Research - Papers
Explore a selection of our published work on a variety of key research challenges in AI.
LitPivot: Developing Well-Situated Research Ideas Through Dynamic Contextualization and Critique within the Literature Landscape
Developing a novel research idea is hard. It must be distinct enough from prior work to claim a contribution while also building on it. This requires iteratively reviewing literature and refining an…
Measuring AI Scientists: From Exams to Discovery
Large language models and agentic systems are increasingly embedded across the scientific work-flow, from literature synthesis and hypothesis generation to code execution, data analysis and writing.…
Process-Oriented Evaluation of AI-Assisted Scientific Writing
Bad writing hinders the publication of science. The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in generating and editing scientific texts remains unsettled. Abstracts serve as the critical gateway to…
ArtifactLinker: Linking Scientific Artifacts for Automatic State-of-the-Art Discovery
Scientific artifacts such as models and datasets are foundations for research. With the rapid growth of platforms like HuggingFace, researchers now have access to a large number of artifacts. Yet, a…
CoTs as Tractable Probabilistic Programs
Chain-of-thought (CoT) traces are used across language model prompting, training, test-time inference, and interpretability, yet they are often modeled in task-specific ways. We propose treating CoT…
Querying Multimodal Scientific Papers with AI: Practices and Preferences Across Blind, Low-Vision, and Sighted Scientists
Visual diagrams, figures, and tables are central to scientific papers, and convey information beyond what is captured in text. While blind or low-vision (BLV) scientists have traditionally relied on…
Narrative Scaffolding: A Narrative-First Framework for Data-Driven Sensemaking
When exploring data, analysts construct narratives about what the data means by asking questions, generating visualizations, reflecting on patterns, and revising their interpretations as new…
Demystifying Scientific Problem-Solving in LLMs by Probing Knowledge and Reasoning
Scientific problem solving poses unique challenges for LLMs, requiring both deep domain knowledge and the ability to apply such knowledge through complex reasoning. While automated scientific…
DR Tulu: Reinforcement Learning with Evolving Rubrics for Deep Research
Deep research agents perform multi-step research to produce long-form, well-attributed answers. However, most open deep research agents are trained on easily verifiable short-form QA tasks via…
Generating Literature-Driven Scientific Theories at Scale
Contemporary automated scientific discovery has focused on agents for generating scientific experiments, while systems that perform higher-level scientific activities such as theory building remain…