arXiv Machine Learning

Langevin Flow Maps: Efficient Molecular Dynamics and Transition Path Sampling

arXiv Statistics ML
Oct 2

Langevin-Informed Transfer Learning: Replacing Target Samples by Black-Box Feedback

The paper introduces Langevin-Informed Transfer Learning (LITL), a method that recovers target Langevin dynamics from biased source samples using only black-box feedback. LITL learns the leading spectral structure of the target infinitesimal generator and the projected drift via Dirichlet representation learning, enabling kinetic reconstruction and slow-manifold gradient estimation. The authors provide finite-sample guarantees for eigenvalue, eigenfunction, and drift estimation, and demonstrate LITL’s ability to recover physical transition timescales, build kinetic structure from static generative samples, reconstruct spherical symmetries, and steer latent representations in trained neural networks.

By Vladimir R. Kostic, Karim Lounici, H\'el\`ene Halconruy, Timoth\'ee Devergne, Michele Parrinello, Massimiliano Pontil
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 25

Neural Transport Nested Sampling

Neural Transport Nested Sampling (NTNS) is a new sampling algorithm that merges nested sampling with neural flow-based methods to sample from Boltzmann distributions of molecular systems. It employs a flow-matching velocity as the drift in a Metropolis–Hastings corrected Langevin kernel within a nested sampling loop, requiring only target energy evaluations and enabling scalable estimation of the full partition function for high-dimensional particle systems. Benchmarks on Lennard–Jones clusters up to 55 particles show NTNS reduces interatomic distance and energy Wasserstein errors by more than an order of magnitude compared to leading neural baselines, while also providing a calibrated, temperature-resolved partition function estimate that captures phase structure from a single run.

By David Yallup, Will Handley
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jul 8

Gradient-free Riemannian Langevin Sampler

We address the problem of efficiently sampling multimodal probability distributions, where standard Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods often suffer from poor mixing and mode trapping. To mitigate these issues, we propose Gradient-free Riemannian Langevin Sampler (GRiLS), a novel proposal that improves exploration without requiring gradient evaluations of the target density.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 17

Machine learning kinetics from molecular dynamics data

The article reviews modern machine learning techniques for estimating the committor and related kinetic statistics from molecular dynamics simulations. It emphasizes self‑supervised methods that solve the underlying dynamical equations instead of relying on labeled data, and unifies various approaches—generator‑based PDEs, variational principles, Markov state models, dynamical Galerkin approximation, and neural networks—under a common operator framework. The review also discusses practical guidance for handling non‑Markovian effects, sampling strategies, and outlines future research directions such as connections to reinforcement learning and generative modeling.

By Jonathan Weare, Aaron R. Dinner
arXiv AI
Jun 2

Strong Stochastic Flow Maps

arXiv:2606. 01086v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Flow and diffusion models generate high-quality samples in many modalities; however, many network evaluations are required during inference due to numerical integration of an underlying differential equation.

By Sam McCallum, Zander W. Blasingame, Timothy Herschell, Niklas Rindtorff, Alexander Tong, James Foster