零代码自动发现科学图像处理算法,助力科研人员高效转化原始数据
CVEvolve: Autonomous Algorithm Discovery for Unstructured Scientific Data Processing

- 基于多轮搜索与智能采样,自动探索并优化算法路径
- 在4类科学图像任务中超越基线,泛化性能优于过度优化模型
- 适合无编程经验的科研人员快速实现数据到发现的转化
科学数据处理常需特定算法或AI模型,对缺乏计算或图像处理经验的领域科学家构成障碍,尤其当数据噪声大、动态范围高、标注稀疏或描述模糊时。我们提出CVEvolve,一个零代码接口的自主代理框架,用于科学数据处理算法的自动发现。该框架结合多轮搜索策略,集成代码执行、评估实现、历史管理、留出测试及可选的数据与可视化检查工具。搜索过程交替进行发现与改进,采用基于谱系感知的随机候选采样,平衡探索与利用。我们在X射线荧光显微成像配准、布拉格峰检测、高能衍射显微成像分割和混合式学习-分析仿射配准四类任务上验证了其有效性。结果表明,CVEvolve发现的算法优于基线方法,且通过留出测试追踪可识别出泛化能力更强的候选方案,而非后期过度优化的版本。这证明零代码、自主的LLM驱动算法开发能帮助领域科学家将非结构化科学图像数据转化为实用算法与下游科学发现。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Scientific data processing often requires task-specific algorithms or AI models, creating a barrier for domain scientists who need to analyze their data but may not have extensive computing or image-processing expertise. This barrier is especially pronounced when data are noisy, have a high dynamic range, are sparsely labeled, or are only loosely specified. We introduce CVEvolve, an autonomous agentic harness with a zero-code interface for scientific data-processing algorithm discovery. CVEvolve combines a multi-round search strategy with tools for code execution, evaluation implementation, history management, holdout testing, and optional inspection of scientific data and visual outputs. The search alternates between discovery and improvement actions, and uses lineage-aware stochastic candidate sampling to balance exploration and exploitation. We demonstrate CVEvolve on X-ray fluorescence microscopy image registration, Bragg peak detection, high-energy diffraction microscopy image segmentation, and hybrid analytical-learning-based affine registration. Across these tasks, CVEvolve discovers algorithms that improve over baseline methods, while holdout test tracking helps identify candidates that generalize better than later over-optimized alternatives. These results show that zero-code, autonomous LLM-powered algorithm development can help domain scientists turn unstructured scientific image data into practical algorithms and downstream scientific discoveries.
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