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  1. LabBook: Harnessing Experimental History for Efficient LLM-Driven Discovery

    Sep 30, 2026Bo Yuan, Wenqian Ye, Zelin Zhao +4Evolutionary SearchAgentic Discovery

    Georgia Institute of Technology · University of Virginia, Charlottesville

  2. 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

  3. Component-Aware Feedback for Self-Evolving Programs

    Sep 29, 2026Ethan Lin, Jinming Nian, Yi FangEvolutionary SearchSelf-Evolution

    Santa Clara University

  4. Evolving Towards Better Codes: LLM-Guided Search for High-Distance Binary Linear Codes

    Sep 29, 2026Amal Seddas, Vladyslav Shashkov, Maryna Viazovska +1Evolutionary SearchSource-Channel Coding

    EPFL

  5. BiFE: Search-Efficient Discovery of CPU-Only Branching Policies via LLM-based Bi-Fidelity Evolution

    Sep 29, 2026Ce Zhang, Bin Zhang, Zhiwei Xu +5Evolutionary SearchMixed-Integer Programming

    Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences · School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shandong University

  6. Towards Certificate-Driven Software Porting: A Self-Improving Agentic Harness for Scientific Program Optimization

    Sep 28, 2026Piyush Jha, Aishik Ghosh, Vijay GaneshEvolutionary SearchCode Optimization

    School of Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA · School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

  7. 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

  8. 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

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

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

    IBM Research

  10. AlgoEvo: Self-Evolving Agentic Search for Automated Algorithm Discovery

    Sep 14, 2026Junhao Qiu, Qinglong Hu, Ji Cheng +3Evolutionary SearchSelf-Evolving Agents

    Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong · Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab · Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing, A*STAR

  11. Breaking the Central Bias: Spatially Partitioned Experts for Coordinate-Based Neuroevolution

    Sep 10, 2026Romain Claret, Arthur Gygax, Michael O'Neill +3NeuroevolutionMnist

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

  12. 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

  13. The Time Value of Evolution

    Aug 13, 2026Matthew Siper, Ahmed Khalifa, Julian TogeliusEvolutionary SearchEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    Nof1, New York University · Nof1, University of Malta

  14. ε\varepsilon-MemEvo: Adaptive Cross-Task Memory Transfer for LLM Program Evolution

    Aug 12, 2026Aofan Liu, Shiyuan Song, Yiyan QiEvolutionary SearchCross-Task Knowledge Transfer

  15. EvoMem: Memory-Augmented Evolution for Code Optimization

    Aug 11, 2026Viktor Volkov, Valentin Khrulkov, Andrey V. Galichin +8Evolutionary SearchMemory-Augmented Framework

    AXXX, Moscow, Russia · Applied AI Institute, Moscow, Russia · Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

  16. Identifying potentiating events in evolutionary search using replay experiments

    Aug 10, 2026Austin J. Ferguson, Alexander LalejiniEvolutionary OptimizationEvolutionary Search

    Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, USA

  17. A Hybrid Nested Harness for Decoupling Structure and Parameters in LLM-Driven Optimization

    Aug 8, 2026Víctor GallegoEvolutionary SearchOptimization Modeling

    Komorebi AI Technologies

  18. PACE: Primitive-Aware Code Evolution for Automated Algorithm Design

    Aug 7, 2026Zhuoliang Xie, Ruihao Zheng, Xiang Xu +2Evolutionary SearchEvolutionary Optimization

    1Southern University of Science and Technology · 2Shenzhen University

  19. MicroEvo: Knowledge-Guided LLM Sampling for Efficient Microarchitecture Design Space Exploration

    Aug 6, 2026Jia Xiong, Runkai Li, Chenxu Niu +11Evolutionary SearchNeural Architecture Search

    Southeast University · National Center of Technology Innovation for EDA · NVIDIA Corporation +4

  20. Improving Auto-Design of Neural PDE Solvers with a Domain-Specific Language

    Aug 5, 2026Shengxin Kong, Liwen Xu, Jingwen FuNeural Partial Differential Equation SolversEvolutionary Search

    School of Sciences, North China University of Technology, Beijing, China · Beijing Zhongguancun Academy, Beijing, China

  21. Beyond Average Performance: Dynamic Instance Clustering and Specialized Algorithm Design in LLM-Assisted Evolutionary Search

    Aug 4, 2026Qinglong Hu, Qingfu Zhang, Fei Liu +3Evolutionary SearchClustering

    Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China · Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab, China

  22. Frontis-MA1: Training an AI4AI Model towards Recursive Self-Improvement in Machine Learning Engineering

    Jul 30, 2026Junlin Yang, Che Jiang, Yu Fu +21Mle-Bench LiteRecursive Self-Improvement

    Horizon Research, Frontis.AI

  23. LLM-Guided Evolutionary Search for Constraint Model Reformulation to Improve Solver Efficiency

    Jul 30, 2026Kostis Michailidis, Dimos Tsouros, Nguyen Dang +1Evolutionary SearchAutomated Heuristic Design

    1DTAI, KU Leuven, Belgium · University of Western Macedonia, Greece · University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

  24. FunL2O: LLM-Guided Feature Function Design for Learning to Optimize

    Jul 29, 2026Bingheng Li, Junyang Cai, Yupeng Zhang +3Optimization ModelingEvolutionary Search

    Michigan State University · University of Southern California · University of Wisconsin–Madison +1

  25. Automated Discovery Has No Universally Superior Harness

    Jul 20, 2026Akshat Gupta, Jermaine Lei, Alexander Lu +2Evolutionary SearchModel Discovery

    UC Berkeley · MIT, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab

  26. Autonomous Discovery of Wireless Communications Algorithms

    Jul 20, 2026Fayçal Aït Aoudia, Jakob Hoydis, Sebastian Cammerer +4Wireless CommunicationsEvolutionary Search

    NVIDIA, 92400 Courbevoie, France · NVIDIA, 10623 Berlin, Germany · NVIDIA, 8004 Zürich, Switzerland

  27. RefineEvo: Planning-Guided Heuristic Evolution with Bidirectional Experience

    Jul 13, 2026Yang Wu, Junran Pan, Yifan Zhang +3Automated Heuristic DesignEvolutionary Search

    C2DL, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences · School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing +1

  28. GAE: Graph-Augmented Evolution for Scientific Discovery via Reinforcement Optimization

    Jul 11, 2026Xuanzhou Chen, Taoli ChengEvolutionary SearchEvolutionary Optimization Methods

    Shanghai Academy of AI for Science, Shanghai, China · School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia, Unites States.

  29. Adaptive Search in Collatz Exponent-Code Space via 2-adic and 3-adic Constraints

    Jul 10, 2026Oliver KramerOpen ProblemsSearch Algorithms

    Computational Intelligence Department of Computer Science University of Oldenburg

  30. Evolutionary Intelligence for Scientific Discovery: From Evolutionary Computation to Cumulative Discovery Systems

    Jul 10, 2026Chao Wang, Lingling Li, Fang Liu +1Scientific DiscoveryModel Discovery

    1*School of Artificial Intelligence, Xidian University, No. 2 South Taibai Road, Xi’an, 710071, Shaanxi, China.

  31. Neural Operator-enabled Topology-informed Evolutionary Strategy for PDE-Constrained Optimization

    Jul 8, 2026Xiangming Huang, Guannan Zhang, Lu Lu +1Generative Inverse DesignTopology Optimization

  32. EVOTS: Evolutionary Transformer Search for Time Series Forecasting

    Jun 30, 2026AbdElRahman ElSaid, Damir PulatovTime Series ForecastingAutoregressive Transformers

    University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

  33. RAISE: LLM-based Automated Heuristic Design with Robust Adversary Instance Search

    Jun 30, 2026Fei Liu, Alessio Figalli, Patrick Owen +1Automated Heuristic DesignBounded Adversary

    University of Zurich · 2ETH Zurich

  34. TacEvo: Self-Evolving Architecture Discovery for Robotic Tactile Perception via LLM-Driven Quality-Diversity Search

    Jun 29, 2026Mohammed AbuSadeh, Lan Wei, Dandan ZhangNeural Architecture SearchTactile

    All authors are with the Department of Bioengineering, Imperial-X Initiative, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.

  35. Semantics-Aware Bilevel Co-Evolution: Towards Automated Multicomponent Algorithm Design

    Jun 29, 2026Zhiyao Zhang, Shenghao Wu, Xingyu Wu +1Evolutionary SearchMulti-Agent Evolution

    Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China · College of Mathematics and Informatics, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China

  36. Evolution Fine-Tuning: Learning to Discover Across 371 Optimization Tasks

    Jun 27, 2026Young-Jun Lee, Seungone Kim, Minki Kang +5Evolutionary SearchContinual Fine-Tuning

    University of Minnesota · Carnegie Mellon University · KAIST +3

  37. AlgoEvolve: LLM-driven Meta-evolution of Algorithmic Trading Programs

    Jun 24, 2026Dhruv Sharma, Gautam ShroffAlgorithmic TradingEvolutionary Search

    Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi

  38. Dirac-Frenkel dynamics with inertia for nonlinearly parametrized solutions of evolution problems

    Jun 23, 2026Matteo Raviola, Benjamin PeherstorferInertialNonlinearity

    Scientific Computing and Uncertainty Quantification - CADMOS Chair, EPFL · Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

  39. Project Auto-World: Towards Automated Benchmarking of Neural Relational Reasoners

    Jun 23, 2026Anirban Das, Joanne Boisson, Irtaza Khalid +2Evolutionary SearchNp-Hard

    Cardiff University · University of Pennsylvania

  40. SurGE: Surrogate Gradient-guided Evolution for Co-design of Legged Robots with Parallel Elasticity

    Jun 20, 2026Yulun Zhuang, Yue Qin, Justin Lu +4Co-DesignLegged Robots

    Department of Robotics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA · Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA

  41. Formally Verified Code Synthesis for Structured Data Translation in a Medical Internet of Things

    Jun 18, 2026Colin Samplawski, Adam D. CobbFormal VerificationSynthesis

    1Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International.

  42. MeEvo: Metacognitive Evolution Combined with Natural Evolution for Automatic Heuristic Design

    Jun 12, 2026Zishang Qiu, Xinan Chen, Rong Qu +1Automated Heuristic DesignEvolutionary Search

    School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China · School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

  43. Closed-loop discovery of out-of-distribution processing protocols by evolutionary search and uncertainty-aware learning

    Jun 11, 2026Yu Liu, Stanislav Udovenko, Ching-Che Lin +4Data-Driven Materials DiscoveryClosed Loop

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA · Materials Science and Engineering Department, Materials Research Institute, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA · Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA +4

  44. Towards Diverse Scientific Hypothesis Search with Large Language Models

    Jun 9, 2026Haorui Wang, Parshin Shojaee, Kazem Meidani +7Hypothesis-Driven Model ExpansionHypothesis

    Georgia Institute of Technology · Virginia Tech · Carnegie Mellon University +3

  45. FunctionEvolve: Structure-Guided Symbolic Regression with LLMs

    Jun 5, 2026Zeyu Xia, Jun Zhu, Dong YanSymbolic RegressionEvolutionary Search

    Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence · Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University · Department of Computer Science and Technology +1

  46. Algorithmic algorithm development with LLMs: A Case Study on LLM-Usage for Contraction Order Optimization in Tensor Networks

    Jun 1, 2026Fabian Hoppe, Melven Röhrig-Zöllner, Philipp KnechtgesEvolutionary SearchLarge Language Models(Llms

    German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Software Technology, department High-Performance Computing, Cologne (Germany)

  47. LLM-Driven Co-Evolutionary Automated Heuristic Design for Bi-Component Coupled Combinatorial Optimization

    May 30, 2026Mingen Kuang, Xudong Deng, Xi Lin +3Automated Heuristic DesignEvolutionary Search

    Xi’an Jiao Tong University · Northwestern Polytechnical University

  48. EvoGens: A Population-Based Heuristic Search Framework for Scientific Idea Generation

    May 29, 2026Xu Li, Hanzhe Tu, Xinyi Li +3Scientific IdeationEvolutionary Search

    Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China · Sichuan Police College, Luzhou, China

  49. Healthcare Mechanisms from Policy-as-Code Search under Strategic Provider Response

    May 29, 2026Zihan Wang, Xiang Xu, Hongyuan Zha +1HealthcareEvolutionary Search

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · Tongji University

  50. LLM-Evolved Domain-Independent Heuristics for Symbolic AI Planning

    May 28, 2026Elliot Gestrin, Jendrik SeippLarge Language Model PlanningHeuristics

    Linköping University, Sweden

  51. Compute Allocation in Evolutionary Search: From Depth-Breadth to Multi-Armed Bandits

    May 28, 2026Sixue Xing, Haoyu He, Kerui Wu +4Evolutionary SearchBandits

    University of Notre Dame · 2Northeastern University · University of Massachusetts Amherst +4

  52. Self-Improving Language Models with Bidirectional Evolutionary Search

    May 27, 2026Guowei Xu, Zhenting Qi, Huangyuan Su +4Evolutionary SearchBackward Passes

    1Harvard University · 2MIT

  53. Evolutionary Multi-Task Optimization for LLM-Guided Program Discovery

    May 21, 2026Halil Alperen Gozeten, Xuechen Zhang, Emrullah Ildiz +3Evolutionary SearchOptimization Modeling

    University of Michigan - Ann Arbor · University of California San Diego

  54. What Do Evolutionary Coding Agents Evolve?

    May 19, 2026Nico Pelleriti, Sree Harsha Nelaturu, Zhanke Zhou +4Evolutionary SearchSelf-Evolving Agents

    1Zuse Institute Berlin · 2Technical University of Berlin · 3Hong Kong Baptist University +1

  55. Latent Heuristic Search: Continuous Optimization for Automated Algorithm Design

    May 16, 2026Cheikh Ahmed, Mahdi Mostajabdaveh, Zirui ZhouAutomated Heuristic DesignEvolutionary Search

    Huawei Technologies Canada, Burnaby, Canada

  56. SMCEvolve: Principled Scientific Discovery via Sequential Monte Carlo Evolution

    May 14, 2026Jiachen Jiang, Huminhao Zhu, Zhihui ZhuEvolutionary SearchAlphaevolve

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering The Ohio State University

  57. Effective Harness Engineering for Algorithm Discovery with Coding Agents

    May 13, 2026Yoichi Ishibashi, Taro Yano, Masafumi OyamadaEvolutionary SearchAlphaevolve

    NEC Corporation.

  58. Teacher-Aware Evolution of Heuristic Programs from Learned Optimization Policies

    May 11, 2026Minyu Chen, Song Qin, Ling-I Wu +2Automated Heuristic DesignEvolutionary Search

    Shenzhen Technology University · Shanghai Polytechnic University · Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  59. LEVI: Stronger Search Architectures Can Substitute for Larger LLMs in Evolutionary Search

    May 10, 2026Temoor TanveerEvolutionary SearchAlphaevolve

    Independent Researcher

  60. PACEvolve++: Improving Test-time Learning for Evolutionary Search Agents

    May 7, 2026Minghao Yan, Bo Peng, Benjamin Coleman +11Evolutionary SearchTest-Time Training

    1Google · University of Wisconsin–Madison · 3Google DeepMind