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New pipeline evaluates LLMs for optical network automation

Researchers have developed HuGLEN, a novel evaluation pipeline designed to assess Large Language Models (LLMs) for optical network automation. This pipeline utilizes an LLM-as-a-judge approach combined with expert ratings to create a scalable and reproducible comparison method. The system aims to rank LLMs based on a quality efficiency score (QES), which balances explanation quality with inference cost. Results indicate that a 12B parameter LLM achieved the highest QES, demonstrating an optimal trade-off for operator-facing automation tasks. AI

IMPACT This new evaluation framework could streamline the selection of LLMs for network automation tasks, improving efficiency and quality.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Kiarash Rezaei, Omran Ayoub, Paolo Monti, Carlos Natalino ·

    Human Grounded Evaluation of Large Language Models for Optical Network Automation

    arXiv:2607.18068v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly adopted for network automation, yet their output quality and inference cost can vary substantially across LLM families. We present HuGLEN, a stepwise evaluation pipeline that uses an L…

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Human Grounded Evaluation of Large Language Models for Optical Network Automation

    Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly adopted for network automation, yet their output quality and inference cost can vary substantially across LLM families. We present HuGLEN, a stepwise evaluation pipeline that uses an LLM-as-a-judge together with a small set of expert …