arXiv Machine Learning

A Configuration-First Framework for Reproducible, Low-Code Machine Learning: a Localization Use Case

The paper introduces a configuration-first framework called LOCALIZE that streamlines machine learning experimentation by declaring experiments in human-readable configuration files and orchestrating isolated processes for each workflow stage. It version‑controls code, data, configurations, and artifacts, enabling reproducible runs. A qualitative comparison with five platforms and quantitative tests against Jupyter and Kedro show that LOCALIZE reduces code edits while keeping time and memory usage comparable, and scales sublinearly with dataset size.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 17

A Configuration-First Framework for Reproducible, Low-Code Localization

arXiv:2510. 25692v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: As machine learning (ML) increasingly underpins critical applications, credible, comparable, and repeatable experimental results become more important.

By Tim Strnad (Jo\v{z}ef Stefan Institute, Slovenia), Bla\v{z} Bertalani\v{c} (Jo\v{z}ef Stefan Institute, Slovenia), Carolina Fortuna (Jo\v{z}ef Stefan Institute, Slovenia)
arXiv AI
Jul 21

DataFlow-Harness: A Grounded Code-Agent Platform for Constructing Editable LLM Data Pipelines

arXiv:2607. 16617v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to automate data-processing workflows, yet coding agents typically produce scripts that are not automatically materialized as persistent, editable platform artifacts.

By Runming He, Zhen Hao Wong, Hao Liang, Zimo Meng, Chengyu Shen, Xiaochen Ma, Wentao Zhang
arXiv AI
Aug 28

Exploring the Role of LLMs in HPC Programming: A Survey

The survey reviews how Large Language Models (LLMs) are being used in High‑Performance Computing (HPC) programming, covering code generation, parallelization, frameworks, evaluation, and broader challenges. It finds that general‑purpose LLMs perform adequately on serial and OpenMP‑style tasks but struggle with distributed MPI workloads, while domain‑specialized models achieve higher accuracy yet are limited in scope and evaluation. The authors argue that LLMs will not replace HPC experts soon but can act as powerful collaborators, provided richer datasets, integration with performance tools, rigorous evaluation, and governance are developed.

By Strahinja Ljaljevic, Josep Jorba, Sergio Iserte
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 14

HoliBench: A Cross-Platform Benchmarking and Deployment Toolkit for Foundation Models in CPS-IoT Applications

HoliBench is a modular benchmarking and deployment toolkit that jointly measures accuracy, latency, and energy for foundation models across a wide range of devices, from single-board computers to GPU servers. It provides a platform abstraction layer that calibrates cross-device measurements and supports multiple model modalities, inference engines, and quantization levels. Using HoliBench, the authors evaluated 20 models on 7 device types, revealing tradeoffs such as limited latency gains from quantization on low‑precision hardware and diminishing accuracy returns relative to energy consumption, while also showing that single-model profiles can predict multi-model pipeline performance within a few percent.

By Inesh Chakrabarti, Zejun Xiong, Pragya Sharma, Mani Srivastava
arXiv AI
Jun 30

SWE-fficiency: Can Language Models Optimize Real-World Repositories on Real Workloads?

arXiv:2511. 06090v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Optimizing the performance of large-scale software repositories demands expertise in code reasoning and software engineering (SWE) to reduce runtime while preserving program correctness.

By Jeffrey Jian Ma, Milad Hashemi, Amir Yazdanbakhsh, Kevin Swersky, Ofir Press, Enhui Li, Vijay Janapa Reddi, Parthasarathy Ranganathan
arXiv Computation and Language
Sep 2

Beneath the Diff: Diagnosing and Mitigating Algorithmic Mode Collapse in Code-Level Autonomous Research Loops

The paper investigates code-level autonomous research loops (ARLs) where a language model edits training pipelines to improve an in-loop metric. It identifies a failure mode called algorithmic mode collapse, where edits become semantically uniform despite surface diversity, leading to a growing gap between in-loop gains and independent evaluation. The authors propose Diversity‑Aware Proposal Sampling (DAPS), a lightweight method that reduces semantic decay by 69.1% and boosts faithfulness by over 80% while maintaining optimization speed.

By Bowei He, Weixu Zhang, Yili Jin, Xue Liu
arXiv AI
3d ago

RankEvolve: A Reliable Multi-Agent Auto-Research Harness for Evolving Ranking Models

RankEvolve is an auto‑research framework that evolves generative ranking models by orchestrating multiple large‑language‑model coding agents through an Executable Operating Protocol (EOP). The system compiles a state machine that enforces phases, gates, branches, and loops, while a meta‑meta‑harness lets agents review and repair each other’s code. In budget‑matched experiments, heterogeneous composition of agents raised execution accuracy from 45.8 % to 62.5 % and reduced silent critical‑defect rates, achieving notable gains on the HSTU recommender and other benchmarks.

By Zheng Chen, Linfeng Liu, Hong Li, Hong Yan