arXiv Machine Learning

NKI-Agent: Domain-Specific Fine-Tuning and Agentic Tool Use for Neuron Kernel Generation

arXiv:2607. 04395v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent agentic approaches to LLM-based kernel generation have achieved impressive results on CUDA.

arXiv AI
Jul 8

KernelEvolve: Scaling Agentic Kernel Coding for Heterogeneous AI Accelerators at Meta

arXiv:2512. 23236v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Making deep learning recommendation model (DLRM) training and inference fast and efficient is important.

By Gang Liao, Hongsen Qin, Ying Wang, Alicia Golden, Michael Kuchnik, Yavuz Yetim, Jia Jiunn Ang, Chunli Fu, Yihan He, Samuel Hsia, Zewei Jiang, Dianshi Li, Uladzimir Pashkevich, Varna Puvvada, Feng Shi, Matt Steiner, Ruichao Xiao, Liyuan Li, Nathan Yan, Xiayu Yu, Zhou Fang, Roman Levenstein, Kunming Ho, Haishan Zhu, Alec Hammond, Richard Li, Ajit Mathews, Kaustubh Gondkar, Abdul Zainul-Abedin, Ketan Singh, Hongtao Yu, Wenyuan Chi, Barney Huang, Sean Zhang, Noah Weller, Zach Marine, Wyatt Cook, Carole-Jean Wu, Gaoxiang Liu
arXiv AI
Jul 29

Kernel Forge: An Agent Harness for LLM-based Generation and Optimization of CUDA Kernels

arXiv:2607. 24762v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Machine learning models are increasingly embedded in everyday software, and most of their runtime is spent in a small set of compute kernels such as matrix multiplication, convolution, and normalization.

By Joshua Brodsky, Dhravid Kumar, Savini Kashmira, Jayanaka Danatanarayana, Jason Mars, Krisztian Flautner, Lingjia Tang
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 26

Optimizing CUDA like a Human: Micro-Profiling Tools as Expert Surrogates for LLM-Based GPU Kernel Optimization

arXiv:2606. 26453v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present KernelPro, a closed-loop multi-agent system that automatically generates, profiles, and iteratively optimizes GPU kernel code by integrating large language model (LLM) code generation with hardware profiler feedback and pluggable bottleneck detection tools.

By Jiading Gai, Shuai Zhang, Kaj Bostrom, Jin Huang, Vihang Patil, Haoyang Fang, Bernie Wang, Huzefa Rangwala, George Karypis
arXiv AI
Jul 24

CANN Bench: Benchmarking Agent Generated Kernels against Real NPU and Algorithmic Limits

arXiv:2607. 20518v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI agents are now capable of writing, compiling, and iteratively optimizing low-level operator kernels on different hardware platforms.

By Xue-Jian Gao, Deng Pan, Yueming Su, Jiasheng Li, Bin Du, Fengming Zhu, Chengdi Ma, Junyi Fan, Qichen Liao, Chengqiu Hu, Xinxian Chen, Lingchao Zheng, Jun Li, Jiwei Yang, Yuwei Fan
arXiv AI
Jun 9

CUA-Gym: Scaling Verifiable Training Environments and Tasks for Computer-Use Agents

arXiv:2605. 25624v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has driven breakthroughs in domains such as math, tool-use, and software engineering, yet its extension to computer-use agents (CUAs) has been bottlenecked by the scarcity of scalable training data with deterministic rewards.

By Bowen Wang, Dunjie Lu, Junli Wang, Tianyi Bai, Shixuan Liu, Zhipeng Zhang, Haiquan Wang, Hao Hu, Tianbao Xie, Shuai Bai, Dayiheng Liu, Que Shen, Junyang Lin, Tao Yu