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Machine Learning for Molecular Simulation

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Noé, Frank, Tkatchenko, Alexandre, Müller, Klaus-Robert, Clementi, Cecilia·2020·Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

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Machine learning (ML) is transforming all areas of science. The complex and time-consuming calculations in molecular simulations are particularly suitable for an ML revolution and have already been profoundly affected by the application of existing ML methods. Here we review recent ML methods for molecular simulation, with particular focus on (deep) neural networks for the prediction of quantum-mechanical energies and forces, on coarse-grained molecular dynamics, on the extraction of free energy surfaces and kinetics, and on generative network approaches to sample molecular equilibrium structures and compute thermodynamics. To explain these methods and illustrate open methodological problems, we review some important principles of molecular physics and describe how they can be incorporated into ML structures. Finally, we identify and describe a list of open challenges for the interface between ML and molecular simulation.

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Authors
Noé, F., Tkatchenko, A., Müller, K.-R., & Clementi, C.
Affiliations
  • Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (US)
  • University of Luxembourg (LU)
  • Korea University (KR)
Venue
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Published
2020-04-20
Volume
71
Issue
1
Pages
361-390
ISSN
  • 0066-426X (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-1593
OpenAlex
W2988055229
Cited by
956
References
136
Citations by year
2026: 121 · 2025: 208 · 2024: 147 · 2023: 176 · 2022: 124 · 2021: 133 · 2020: 45 · 2019: 2
FWCI
6.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Physical Chemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Luxembourg) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (390685689, 1740990, 1265929, 1427654, 1900374)
  • European Commission (CoG 772230, ERC CoG 772230, 772230)
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CRC1114/A04, EXC-2046, 01GQ0850, EXC‐2046/1, GRK2433, 01GQ1115, EF1-2, 01IS14013A-E, CRC 1114, GRK2433 DAEDALUS, 390685689)
  • Einstein Stiftung Berlin
  • Division of Chemistry (CHE-1265929, CHE-1900374, 1265929, CHE-1740990)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Keywords
deep neural network, force field parameterization, coarse-grained molecular dynamics, free energy landscape, reaction kinetics, generative neural networks, thermodynamics

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