Summary of Data-efficient and Interpretable Inverse Materials Design Using a Disentangled Variational Autoencoder, by Cheng Zeng et al.
Data-efficient and Interpretable Inverse Materials Design using a Disentangled Variational Autoencoder
by Cheng Zeng, Zulqarnain Khan, Nathan L. Post
First submitted to arxiv on: 10 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper presents a semi-supervised learning approach using a disentangled variational autoencoder to learn a probabilistic relationship between features, latent variables, and target properties in inverse materials design. The proposed method combines labeled and unlabeled data, incorporates expert-informed prior distributions for improved robustness, and provides interpretability through the disentanglement of target properties from other material properties. The approach is demonstrated on an experimental high-entropy alloy dataset with single-phase formation as the target property. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper introduces a new way to design materials using a type of artificial intelligence called machine learning. It helps create new materials by learning patterns in existing data and making predictions about what works well together. This method is special because it can use both labeled (correctly identified) and unlabeled data, which makes it more efficient. It also includes expert knowledge to make the results more reliable. The paper shows how this method works on a specific type of material called high-entropy alloys, where scientists can design new materials with unique properties. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning » Semi supervised » Variational autoencoder
