arXiv Machine Learning

Diffusion-warm sampling of the XY model enables fast thermalization at scale

arXiv:2606. 30773v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We introduce a novel technique for scalable sampling of spin-system states with continuous symmetries using diffusion models.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 15

Quenched Ensemble Sampling

arXiv:2609.15894v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Some of the sharpest challenges in sampling from the energy functions of physical systems arise at phase transitions, where the density of states cha...

By David Yallup
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 17

METALICA: METAdynamics and repLICA exchange for enhanced diffusion sampling

METALICA is a new method that combines Metadynamics with Replica Exchange on pretrained diffusion models to improve sampling of rare conformational states in proteins. It builds a bias potential along a chosen Collective Variable, pushes new samples away from previously visited ones, and reweights them to recover the unbiased distribution. By running one replica per diffusion level and allowing inter‑replica communication, METALICA can generate long Markov chains that uncover rare events, as demonstrated on a bimodal test system and on protein unfolding where it reveals a second free‑energy minimum that other methods miss.

By Alireza Omidi, Jiajun He, J\"org Gsponer, Saifuddin Syed