[2603.01421] SciDER: Scientific Data-centric End-to-end Researcher

Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence arXiv:2603.01421 (cs) [Submitted on 2 Mar 2026] Title:SciDER: Scientific Data-centric End-to-end Researcher Authors:Ke Lin, Yilin Lu, Shreyas Bhat, Xuehang Guo, Junier Oliva, Qingyun Wang View a PDF of the paper titled SciDER: Scientific Data-centric End-to-end Researcher, by Ke Lin and 5 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Automated scientific discovery with large language models is transforming the research lifecycle from ideation to experimentation, yet existing agents struggle to autonomously process raw data collected from scientific experiments. We introduce SciDER, a data-centric end-to-end system that automates the research lifecycle. Unlike traditional frameworks, our specialized agents collaboratively parse and analyze raw scientific data, generate hypotheses and experimental designs grounded in specific data characteristics, and write and execute corresponding code. Evaluation on three benchmarks shows SciDER excels in specialized data-driven scientific discovery and outperforms general-purpose agents and state-of-the-art models through its self-evolving memory and critic-led feedback loop. Distributed as a modular Python package, we also provide easy-to-use PyPI packages with a lightweight web interface to accelerate autonomous, data-driven research and aim to be accessible to all researchers and developers. Comments: Subjects: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computation and Language (cs.CL) Cite as: a...