    Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong

  8. Evolutionary foraging in grids: Intermittent search dynamics emerge in finite, depletable landscapes

    Sep 30, 2026Shailendra Bhandari, Alex Szorkovszky, Anis Yazidi +1Evolutionary SearchEfficient Exploration

    Department of Computer Science OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University St. Olavs plass, N-0130 Oslo, Norway · Simula Research Laboratory Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Oslo, 0164, Norway · Department of Informatics University of Oslo Gaustadalléen 23B, 0373 Oslo, Norway +1

  9. Structure-aware Reinforcement Learning for Protein Directed Evolution

    Sep 30, 2026Zikun Nie, Suyuan Zhao, Yizhen Luo +2ProteinEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    Institute of AI Industry Research (AIR), Tsinghua University · Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University · Pharmolix Inc.

  10. Accelerated surrogate dynamics for dynamical, stochastic system evolution

    Sep 29, 2026Marco Jochum, Ioannis Kouroudis, Gohar Ali Siddiqui +3Stochastic DynamicsLatent Dynamics

    Chair of Simulation of Nanosystems for Energy Conversion, Department of Electrical Engineering, TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, Atomistic Modeling Center (AMC), Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI), Technical University of Munich, Hans-Piloty-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany

  11. Harness Evolution as Learning: Approximation, Generalization, and Optimization Limits of Self-Improving Personal Agents

    Sep 29, 2026Zeyu Gan, Zixuan Gong, Yong LiuEvolving HarnessSelf-Improving Agents

    Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence Renmin University of China Beijing, China

  12. Tracing the Evolution of Oracle Bone Characters Across Three Millennia

    Sep 28, 2026Tianhao Fu, Xinxin Xu, Spike Wang +3Historical ManuscriptsOracles

    Peking University · Independent

  13. EvE: An Alternate Optimizer to Adam

    Sep 28, 2026Shashank Raj, Kalyanmoy DebAdamEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    Department of Computer Science The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA

  14. Weighting Schedules Govern What and When Score-Based Generative Models Learn from Multimodal Data

    Sep 28, 2026Jérémie Klinger, Raphaël Urfin, Giulio Biroli +1Generative ModelsLearning Dynamics

    Laboratoire de Physique de l’École normale supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, F-75005 Paris, France

  15. Collaborative Principle Evolution via Evidence Transfer for Scientific Discovery

    Sep 28, 2026Yingming Pu, Hongyu Chen, Tao LinScientific DiscoveryCo-Evolution

    Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China · Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

  16. EvoIn: Bridging Evolution and Internalization for Agent Fine-Tuning

    Sep 28, 2026Shihan Dou, Shaofan Liu, Zhonghang Lu +8Evolutionary Optimization MethodsInternalization

    Fudan University · Renmin University of China

  17. Remember Before You're Asked: MemDream for Self-Probing Memory Evolution

    Sep 28, 2026Mingfei Lu, Mengjia Wu, Runsong Jia +2Large Language Model AgentsDream

    Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII) University of Technology Sydney

  18. Harmonizing Spectral Evolution in Conditional Flow Matching for TTS

    Sep 28, 2026Isha Pandey, Varad Deshpande, Abhijat Bharadwaj +1Flow-Matching Text-To-SpeechSpeaker Similarity

    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

  19. WorldGraph: Graph-Native World Modeling

    Sep 28, 2026Zezhong Ding, Yipeng Li, Xike XieMultiplex Graph TransformersWorld Models

    School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) · Data Darkness Lab, Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, USTC · School of Biomedical Engineering, USTC

  20. Evo2Team: When Do Evolved Skills Transfer? From Selection to Deployment

    Sep 28, 2026Renxiang Wang, Jiaming CuiSkillsCross-Task Knowledge Transfer

    Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

  21. JET: Judge-Guided Evolution at Test Time for Agent Programs

    Sep 28, 2026Yao Long Teng, Jiayi Cai, Bo AnEvolutionary Optimization MethodsTest Time

    Nanyang Technological University

  22. Evolution of fairness in multi-objective reinforcement learning framework

    Sep 28, 2026Jingyi Zhang, Xin Ou, Guozhong Zheng +3Game TheoryMulti-Objective Reinforcement Learning

    School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710061, P. R. China · School of Physical Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China · School of Physics, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China

  23. FLARE: Flow Matching with Local Axis-Angle Representations for Stochastic Micromagnetic Evolution

    Sep 28, 2026Pengyu Li, Renjie Tong, Xuanlue Jiang +2Magnetic Tunnel JunctionStrongest Prior Asynchronous Baseline

    State Key Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials, Department of Physics, and Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Quantum Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China

  24. MetaBench-Harness: Unlocking End-to-End Optimization of Benchmark Harnesses

    Sep 27, 2026Xuanjun Chen, Hua-Hsuan Chen, Wei-Chung Lu +3Benchmark SaturationEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    National Taiwan University · NTU AI-Core · Queen Mary University of London

  25. EvoTreeNAD: Genealogy-Guided Evolution for LLM-Driven Neural Architecture Discovery

    Sep 24, 2026Lishan Yu, Derek Jiu, Qizhen Lan +1Neural Architecture SearchEvolutionary Search

    Department of Health Data Science and AI McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  26. Hill Sampling for Test-Time Scaling: A Simple and Better Alternative to Repeated Sampling, Evolution, and Training

    Sep 22, 2026Jacob Beck, Philip V. Ogren, Ari KobrenTest-Time ScalingEvolutionary Search

    Oracle

  27. Bayesian Filtering in Physical Systems via Test-time Trained Flow Matching

    Sep 20, 2026Ruiqi Feng, Chongyi Wang, Tao Zhang +1Bayesian FilteringConditional Flow Matching

    Westlake University & Zhejiang University · Westlake University

  28. Evolution or Illusion? Rethinking Evaluation in LLM Evolutionary Search

    Sep 17, 2026Tal Oved, Roi Pony, Oshri Naparstek +1Evolutionary SearchGeneral Grid Search Framework

    IBM Research

  29. STRETCH the Boundaries: A Unified Self-Taught Framework for Progressive LLM Evolution

    Sep 16, 2026Yajie Yu, Mark Lee, Yue FengLLM Reasoning StrategiesEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    School of Computer Science University of Birmingham Birmingham United Kingdom

  30. The evolution of sex for artificial intelligence: a population-genetic framework for multigenerational model populations

    Sep 16, 2026Giorgio F. GilestroArtificial Intelligence ModelsPopulation Dynamics

    Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK

  31. Bad Genius: Counterfactual-Guided Harness Evolution Beyond Task-Specific Shortcuts

    Sep 16, 2026Guojun Zhu, Xunheng Huang, Peng Yin +3Agentic EvaluationsAdversarial Evaluation

    School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China · Department of Statistics & Data Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore · Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

  32. Time-Aligned Evolving Concept Graphs for Scientific Relation Forecasting

    Sep 16, 2026Fred Sun, Jingze Wang, Minkun Xu +1Temporal Knowledge GraphsZero-Shot Link Prediction

    Center for Brain-Inspired Computing Research, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China · Guangdong Institute of Intelligence Science and Technology, Zhuhai, China

  33. Prior Evolution and Task Alignment for Aerial Grasping

    Sep 16, 2026Weiliang Deng, Zhengyang Dang, Yao Mu +1Robotic GraspingAerial Manipulation

    School of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China · AI Institute, School of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China · Differential Robotics Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China

  34. Evolution of US Oral Political Language

    Sep 15, 2026Jacques SavoyParliamentary DebatesEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    Computer Science Dept., University of Neuchatel rue Emile Argand 11, 2000 Neuchatel (Switzerland)

  35. Bio-Inspired Palette Evolution in Indirectly Encoded Substrates: Timescale Compatibility Shapes Activation Function Discovery

    Sep 15, 2026Romain Claret, Michael O'Neill, Paul Cotofrei +1NeuroevolutionBio-Inspired Framework

    University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland · University College Dublin, Ireland

  36. Disentangling Representation Evolution in Transformers through Directional Decomposition

    Sep 14, 2026Shwai He, Haichao Zhang, Shen YanTransformer ArchitecturesRepresentation Space

    University of Maryland, College Park · Northeastern University · ByteDance

  37. Big Brains and Changing Environments: Cause or Consequence?

    Sep 14, 2026Sian Heesom-Green, Jonathan Shock, Geoff NitschkeNeuroevolutionEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa

  38. Decentralized Evolution of Hexapod Gaits with Independent Leg Controllers

    Sep 14, 2026Gary B. Parker, John Asaro, Jim O'ConnorAgile LocomotionGait Dynamics

    Connecticut College, New London CT 06320-4125, USA

  39. T-GADE: Thermodynamical Generative-AI-Driven Evolution of LLM Artifacts

    Sep 14, 2026Kyoko Ogawa, Naoki MoriEvolutionary Optimization MethodsLarge Language Model Generation

    Graduate School of Informatics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan

  40. MAPLE: Memory-Augmented Planning with Language and Evolution

    Sep 12, 2026Kesheng Chen, Yamin Hu, Wenjian LuoAgentic OptimizationPlanning

    Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China

  41. COBRA-Skills: Contextual Bandit-Guided Evolution for Agent Skill Optimization

    Sep 12, 2026Pingchen Lu, Xiangyi Wang, Xiang Li +6Self-Evolving Skill LibrariesAgent Skill Retrieval

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · Tianjin University · The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) +1

  42. EGGROLL, Unrolled: Understanding and Improving Low-Rank Evolution Strategies at Scale

    Sep 12, 2026Ege C. Kaya, Abolfazl HashemiMean Squared ErrorStep-Level Advantage Estimation

    Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

  43. SkillAdam: Stable and Efficient Skill Evolution for Agents

    Sep 8, 2026Gaoyuan Li, Meihao Fan, Yizhe Liu +7Skill EvolutionSkills

    Renmin University of China · Tencent

  44. Evolution of Multimodal Question Answering: From Modality-Adaptive Extraction to Unified Language Representation

    Sep 8, 2026Abdullah Al ShafiMultimodal QueryMultimodal Reasoning

    Department of CSE, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh

  45. FPicker: Topology-Guided Evolution for Filament Tracing in Low-SNR Microscopy

    Sep 8, 2026Tingyin Zhao, Mingtao Huang, Yuan ShenCryo-Electron MicroscopyTopology

    Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China · Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Beijing, China

  46. EvoNav-Bench: Benchmarking Lifelong Navigation in Evolving Environments

    Sep 8, 2026Xilin Wang, Guoxi Zhang, Hongming Xu +3Object Goal NavigationNavigation

    State Key Laboratory of General Artificial Intelligence, BIGAI · 2Tsinghua University

  47. TTGBench: Benchmarking Topological Evolution and Semantic Drift in Text-attributed Temporal Graphs

    Sep 8, 2026Longfei Ma, Zemin Liu, Fei WuTemporal Graph Neural NetworksEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    1Zhejiang University

  48. Environment Evolution for Terminal Agents

    Sep 3, 2026Zhiyuan Fan, Tinghao Yu, Yuanjun Cai +9Synthetic EnvironmentsEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    Hunyuan Team, Tencent

  49. Advances in Machine Learning for Directed Evolution: A Five-Year Retrospective

    Sep 2, 2026Bruce J. WittmannProtein DesignEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    Microsoft, Office of the Chief Scientific Officer

  50. CircuitsDNA: Discovering Unconventional Multi-Accuracy Arithmetic Circuits via Evolutionary Synthesis

    Sep 1, 2026Ruichen Qi, Junyi Luo, Xinting Jiang +5Field-Programmable Gate ArraysFull-Precision Performance

    Brown University · Google · University of Michigan

  51. EvoSCM: Scientific Belief Revision Through Causal Model Evolution and Experimentation

    Sep 1, 2026Qing Zhao, Haowei Li, Weijian Deng +3Scientific DiscoveryScientific Agents

    Sun Yat-sen University · Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University

  52. GlossoGen: Emergent Language in Complex Multi-Agent LLM Interactions

    Sep 1, 2026Elias Stengel-Eskin, Newton Sander, Carlos Bonetti +4Multilingual AgentsMulti-Agent Evolution

    University of Texas at Austin · AE Studio · Schmidt Sciences +1

  53. SymFold: Synergizing Evolutionary and Structural Priors for Accurate Protein Inverse Folding

    Sep 1, 2026Handong Wang, Jiaxin Qi, Baisheng Lai +1Sequence ModelingInverse Design

    Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  54. HarnessEvolve: Learning from Reference Trajectories for Reliable Agent Self-Evolution

    Sep 1, 2026Wen Jiang, Mingmin Chu, Yimeng Tian +6Self-Evolving AgentsSelf-Evolution

    ICT AI Competence Center, Huawei Technologies, Shanghai, China

  55. Self-Reports Are Not Verification: Environment-Grounded Auditing of LLM Operators in Evolutionary Search

    Sep 1, 2026Enrong Pan, Ryan Zhou, Ting HuSelf-EvaluationLanguage-Model Agents

    Queen’s University

  56. Flawed in Nature, Perfect through Evolution

    Aug 31, 2026J. M. Diederik KruijssenEvolutionary Optimization MethodsGeneral Intelligence

    Allora Foundation

  57. PaperGym: Rubric-Centered Evolution for Research-Plan Generation

    Aug 31, 2026Yuhan Wang, Zhengxi Lu, Yuchen Yan +6Research AutomationRubrics

    Zhejiang University · Apple

  58. Safin-1: Safety from Within through Memory-Native State Evolution

    Aug 31, 2026Ming Zhang, Kaisen Yang, Shu Yu +15Persistent StateWireless Foundation Models

    Shanghai AI Laboratory

  59. EvoSkill Injection: Red-Teaming Autonomous Skill Generation and Evolution in Self-Evolving Agents

    Aug 31, 2026Doyun Kim, Chanwoo Kim, Sugyeong Eo +2Self-Evolving AgentsMalicious Agents

    Soongsil University · Yonsei University · Jeju National University

  60. PAVE: Predictive Alignment and Value-Guided Evolution for World-Action Policies

    Aug 31, 2026Botong Zhao, Fang Yu, Tim Yu +3Generalizable Vision-Language-Action PoliciesAction Prediction

    Multi-Dimensional Information Processing Laboratory, East China Normal University · EBKernel · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory