@inproceedings{ijcai2026p634, title = {EvoThink: Evolving Thinking in Large Reasoning Models via Self-Pruning and Aha-Moment Preference Optimization}, author = {Dai, Xinbang and Xin, Zheyu and Hu, Huikang and Ren, Lin and Jin, Rihui and Xiao, Guohui and Dong, Kuicai and Du, Zhaocheng and Zhang, Yuyang}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, {IJCAI-26}}, publisher = {International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization}, editor = {Diego Calvanese}, pages = {5693--5701}, year = {2026}, month = {8}, note = {Main Track}, doi = {10.24963/ijcai.2026/634}, url = {https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2026/634}, }