arXiv AI

EvoQuantLab: Training-Free Dual-Loop Evolution for Auditable Quantitative Research

arXiv AI
Sep 25

AlphaDiverse: Post-Training Local Quantitative Research Agents for Diverse Exploration in Alpha Factor Mining

AlphaDiverse is a framework that enhances large language model–based multi‑agent systems for alpha factor mining by addressing cost, availability, and confidentiality constraints. It generates diverse research paths through varied environments and post‑training local agents, then fine‑tunes these agents with supervised learning and optimizes them jointly using a GRPO method that balances predictive quality and diversity. The approach limits research feedback to inner‑period data and evaluates a frozen model on outer‑period data to avoid test‑set tuning, demonstrating competitive prediction and broader exploration across four Chinese stock universes.

By Qingzhuo Wang, Zikun Wei, Zhihua Wei, Wen Shen
arXiv Computation and Language
Oct 16

X-Alpha: An AI Quant Researcher with Memory-Driven Self-Evolution

X-Alpha is an AI Quant Researcher that uses persistent research memory and continuous hypothesis-to-code discovery to overcome key bottlenecks in automated alpha mining. It converts financial reports into actionable research paths via Report-to-Memory Abstraction, directs exploration with memory-driven routing, and refines hypotheses through executable factors and empirical validation. Experiments on five equity indices, especially CSI300, show that X-Alpha improves factor quality, signal diversity, and consistently outperforms baselines across markets and horizons.

By Fengyuan Liu, Yuchen Fu, Yuqi Wang, Fengyuan Liu, Mukai Li, Qi Liu
arXiv AI
Oct 26

AlphaMemo: Structured Search-Process Memory for Self-Evolving Alpha Mining Agents

AlphaMemo is a self‑evolving alpha‑mining agent that uses Structured Search‑Process Memory to improve factor discovery. Instead of storing only final factors or full search trajectories, it records reusable evidence about which edit motifs succeed or fail in specific parent‑factor contexts, extracted from Abstract Syntax Tree differences. The system incorporates confidence‑gated residual memory, a search‑ledger prior, and asymmetric veto control to suppress high‑confidence failure patterns, leading to better out‑of‑sample performance and fixed‑budget discovery efficiency on CSI 500 and S&P 500 datasets.

By Hang Yu, Zifan Zheng, Chun Gan, Jeff Z. Pan, Tongliang Liu, Zhiyong Wang, Fengxiang He
arXiv AI
Jul 14

FIRE-Bench: Evaluating AI Agents on the Rediscovery of Scientific Insights

arXiv:2602. 02905v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Autonomous agents powered by large language models (LLMs) promise to accelerate scientific discovery end-to-end, but rigorously evaluating their capacity for verifiable discovery remains a central challenge.

By Zhen Wang, Fan Bai, Zhongyan Luo, Jinyan Su, Kaiser Sun, Xinle Yu, Jieyuan Liu, Kun Zhou, Claire Cardie, Mark Dredze, Zhiting Hu, Eric P. Xing
arXiv AI
Jun 9

EvoMaster: A Foundational Evolving Agent Framework for Agentic Science at Scale

arXiv:2604. 17406v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The convergence of large language models and agents is catalyzing a new era of scientific discovery: Agentic Science.

By Xinyu Zhu, Yuzhu Cai, Zexi Liu, Cheng Wang, Fengyang Li, Wenkai Jin, Wanxu Liu, Zehao Bing, Bingyang Zheng, Jingyi Chai, Shuo Tang, Rui Ye, Yuwen Du, Xianghe Pang, Yaxin Du, Tingjia Miao, Yuzhi Zhang, Ruoxue Liao, Zhaohan Ding, Linfeng Zhang, Yanfeng Wang, Weinan E, Siheng Chen
arXiv AI
Aug 14

AQuA: Recursively Self-Improving Quantitative Trading Research Agents

arXiv:2608. 12841v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study recursive self-improvement at the level of quantitative-investment research: whether an autonomous system can use evidence from earlier experiments to improve the hypotheses and candidates proposed in later iterations.

By Jiacheng Guo, Suozhi Huang, Yunlong Gao, Zihao Li, Jian Ge, Xu Kuang, Mengdi Wang
arXiv Computation and Language
Oct 26

SCI-AGENT-EXAM: Benchmarking Agents on Scientific Research Tasks

arXiv:2610.32441v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language model (LLM) agents are increasingly capable of supporting scientific workflows, but their capabilities across diverse research activitie...

By Tianyun Zhong, Wei Wang, Jialin Li, Jianhong Tu, Liyao Li, Chuqiao Kuang, Tianshi Zheng, Songchi Zhou, Weiqi Zhai, Qile Jin, Jiajia Li, Jiasheng Zheng, Boxi Cao, Yaojie Lu, Hongyu Lin, Shiwei Ye, Bing Zhao, Hu Wei, Lin Qu, Xianpei Han