3 papers
physics.comp-ph2026
Deep Research in Physical Sciences: A Multi-Agent Framework and Comprehensive Benchmark
Yigeng Jiang, Tengchao Yang, Taoyong Cui +25
Deep research agents are Large Language Model (LLM)-based systems designed for autonomous, multi-step scientific reasoning, and they hold immense potential for accelerating researc…
cs.AI2026
Step-GRPO: Internalizing Dynamic Early Exit for Efficient Reasoning
Benteng Chen, Weida Wang, Shufei Zhang +2
Large reasoning models that use long chain-of-thought excel at problem-solving yet waste compute on redundant checks. Curbing this overthinking is hard: training-time length penalt…
cs.AI2025
AOT*: Efficient Synthesis Planning via LLM-Empowered AND-OR Tree Search
Xiaozhuang Song, Xuanhao Pan, Xinjian Zhao +4
Retrosynthesis planning enables the discovery of viable synthetic routes for target molecules, playing a crucial role in domains like drug discovery and materials design. Multi-ste…