NSF award 2601956 · Carnegie Mellon University

Collaborative Research: MFAI: Mathematical Foundations of Chain-of-Thought: Demystifying Reasoning Capabilities of Transformers

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Award number: 2601956
Period of support: 1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sep 2029
Amount: $333,333
Awardee: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Program: Special Projects - CCF, EPCL: Energy, Power, Control,, MSPA-INTERDISCIPLINARY
Directorate: MPS

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving rapid advances across science, technology, and society, yet the most powerful AI systems, such as large language models, remain difficult to explain, predict, and trust. These models often solve complex reasoning tasks in mathematics, coding, and planning by generating intermediate chain-of-thought steps. However, a mathematical understanding of how such reasoning capabilities…

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