@article{optimizingcudalikeahumanmicroprofilingto, title = {Optimizing CUDA like a Human: Micro-Profiling Tools as Expert Surrogates for LLM-Based GPU Kernel Optimization}, author = {Jiading Gai and Shuai Zhang and Kaj Bostrom and Jin Huang and Vihang Patil and Haoyang Fang and Bernie Wang and Huzefa Rangwala and George Karypis}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2606.26453}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.26453}, }