Large Language Model-Guided NAS

NAS: Neural Architecture Search

Overview

This field studies how language models can design neural network architectures for a task, rather than relying only on manually designed models or fixed search spaces. Common approaches have LLMs generate or edit model code, then use execution feedback, evolutionary search, memory of prior trials, or conventional NAS to select and refine candidates. Systems are being tested across vision, time-series forecasting, reinforcement learning, scientific modeling, and specialized settings such as clinical prediction, often using proxy training or weight sharing to reduce evaluation costs. A central challenge is making generated designs reliably executable and ensuring that proxy scores and benchmark gains translate to strong results under full training and real deployment constraints such as latency and energy use.

Latest papers

CardsList

24 papers3 papers in the last four weeks, against 2 the four weeks before. 0.0% of all new papers.

  1. EvoCast: Reliable Autonomous Research Agents for Iterative Forecasting Architecture Evolution

    Oct 3, 2026Kaipeng Xu, Xianli Yan, Yan Wang +2Autonomous Research AgentsAutomated Machine Learning

  2. AutoBCI: Forecast-Guided Agentic Neural Architecture Discovery for EEG-Based Brain--Computer Interfaces

    Sep 28, 2026Muyun Jiang, Yi Ding, Wei Zhang +9Brain-Computer InterfacesLarge Language Model-Guided NAS

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

    Sep 24, 2026Lishan Yu, Derek Jiu, Qizhen Lan +1Large Language Model-Guided NASEvolutionary Optimization

  4. PINNForge: Execution-Grounded Evolutionary Design of Physics-Informed Neural Networks

    Sep 19, 2026Mingyang Yu, Xu Yang, Jun Zhang +2Physics-Informed MLLarge Language Model-Guided NAS

  5. Agentic neural architecture search for clinical prediction from electronic health records: Cross-hospital knowledge transfer and computational efficiency

    Aug 22, 2026Deyi Li, Qi Xu, Lingyao Li +3Neural Architecture SearchLarge Language Model-Guided NAS

  6. Consensus-gated Multi-Agent Neural Architecture Search for Seismic Fault Segmentation

    Aug 14, 2026Shehram Baig, Ahmad MustafaNeural Architecture SearchLarge Language Model-Guided NAS

  7. GraphIR: Architecture-Level Search States for LLM-Guided Neural Architecture Evolution

    Aug 3, 2026Zhen Liu, Wanqi Zhou, Shuanghao Bai +3Large Language Model-Guided NASLarge Language Model-Guided Optimization

  8. Device-First Feedback: Toward Mobile-Native LLM-Driven Neural Architecture Search

    Jul 29, 2026Saif U Din, Muhammad Ahsan Hussain, Radu Timofte +1Large Language Model-Guided NASHardware-Aware NAS

  9. Similarity-Guided Curriculum Fine-Tuning of LLMs for Neural Architecture Synthesis

    Jul 13, 2026Anujaya Vijayakumar, Radu Timofte, Dmitry IgnatovLarge Language Model-Guided NASLLM Fine-Tuning

  10. Agentic Neural Architecture Search

    Jul 8, 2026Seokhoon Jeong, Mijung Kim, Taehwan KimLarge Language Model-Guided NASLarge Language Model-Guided Optimization

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

    Jun 29, 2026Mohammed AbuSadeh, Lan Wei, Dandan ZhangVision-Based Tactile SensingLarge Language Model-Guided NAS

  12. GenAutoML: An Agentic Framework for Dynamic Architecture Generation and Optimization in Time-Series Analysis

    Jun 4, 2026Oleeviya Babu Poikarayil, Cédric Schockaert, Abdulrahman Nahhas +3Efficient Neural Network InferenceLarge Language Model-Guided NAS

  13. Delta-Based Neural Architecture Search: LLM Fine-Tuning via Code Diffs

    May 6, 2026Santosh Premi Adhikari, Radu Timofte, Dmitry IgnatovLarge Language Model-Guided NASLLM Fine-Tuning

  14. Structured Progressive Knowledge Activation for LLM-Driven Neural Architecture Search

    Apr 10, 2026Zhen Liu, Yuhan Liu, Jinjun Wang +3Large Language Model-Guided NASLarge Language Model-Guided Optimization

  15. Data-Local Autonomous LLM-Guided Neural Architecture Search for Multiclass Multimodal Time-Series Classification

    Mar 16, 2026Emil Hardarson, Luka Biedebach, Ómar Bessi Ómarsson +3Large Language Model-Guided NASMultivariate Time Series Classification

  16. Resource-Efficient Iterative LLM-Based NAS with Feedback Memory

    Mar 12, 2026Xiaojie Gu, Dmitry Ignatov, Radu TimofteLarge Language Model-Guided NASNeural Architecture Search

  17. Neural Architecture Discovery via Autonomous Evolution

    Jul 24, 2025Weixian Xu, Yixiu Liu, Yang Nan +4Autonomous Research AgentsAI Agents for Scientific Discovery