arXiv:2609.39090v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Data-driven machine learning (ML) techniques have become an essential tool in many domains of science. Their application to atomistic simulations of...
By J\"org Behler, Michele Ceriotti, Cecilia Clementi, G\'abor Cs\'anyi, Alin-Marin Elena, Aditi Krishnapriyan, Joseph W. Abbott, Fabio Affinito, Albert P. Bart\'ok, Ilyes Batatia, Filippo Bigi, Florian N. Br\"unig, Yannick Calvino Alonso, Giuseppe Carleo, Aur\'elie Champagne, Stefan Chmiela, Marc L. Descoteaux, Ralf Drautz, Alexandra Farcas, Meng Gao, Rohit Goswami, Michael F. Herbst, Christian Holm, James R. Kermode, Alexander L. M. Knoll, Tobias Kreiman, Hoang-Thien Luu, Yury Lysogorskiy, Mihai-Cosmin Marinica, Rocco Meli, Klaus-Robert M\"uller, Frank No\'e, Mohamadhosein Nosratjoo, Simon Olsson, Christoph Ortner, Aldo S. Pasos-Trejo, Anyang Peng, Eric Qu, Andrea Rizzi, Mariana Rossi, Bassem Sboui, Gregor N. C. Simm, Alexandre Tkatchenko, Jacopo Venturin, O. Anatole von Lilienfeld, William C. Witt, Brandon M. Wood, Tigany Zarrouk, Fabian Zills
The paper investigates whether machine learning models can uncover physical patterns in atomistic data without relying on traditional physics-based inductive biases such as geometric locality or graph structures. By training a general-purpose architecture on molecular simulation data, the authors demonstrate that the model autonomously learns interatomic interaction strengths resembling classical electrostatics and identifies interaction cutoffs aligned with established physical models. The study also reports predictable neural scaling behavior and competitive accuracy on certain metrics compared to physics-informed architectures, suggesting that explicit priors may only be necessary when empirically justified.
By Tobias Kreiman, Yutong Bai, Fadi Atieh, Elizabeth Weaver, Eric Qu, Aditi S. Krishnapriyan
El Agente Potente is an agentic system that integrates typed execution graphs and a coding mode to facilitate machine‑learning interatomic potential (MLIP) driven atomistic simulations. Typed execution graphs offer structured, provenance‑aware workflows where large language models handle planning and routing while deterministic Python code performs scientific computation and validation. The coding agent builds customized workflows for tasks needing procedural flexibility, invoking existing Potente functions for supported calculations. The system is demonstrated across materials discovery, energy‑landscape exploration, adsorption, and catalytic reaction workflows, with benchmarks on reproducibility and LLM token cost.
By Tsz Wai Ko, Jiaru Bai, Thomas Swanick, Yeonghun Kang, Changhyeok Choi, Angelina Qihong Jiang, Aiwei Yin, Varinia Bernales, Al\'an Aspuru-Guzik
The article discusses how the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is transforming chemical engineering by influencing problem formulation, analysis, and solution across a wide range of applications, from atomic-scale simulations to industrial operations. It highlights recent methodological advances and representative uses, noting a shift from purely black-box models to hybrid and physics-informed frameworks that incorporate conservation laws, thermodynamic consistency, and structural constraints. These integrated approaches enhance robustness, reliability, and human-AI collaboration, ultimately amplifying rather than replacing core chemical engineering principles.
By Michael Baldea, Linda J. Broadbelt, Marianthi G. Ierapetritou, Akhilesh Jain, Ankur Kumar, Thomas A. Kwan, F\`elix Llovell, Andrew J. Medford, Ilias Mitrai, Joel Paulson, Junyi Qiao, Matthew P. Rivera, Kirti C. Sahu, Lev Sarkisov, Zachary P. Smith, Calvin Tsay, Ching-Mei Wen, Victor M. Zavala, Huacheng Zhang, Dan Zhao
arXiv:2607. 22596v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Atomistic simulations are central to materials design, but their execution involves complex, multi-step workflows that require significant human expertise.
By Rahul Somasundaram, Adela Habib, Khanh Dang, Sachin Shivakumar, Ryley G. Hill, Golo Wimmer, Avanish Mishra, Aleksandra Pachalieva, Arthur Lui, Hari Viswanathan, Michael Grosskopf, Saryu Fensin, Russell Bent, Nathan DeBardeleben, Earl Lawrence
arXiv:2607. 18281v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Finding exact solutions to the quantum many-body problem is computationally intractable (QMA-hard).
By Karen Sargsyan, Chao-Ping Hsu
arXiv:2606. 30961v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Advances in deep learning architectures and representations have enabled ML-driven chemical property prediction, but state-of-the-art (SOTA) models have remained largely confined to independent codebases and lack support for diverse chemical species.
By Jacob W. Toney, Samir Darouich, Yiran Wang, Aaron G. Garrison, Johannes K\"astner, Heather J. Kulik
arXiv:2606. 31332v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Protein automodeling from cryo-EM density maps faces unique challenges in enforcing physicochemical validity and managing conformational heterogeneity.
By Minzhang Li, Mingrui Li, Weichen Qin, Qihe Chen, Sixian Shen, Yuan Pei, Jiakai Zhang, Jingyi Yu
arXiv:2606. 04100v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) enable efficient and accurate atomistic simulations but depend critically on the quality and diversity of the training data.
By Joanna Zou, Fraser Birks, Dallas Foster, Youssef Marzouk
arXiv:2507. 03853v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We introduce OrbitAll, a geometry- and physics-informed deep learning framework that encodes any molecular system with arbitrary charges, spins, and environmental effects using electronic structure information.
By Beom Seok Kang, Vignesh C. Bhethanabotla, Amin Tavakoli, Maurice D. Hanisch, Arimitsu Horikawa-Strakovsky, Miguel Nouman, Danish Khan, William A. Goddard III, Anima Anandkumar
arXiv:2606. 02662v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Machine learning has accelerated quantum chemistry but is hindered by the prohibitive cost of generating high fidelity training data.
By Vivin Vinod, Peter Zaspel
BranchIP introduces a single-model framework that learns adaptive tensor product computation for equivariant machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs). Using a novel distillation loss, it achieves up to 2.4× speed‑up and 2.6× memory reduction across model sizes while preserving physical fidelity. The adaptive computation also offers interpretability by indicating which interactions require deeper processing and how depth correlates with chemical complexity and dynamics.
By Laura Zichi, Gil Harari, Chuin Wei Tan, Marc L. Descoteaux, Albert Zhu, Menghang Wang, Yoel Zimmermann, H. T. Kung, Boris Kozinsky