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Automatic code optimization remains a difficult challenge, particularly for complex loop nests on modern hardware. This paper investigates a novel approach to code optimization where Large Language Models (LLMs) guide the process through a…

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The ability to autonomously explore and resolve tasks with minimal human guidance is crucial for the self-development of embodied intelligence. Although reinforcement learning methods can largely ease human effort, it's challenging to…

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Autonomous coding agents, powered by large language models (LLMs), are increasingly being adopted in the software industry to automate complex engineering tasks. However, these agents are prone to a wide range of misbehaviors, such as…

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Decomposition is a fundamental skill in algorithmic programming, requiring learners to break down complex problems into smaller, manageable parts. However, current self-study methods, such as browsing reference solutions or using LLM…

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Agentic systems increasingly rely on reusable procedural capabilities, \textit{a.k.a., agentic skills}, to execute long-horizon workflows reliably. These capabilities are callable modules that package procedural knowledge with explicit…

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A prerequisite for coding agents to perform tasks on large repositories is code localization - the identification of relevant files, classes, and functions to work on. While repository-level code localization has been performed using…

Agent skills today are static artifact: authored once -- by human curation or one-shot generation from parametric knowledge -- and then consumed unchanged, with no mechanism to improve from real use. We propose \textbf{SkillEvolver}, a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Genrui Zhang , Erle Zhu , Jinfeng Zhou , Caiyan Jia , Hongning Wang

Building LLM-based agents has become increasingly important. Recent works on LLM-based agent self-evolution primarily record successful experiences as textual prompts or reflections, which cannot reliably guarantee efficient task…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Zhang Zhang , Shuqi Lu , Hongjin Qian , Di He , Zheng Liu

Code debugging is a vital stage of software development, essential for ensuring the reliability and performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) in the code generation task. Human debugging typically follows a multi-stage process, which…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-13 Weiqing Yang , Hanbin Wang , Zhenghao Liu , Xinze Li , Yukun Yan , Shuo Wang , Yu Gu , Minghe Yu , Zhiyuan Liu , Ge Yu

Large Language Models (LLMs) exhibit strong mathematical reasoning when trained on high-quality Chain-of-Thought (CoT) that articulates intermediate steps, yet costly CoT curation hinders further progress. While existing remedies such as…

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Large Language Model (LLM) agents are increasingly improved through interaction, yet most self-evolution methods adapt either the policy or the learning environment in isolation. We identify this structural gap as \emph{Agent-Environment…

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As one of the key tools in many security tasks, decompilers reconstruct human-readable source code from binaries. Yet, despite recent advances, their outputs often suffer from syntactic and semantic errors and remain difficult to read.…

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With software maintenance accounting for 50% of the cost of developing software, enhancing code quality and reliability has become more critical than ever. In response to this challenge, this doctoral research proposal aims to explore…

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Large language model (LLM)-based agents that reason, plan, and act through tools, memory, and structured interaction are emerging as a promising paradigm for automating complex workflows. Recent systems such as OpenClaw and Claude Code…

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Large Language Models (LLMs) have made significant progress in handling complex programming tasks. However, current methods rely on manual model selection and fixed workflows, which limit their ability to adapt to changing task…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Yulin Peng , Haowen Hou , Xinxin Zhu , Ying Tiffany He , F. Richard Yu

The transition from monolithic large language models (LLMs) to modular, skill-equipped agents represents a fundamental architectural shift in artificial intelligence deployment. While general-purpose models demonstrate remarkable breadth in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Shuzhen Bi , Mengsong Wu , Hao Hao , Keqian Li , Wentao Liu , Siyu Song , Hongbo Zhao , Aimin Zhou

Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to automate reward engineering by leveraging their broad domain knowledge across various tasks. However, they often need many iterations of trial-and-error to generate effective reward…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Vishnu Sarukkai , Brennan Shacklett , Zander Majercik , Kush Bhatia , Christopher Ré , Kayvon Fatahalian

Skill-augmented agents increasingly rely on large reusable skill libraries, but retrieving relevant skills is not the same as presenting usable context. Existing methods typically return atomic skills or dependency-aware bundles whose…

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In recent years, a variety of powerful LLM-based agentic systems have been applied to automate complex tasks through task orchestration. However, existing orchestration methods still face key challenges, including strategy collapse under…

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