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20202026
most citedBertRLFuzzer: A BERT and Reinforcement Learning Based Fuzzer

7 citations · 18 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

cs.LO2026

AIProver: Agentic Auto-Formalization of Mathematical Research via Certificate-Driven Evolving Harness

Prithwish Jana, Viet Bach Hoang, Logan Luna +9

Proof auto-formalization translates natural-language (NL) theorems and proofs into a formal language (FL) such as Lean, enabling mechanical verification. Despite rapid progress, re…

cs.AI2026

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

Piyush Jha, Aishik Ghosh, Vijay Ganesh

The upgrade and rewriting of large scientific codebases has traditionally been a major challenge. While evolutionary search with large language models (LLMs) can port and accelerat…

hep-th2026

Learning Scattering Amplitudes with Transformer Reinforcement Learning

Philip Velie, Tianji Cai, Piyush Jha +2

We introduce a transformer reinforcement learning algorithm that learns to solve high loop-level scattering amplitudes in planar N = 4 Super Yang-Mills theory. Our algorithm improv…

cs.AI2026

CDRL: Certification-Driven Reinforcement Learning for Neutrino Flavor Model Discovery

Piyush Jha, Jake Rudolph, Victoria Knapp-Pérez +3

Many scientific discovery problems require searching combinatorial hypothesis spaces under complex domain constraints. Reinforcement learning (RL) offers a promising approach, but…

cs.SE2026

Making Embodied AI Reliable: A Community Agenda from Testing to Formal Verification

Xi Zheng, Dulanga Weerakoon, Yintong Huo +8

Embodied AI systems are increasingly deployed in open-world environments, yet ensuring their reliability remains a fundamental challenge. Drawing on discussions from the AAAI'26 Br…

cs.LG2026

Symbolic Regression via Latent Iterative Refinement

Xieting Chu, Sriram Vishwanath, Vijay Ganesh

Symbolic regression (SR) seeks closed-form mathematical expressions that fit observed data. Neural SR methods amortize the search by training an encoder to map observations directl…

cs.LG2026

MathConstraint: Automated Generation of Verified Combinatorial Reasoning Instances for LLMs

Viresh Pati, Zhengyu Li, Piyush Jha +3

We introduce MathConstraint, a hard, adaptive benchmark for evaluating the combinatorial reasoning capabilities of LLMs. We combine constraint satisfaction problems with rigorous s…

cs.LO2026

Understanding CDCL Solvers via Scalability Studies and Proofdoors

Shimin Zhang, Yechuan Xia, Chunxiao Li +3

Over the past several decades, CDCL SAT solvers have proven remarkably effective on large industrial formulas, despite SAT being NP-complete and widely believed to be intractable.…

cs.CC2026

Proofdoors and Efficiency of CDCL Solvers

Sunidhi Singh, Vincent Liew, Marc Vinyals +1

We propose a new parameter called proofdoor in an attempt to explain the efficiency of CDCL SAT solvers over a certain class of formulas derived from circuit (esp., arithmetic) ver…

cs.CC2026

An Exponential Separation between Deterministic CDCL and DPLL Solvers

Sahil Samar, Marc Vinyals, Vijay Ganesh

We prove that there exists a deterministic configuration of Conflict Driven Clause Learning (CDCL) SAT solvers using a variant of the VSIDS branching heuristic that solves instance…

hep-ph2025

Towards AI-assisted Neutrino Flavor Theory Design

Jason Benjamin Baretz, Max Fieg, Vijay Ganesh +4

Particle physics theories, such as those which explain neutrino flavor mixing, arise from a vast landscape of model-building possibilities. A model's construction typically relies…

cs.PL2025★ 1 cited

Abstractions-of-Thought: Intermediate Representations for LLM Reasoning in Hardware Design

Matthew DeLorenzo, Kevin Tieu, Prithwish Jana +4

Large language models (LLMs) have achieved impressive proficiency on logic and programming tasks, often rivaling expert-level performance. However, generating functionally correct…

cs.LG2024

LLMStinger: Jailbreaking LLMs using RL fine-tuned LLMs

Piyush Jha, Arnav Arora, Vijay Ganesh

We introduce LLMStinger, a novel approach that leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) to automatically generate adversarial suffixes for jailbreak attacks. Unlike traditional metho…

cs.LO2024

Extended Resolution Clause Learning via Dual Implication Points

Sam Buss, Jonathan Chung, Vijay Ganesh +1

We present a new extended resolution clause learning (ERCL) algorithm, implemented as part of a conflict-driven clause-learning (CDCL) SAT solver, wherein new variables are dynamic…

cs.CL2024★ 1 cited

RLSF: Fine-tuning LLMs via Symbolic Feedback

Piyush Jha, Prithwish Jana, Pranavkrishna Suresh +2

Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed AI but often struggle with tasks that require domain-specific reasoning and logical alignment. Traditional fine-tuning methods do not…

cs.LO2024

A Reinforcement Learning based Reset Policy for CDCL SAT Solvers

Chunxiao Li, Charlie Liu, Jonathan Chung +3

Restart policy is an important technique used in modern Conflict-Driven Clause Learning (CDCL) solvers, wherein some parts of the solver state are erased at certain intervals durin…

cs.AI2024

Layered and Staged Monte Carlo Tree Search for SMT Strategy Synthesis

Zhengyang Lu, Stefan Siemer, Piyush Jha +3

Modern SMT solvers, such as Z3, offer user-controllable strategies, enabling users to tailor solving strategies for their unique set of instances, thus dramatically enhancing solve…

cs.AI2024

AlphaMapleSAT: An MCTS-based Cube-and-Conquer SAT Solver for Hard Combinatorial Problems

Piyush Jha, Zhengyu Li, Zhengyang Lu +3

This paper introduces AlphaMapleSAT, a Cube-and-Conquer (CnC) parallel SAT solver that integrates Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) with deductive feedback to efficiently solve challe…

cs.SE2023★ 7 cited

BertRLFuzzer: A BERT and Reinforcement Learning Based Fuzzer

Piyush Jha, Joseph Scott, Jaya Sriram Ganeshna +2

We present a novel tool BertRLFuzzer, a BERT and Reinforcement Learning (RL) based fuzzer aimed at finding security vulnerabilities for Web applications. BertRLFuzzer works as foll…

cs.LG2023

CGDTest: A Constrained Gradient Descent Algorithm for Testing Neural Networks

Vineel Nagisetty, Laura Graves, Guanting Pan +2

In this paper, we propose a new Deep Neural Network (DNN) testing algorithm called the Constrained Gradient Descent (CGD) method, and an implementation we call CGDTest aimed at exp…

cs.LG2023★ 4 cited

Learning Modulo Theories

Matt Fredrikson, Kaiji Lu, Saranya Vijayakumar +3

Recent techniques that integrate \emph{solver layers} into Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have shown promise in bridging a long-standing gap between inductive learning and symbolic re…

cs.LG2022

A Solver + Gradient Descent Training Algorithm for Deep Neural Networks

Dhananjay Ashok, Vineel Nagisetty, Christopher Srinivasa +1

We present a novel hybrid algorithm for training Deep Neural Networks that combines the state-of-the-art Gradient Descent (GD) method with a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP)…

cs.LG2020★ 5 cited

xAI-GAN: Enhancing Generative Adversarial Networks via Explainable AI Systems

Vineel Nagisetty, Laura Graves, Joseph Scott +1

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are a revolutionary class of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) that have been successfully used to generate realistic images, music, text, and othe…