Sharpness-Aware Minimization (SAM) is applied to improve the generalization of machine learning models for classifying bacterial Raman spectra, a technique that could enable rapid, portable diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance. The study shows that SAM can increase classification accuracy by up to 10.5% on a single data split and by an average of 2.7% across multiple splits compared to the traditional Adam optimizer. These gains demonstrate SAM’s potential to enhance the clinical utility of AI-powered Raman spectroscopy tools.
By Kaitlin Zareno, Jarett Dewbury, Siamak K. Sorooshyari, Hossein Mobahi, Loza F. Tadesse
arXiv:2606. 14169v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Raman spectroscopy provides label-free, chemically specific characterization of biological systems and has become an important tool for cancer diagnosis, molecular subtyping, microbiological identification, and intraoperative decision support.
By Bogdan Oancea, Ana Maria Seciu-Grama, Nicoleta Siminea, Laura Mihaela Stefan, Alice Stoica, Joel Sjoberg, Marian Necula, Ana-Maria Prelipcean, Corneliu Ovidiu Vrancianu, Eduard Milea, Andrei P\u{a}un, Ion Petre, Mihaela P\u{a}un
Raman spectroscopy enables non-destructive, label-free molecular characterization across materials science, biomedicine and process monitoring. Predictive Raman datasets often contain few labelled spectra and thousands of ordered wavenumbers, with informative variation within bands and across distant spectral regions.
arXiv:2608. 02157v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Raman spectroscopy enables non-destructive, label-free molecular characterization across materials science, biomedicine and process monitoring.
By Xingyu Pan, Huan Wang, Jinjia Guo, Zhenlin Zhao, Siming Dong, Jixi Lu
The paper presents a Raman spectroscopy and machine‑learning framework that uses t‑SNE, K‑means, Decision Trees, and NNLS‑based spectral decomposition to authenticate edible oils. In pure oils, Decision Trees achieved 100% accuracy using only four Raman variables out of 1866 features, while in matrix‑containing samples, NNLS‑based PI‑AI improved classification to about 85–86% with only four to five key variables. The approach yields highly compact, interpretable spectral representations that enable accurate oil identification with minimal data footprint.
By Amrita Shaw, Chandrasekar S. N., Sai Muthukumar V., Jhinuk Gupta, Deepak L. N. Kallepalli
arXiv:2607. 10196v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Access to sufficiently large biomedical datasets remains a major obstacle for machine learning in Raman spectroscopy-based diagnostics.
By Andrei Iu\c{s}an, Iulian Vasile, Daria Voiculescu, Ion Petre, Andrei P\u{a}un, Bogdan Oancea, Mihaela P\u{a}un