Summary of Molmix: a Simple Yet Effective Baseline For Multimodal Molecular Representation Learning, by Andrei Manolache et al.
MolMix: A Simple Yet Effective Baseline for Multimodal Molecular Representation Learning
by Andrei Manolache, Dragos Tantaru, Mathias Niepert
First submitted to arxiv on: 10 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This research proposes a simple transformer-based framework for learning molecular representations from three distinct modalities: SMILES strings, 2D graph representations, and 3D conformers. The model integrates these modalities to account for the fact that molecules can adopt multiple conformations, which is crucial for accurate representation. The framework uses modality-specific encoders, such as transformers and message-passing neural networks, and combines their outputs into a unified sequence processed by a downstream transformer. To efficiently process large datasets, the model employs Flash Attention 2 and bfloat16 precision. Despite its simplicity, this approach achieves state-of-the-art results across multiple datasets, making it a strong baseline for multimodal molecular representation learning. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper develops a new way to represent molecules using three different types of information: how they are written in code (SMILES), their structure (2D graphs), and their shape (3D conformers). The approach combines these different types of information into one, allowing it to capture the multiple shapes that a molecule can take. This is important because accurately representing molecules matters for many applications like medicine and materials science. The method uses special encoders to process each type of information and then combines them together. It’s also efficient at handling large datasets. Overall, this simple approach outperforms other methods on several different tests. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Attention » Precision » Representation learning » Transformer
