About This Project

This is a research project surveying the rapidly evolving landscape of LLM-powered evolutionary code optimization, autonomous scientific research, and agent framework systems published between 2024 and 2026.

The survey examines 50 systems across three categories, providing PhD-level technical analysis of architectures, methods, results, and reproducibility for each.

Author

Remigiusz Kinas

remigiusz.kinas@gmail.com X / @KinasRemek LinkedIn

Cite This Work

If you reference this survey in academic work, please use the following BibTeX entry:

@misc{kinas2026evosurvey,
  author       = {Kinas, Remigiusz},
  title        = {Evolutionary {AI} Research: A Comprehensive Survey of {LLM}-Powered
                  Evolutionary Code Optimization, Autonomous Research Discovery,
                  and Agent Framework Systems (2024--2026)},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://evo.si5.pl}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026}
}

License

This survey and all original analysis are released under the MIT License.

Individual systems, papers, and projects referenced in this survey belong to their respective authors and organizations. Links, citations, and technical descriptions are provided for research and educational purposes.

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