Summary of Soft Checksums to Flag Untrustworthy Machine Learning Surrogate Predictions and Application to Atomic Physics Simulations, by Casey Lauer et al.
Soft Checksums to Flag Untrustworthy Machine Learning Surrogate Predictions and Application to Atomic Physics Simulations
by Casey Lauer, Robert C. Blake, Jonathan B. Freund
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The novel technique of soft checksums for scientific machine learning is presented, which enables trained neural networks (NN) to differentiate between trustworthy predictions on in-distribution (ID) data points and untrustworthy predictions on out-of-distribution (OOD) data points. The method adds a check node to the existing output layer, training the model to learn a chosen checksum function encoded within the NN predictions. This allows for calculating the checksum error with a single forward pass, incurring negligible time and memory costs. Soft checksums are applied to a physically complex and high-dimensional non-local thermodynamic equilibrium atomic physics dataset, effectively separating ID and OOD predictions. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In this paper, scientists develop a new way to help trained neural networks (NN) make better predictions by checking if they’re reliable or not. This is important because NNs are often used in simulations of physical systems, but can be fooled by data that’s not representative of what they’ve learned. The researchers create a special “checksum” function that the NN learns, which helps it identify when its predictions are trustworthy or not. They show that this method works well on a complex dataset from atomic physics. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning
