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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09964 |
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| author | van der Vleuten, Noah Flores, Anthony Mathur, Shray Rakitin, Max Hopkins, Thomas Yager, Kevin G. Tsai, Esther H. R. |
| author_facet | van der Vleuten, Noah Flores, Anthony Mathur, Shray Rakitin, Max Hopkins, Thomas Yager, Kevin G. Tsai, Esther H. R. |
| contents | Evaluating large language models (LLMs) for instrument control requires methods that go beyond standard, stateless algorithmic benchmarks, since the behavior of physical systems cannot be fully captured by unit tests alone. Here we introduce EnvTrace, a simulation-based method that evaluates execution traces to assess semantic code equivalence. EnvTrace is demonstrated with a beamline control-logic digital twin to facilitate the evaluation of instrument control code, with the digital twin itself also enabling the pre-execution validation of live experiments. Over 30 LLMs were evaluated using trace alignment to generate a multi-faceted score for functional correctness across key behavioral dimensions, showing that many top-tier models can approach human-level performance in rapid control-code generation. This is a first step toward a broader vision where LLMs and digital twins work symbiotically: LLMs providing intuitive control and agentic orchestration, and digital twins offering safe and high-fidelity environments, paving the way towards autonomous embodied AI. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | EnvTrace: Simulation-Based Semantic Evaluation of LLM Code via Execution Trace Alignment -- Demonstrated at Synchrotron Beamlines van der Vleuten, Noah Flores, Anthony Mathur, Shray Rakitin, Max Hopkins, Thomas Yager, Kevin G. Tsai, Esther H. R. Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence Programming Languages Evaluating large language models (LLMs) for instrument control requires methods that go beyond standard, stateless algorithmic benchmarks, since the behavior of physical systems cannot be fully captured by unit tests alone. Here we introduce EnvTrace, a simulation-based method that evaluates execution traces to assess semantic code equivalence. EnvTrace is demonstrated with a beamline control-logic digital twin to facilitate the evaluation of instrument control code, with the digital twin itself also enabling the pre-execution validation of live experiments. Over 30 LLMs were evaluated using trace alignment to generate a multi-faceted score for functional correctness across key behavioral dimensions, showing that many top-tier models can approach human-level performance in rapid control-code generation. This is a first step toward a broader vision where LLMs and digital twins work symbiotically: LLMs providing intuitive control and agentic orchestration, and digital twins offering safe and high-fidelity environments, paving the way towards autonomous embodied AI. |
| title | EnvTrace: Simulation-Based Semantic Evaluation of LLM Code via Execution Trace Alignment -- Demonstrated at Synchrotron Beamlines |
| topic | Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence Programming Languages |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09964 |