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This conflict presents a major bottleneck for solving large-scale problems in scientific computing. We present <strong>Helios<\/strong> (Heterogeneous, Evolutionary, and Landscape-aware Interacting Optimization System) to address this algorithm\u2013architecture challenge through two co-designed implementations: <strong>Helios-AS (Adaptive Serial)<\/strong>, a novel CPU-based algorithm that employs heterogeneous agent roles and an adaptive control mechanism that dynamically triggers specialized search procedures based on real-time analysis of the fitness landscape; and <strong>Helios-MP (Massively Parallel)<\/strong>, its GPU-native counterpart. Our core contribution is a co-design approach for translating the <em>intent<\/em> of serial adaptive logic into parallel-friendly operators, enabling complex control behavior to be re-expressed using high-throughput, population-level mechanisms. 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