Research notes on machine learning approaches to molecular simulation, including neural network potentials, equivariant message-passing architectures, structural representations, and all-atom foundation models.

YearPaperKey Idea
2019Atom-Density Representations for Machine LearningUnified bra-ket framework connecting SOAP, Behler-Parrinello, and density-based representations
2020Conformation Autoencoder for 3D MoleculesAutoencoder mapping 3D conformations to fixed-size latent space via internal coordinates
2020MAT: Graph-Augmented Transformer for Molecules (2020)Transformer with inter-atomic distances and graph adjacency
2023Ewald Message Passing for Molecular GraphsFourier-space long-range interactions improve GNN energy predictions
2025Beyond Atoms: 3D Space Modeling for Molecular PretrainingSpaceFormer models entire 3D molecular space for representations
2025Dark Side of Forces: Non-Conservative ML Force ModelsCritique of non-conservative forces in ML potentials
2025DenoiseVAE: Adaptive Noise for Molecular Pre-trainingAdaptive atom-specific noise distributions for better force fields
2025Efficient DFT Hamiltonian Prediction via Adaptive SparsitySPHNet achieves up to 7x speedup in Hamiltonian prediction
2025eSEN: Smooth Interatomic Potentials (ICML Spotlight)Energy conservation as key MLIP diagnostic, introducing eSEN
2025MB-nrg: CCSD(T)-Accurate Potentials for PolyalanineFunctional-group n-mer PIPs trained on DLPNO-CCSD(T) for gas-phase polyalanine
2025MB-nrg in Solution: Polyalanine in Water with CCSD(T) PEFs1-mer/water 2-body PIPs extend MB-nrg to alanine dipeptide solvation
2025MOFFlow: Flow Matching for MOF Structure PredictionRiemannian flow matching for Metal-Organic Framework generation
2025PharMolixFM: Multi-Modal All-Atom Molecular ModelsUnified diffusion, flow matching, and BFN for molecular modeling