Summary of Diffusion-driven Domain Adaptation For Generating 3d Molecules, by Haokai Hong et al.
Diffusion-Driven Domain Adaptation for Generating 3D Molecules
by Haokai Hong, Wanyu Lin, Kay Chen Tan
First submitted to arxiv on: 1 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph); Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a novel diffusion-based approach called GADM for training a molecule generator that can produce 3D molecules from new domains without requiring any additional data collection. The problem is framed as domain adaptive molecule generation, where the goal is to shift a generative model between domains with varying structural features. To achieve this, the authors leverage a designated equivariant masked autoencoder (MAE) and various masking strategies to capture structural-grained representations of in-domain molecules. This MAE is then used to encode structure variations from target domains as domain supervisors, controlling denoising during molecule generation. The approach is evaluated across various domain adaptation tasks on benchmarking datasets, showing significant improvements up to 65.6% in terms of success rate defined by molecular validity, uniqueness, and novelty compared to alternative baselines. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about a new way to make computers generate 3D molecules that we haven’t seen before. This can be useful for scientists who need to create new medicines or materials. The problem is that most molecule generators are only good at making molecules from the same group of molecules they were trained on, and it’s hard to adapt them to make molecules from entirely new groups. To solve this problem, the authors developed a new approach called GADM that uses a special kind of machine learning model called an equivariant masked autoencoder (MAE). This MAE helps the computer learn how to recognize patterns in molecule structures and generate new molecules that fit into these patterns. The authors tested their approach on several different types of molecule generation tasks and found that it was able to produce high-quality molecules that met specific criteria, such as being valid and unique. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Autoencoder * Diffusion * Domain adaptation * Generative model * Machine learning * Mae
