arXiv:2605. 26179v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Density functional theory (DFT) serves as the basis for computational discovery in materials science and chemistry, yet each calculation demands extensive human effort: adjusting algorithms when convergence stalls, revising plans when unexpected physics emerges, and inserting steps as intermediate results reshape the problem.
By Penghui Yang, Zhonghan Zhang, Yue Li, Xinrun Wang, Yanchen Deng, Yuhao Lu, Bijun Tang, Zheng Liu, Bo An
arXiv:2603. 15952v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are capable of emulating reasoning and using tools, creating opportunities for autonomous agents that execute complex scientific tasks.
By Jacopo Teneggi, S. M. Bargeen A. Turzo, Tanya Marwah, Alberto Bietti, P. Douglas Renfrew, Vikram Khipple Mulligan, Siavash Golkar
arXiv:2608. 03501v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI for Research (AI4Research) leverages AI to automate and improve scientific workflows.
By Zejun Liu, Jian Wu, Ru Peng, Yuliang Ji, Dongyuan Li, Renhe Jiang, Yue Zhang
arXiv:2507. 14267v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language model (LLM) agents can execute long-horizon scientific workflows, but their numerical outputs are difficult to trust: agents lose context, game verification checks, and can produce large volumes of plausible yet invalid results.
By Ziqi Wang, Hongshuo Huang, Hancheng Zhao, Changwen Xu, Shang Zhu, Jan Janssen, Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan
arXiv:2607. 22596v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Atomistic simulations are central to materials design, but their execution involves complex, multi-step workflows that require significant human expertise.
By Rahul Somasundaram, Adela Habib, Khanh Dang, Sachin Shivakumar, Ryley G. Hill, Golo Wimmer, Avanish Mishra, Aleksandra Pachalieva, Arthur Lui, Hari Viswanathan, Michael Grosskopf, Saryu Fensin, Russell Bent, Nathan DeBardeleben, Earl Lawrence
AI for Research (AI4Research) leverages AI to automate and improve scientific workflows. While experimental design is a critical stage of the research process, prior work has focused primarily on code implementation and execution, overlooking the importance of this stage, and no benchmark exists to evaluate AI's ability to conduct systematic experiment design.