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 **An Open Research Community for AI in Finance**
 
-OpenFinMind is an open research community at **The University of Hong Kong (HKU)**, bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners to advance artificial intelligence in finance through open research, collaborative development, and shared resources.
+OpenFinMind is an open research community at **The University of Hong Kong (HKU)**, advancing artificial intelligence in finance through open research, collaborative development, and shared resources.
 
 ## Research Areas
 
-- **AI Agents & Financial Research** — LLM-based agents, multi-agent systems, and deep research for financial analysis and decision-making.
-- **Quantitative Finance & Alpha Discovery** — Code-based alpha mining, factor research, quantitative strategies, and systematic investment.
-- **Financial Forecasting & Evaluation** — Financial prediction, temporal evaluation, and rigorous benchmarks for AI systems.
-- **Financial Data & Research Infrastructure** — Curated datasets, reproducible workflows, and open-source tools for financial AI.
+- **AI Agents & Financial Research** — Intelligent agents, multi-agent systems, and deep research for financial analysis and decision-making.
+- **Quantitative Finance & Alpha Discovery** — Code-based alpha mining, factor discovery, and systematic investment.
+- **Financial Forecasting & Evaluation** — Financial prediction, temporal evaluation, and AI benchmarks.
+- **Financial Data & Research Infrastructure** — Open datasets, reproducible workflows, and research tools.
 
 ## Selected Research
 
-### CogAlpha
-**Cognitive Alpha Mining via LLM-Driven Code-Based Evolution**
+- **CogAlpha** — An LLM-driven framework combining financial reasoning and code-based evolutionary search for automated alpha discovery. [Paper](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.538/) · [PDF](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.538.pdf) · [Code](https://github.com/OpenFinMind/CogAlpha_Prompt) · ACL 2026.
 
-An LLM-driven framework combining financial reasoning with code-level evolutionary search to discover predictive financial signals.
+- **X-Alpha** — A memory-driven AI Quant Researcher that transforms financial knowledge and accumulated research experience into continuous hypothesis-to-code alpha discovery. [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.08332) · arXiv:2607.08332.
 
-- Publication: ACL 2026
-- [Paper](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.538/) · [PDF](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.538.pdf)
-- [Prompt Templates](https://github.com/OpenFinMind/CogAlpha_Prompt)
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-### X-Alpha
-**A Memory-Driven AI Quant Researcher**
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-An AI Quant Researcher that integrates report-grounded financial knowledge and persistent discovery feedback into a closed-loop hypothesis-to-code research process.
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-- Preprint: arXiv:2607.08332
-- [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.08332)
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-### FinForesight
-**A Diagnostic Backtesting Benchmark for Deep Research Systems in Financial Forecasting**
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-A benchmark evaluating financial forecasting by deep research systems across Chinese, U.S., and Hong Kong markets, covering four forecasting tasks and two capability diagnostic tasks.
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-- Preprint: arXiv:2611.01621
-- [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.01621) · [Code & Benchmark](https://github.com/OpenFinMind/FinForesight)
+- **FinForesight** — A diagnostic benchmark evaluating the financial forecasting capabilities of deep research systems across CN, US, and HK markets through four forecasting tasks and two diagnostic tasks. [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.01621) · [Code & Benchmark](https://github.com/OpenFinMind/FinForesight) · arXiv:2611.01621.
 
 ## Open Research & Resources
 
-We develop and share research projects, datasets, benchmarks, models, and tools to support reproducible and collaborative financial AI research.
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-- [GitHub Organization](https://github.com/OpenFinMind)
-- [Hugging Face Organization](https://huggingface.co/OpenFinMind)
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-## Open Collaboration
+We develop and share open-source projects, datasets, benchmarks, models, and tools to support reproducible financial AI research.
 
-We welcome researchers, developers, and practitioners interested in AI for finance.
+- [GitHub](https://github.com/OpenFinMind) · [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/OpenFinMind)
 
-Explore our repositories, contribute to ongoing projects, and collaborate with us to advance open financial intelligence.
+## Collaboration
 
-**Build. Share. Discover. Advance.**
+We welcome researchers, developers, and practitioners interested in AI for finance to explore our projects, share resources, and contribute to open research.
 
-*Open Financial Intelligence.*
+**Build. Share. Discover. Advance.**