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most citedE(3)-Equivariant Graph Neural Networks for Data-Efficient and Accurate Interatomic Potentials

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

FrOGS: Discrete Neural Sampler for Independent Alloy Configurations Across Chemical Conditions

Kyucheol Min, Elyssa Hofgard, Tess Smidt

Predicting the thermodynamic properties of an alloy requires sampling its configurations across many chemical conditions and recovering free energies on a common absolute scale. Ma…

physics.comp-ph2026

Reconstructing local environments from concise atomistic representations

Jigyasa Nigam, Tuong Phung, Ameya Daigavane +2

Symmetry-based representations of local atomic structure, such as the power spectrum or bispectrum, are routinely used to characterize the structural diversity of datasets and as i…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Rotational equivariance and locality in data-driven subgrid-scale closures

Ryley McConkey, Julia Balla, Elyssa Hofgard +2

Data-driven subgrid-scale closures for large eddy simulation are of significant interest in many engineering and geoscience applications. In this context, several important questio…

physics.comp-ph2026

Learning Lattice Parameters from Powder X-Ray Diffraction Data Using Invariants

Elyssa Hofgard, Kyucheol Min, Nofit Segal +8

We present a machine learning (ML) method to determine unit cell parameters from powder X-Ray diffraction (XRD) data using a novel invariant lattice representation. In ML, the data…

cs.LG2026

EquiformerV3: Scaling Efficient, Expressive, and General SE(3)-Equivariant Graph Attention Transformers

Yi-Lun Liao, Alexander J. Hoffman, Sabrina C. Shen +3

As -equivariant graph neural networks mature as a core tool for 3D atomistic modeling, improving their efficiency, expressivity, and physical consistency has become a centra…

physics.flu-dyn2026

The Closure Challenge: a benchmark task for machine learning in turbulence modelling

Ryley McConkey, Tyler Buchanan, Tess Smidt +3

We introduce a field-wide benchmark challenge for machine learning in Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence modelling. Though open-source datasets exist for training da…

cs.LG2026

Asymptotically Fast Clebsch-Gordan Tensor Products with Vector Spherical Harmonics

YuQing Xie, Ameya Daigavane, Mit Kotak +1

-equivariant neural networks have proven to be effective in a wide range of 3D modeling tasks. A fundamental operation of such networks is the tensor product, which allows in…

physics.chem-ph2026

Machine learning of electronic structure and atomistic properties from the external potential

Jigyasa Nigam, Tess Smidt, Geneviève Dusson

Electronic structure calculations remain a major bottleneck in atomistic simulations and, not surprisingly, have attracted significant attention in machine learning (ML). Most exis…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Turbulence teaches equivariance to neural networks

Ryley McConkey, Julia Balla, Jeremiah Bailey +5

We show that the rotational nature of turbulence affects how neural networks learn mappings between quantities governed by the Navier-Stokes equations. We train super-resolution mo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

PFT: Phonon Fine-tuning for Machine Learned Interatomic Potentials

Teddy Koker, Abhijeet Gangan, Mit Kotak +2

Many materials properties depend on higher-order derivatives of the potential energy surface, yet machine learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) trained with a standard loss on ene…

cs.LG2025

Matching the Optimal Denoiser in Point Cloud Diffusion with (Improved) Rotational Alignment

Ameya Daigavane, YuQing Xie, Bodhi P. Vani +3

Diffusion models are a popular class of generative models trained to reverse a noising process starting from a target data distribution. Training a diffusion model consists of lear…

cs.LG2025

To Augment or Not to Augment? Diagnosing Distributional Symmetry Breaking

Hannah Lawrence, Elyssa Hofgard, Vasco Portilheiro +3

Symmetry-aware methods for machine learning, such as data augmentation and equivariant architectures, encourage correct model behavior on all transformations (e.g. rotations or per…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Implicit Augmentation from Distributional Symmetry in Turbulence Super-Resolution

Julia Balla, Jeremiah Bailey, Ali Backour +4

The immense computational cost of simulating turbulence has motivated the use of machine learning approaches for super-resolving turbulent flows. A central challenge is ensuring th…

q-bio.BM2025★ 1 cited

Accelerating Protein Molecular Dynamics Simulation with DeepJump

Allan dos Santos Costa, Manvitha Ponnapati, Dana Rubin +2

Unraveling the dynamical motions of biomolecules is essential for bridging their structure and function, yet it remains a major computational challenge. Molecular dynamics (MD) sim…

physics.comp-ph2025

Training a Foundation Model for Materials on a Budget

Teddy Koker, Mit Kotak, Tess Smidt

Foundation models for materials modeling are advancing quickly, but their training remains expensive, often placing state-of-the-art methods out of reach for many research groups.…

cs.LG2025

The Price of Freedom: Exploring Expressivity and Runtime Tradeoffs in Equivariant Tensor Products

YuQing Xie, Ameya Daigavane, Mit Kotak +1

-equivariant neural networks have demonstrated success across a wide range of 3D modelling tasks. A fundamental operation in these networks is the tensor product, which inter…

cs.LG2025

A Tale of Two Symmetries: Exploring the Loss Landscape of Equivariant Models

YuQing Xie, Tess Smidt

Equivariant neural networks have proven to be effective for tasks with known underlying symmetries. However, optimizing equivariant networks can be tricky and best training practic…

physics.comp-ph2025★ 11 cited

High-performance training and inference for deep equivariant interatomic potentials

Chuin Wei Tan, Marc L. Descoteaux, Mit Kotak +11

Machine learning interatomic potentials, particularly those based on deep equivariant neural networks, have demonstrated state-of-the-art accuracy and computational efficiency in a…

cs.LG2024

A Cosmic-Scale Benchmark for Symmetry-Preserving Data Processing

Julia Balla, Siddharth Mishra-Sharma, Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro +2

Efficiently processing structured point cloud data while preserving multiscale information is a key challenge across domains, from graphics to atomistic modeling. Using a curated d…

cs.LG2024★ 2 cited

EquiJump: Protein Dynamics Simulation via SO(3)-Equivariant Stochastic Interpolants

Allan dos Santos Costa, Ilan Mitnikov, Franco Pellegrini +7

Mapping the conformational dynamics of proteins is crucial for elucidating their functional mechanisms. While Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation enables detailed time evolution of…

cs.LG2024

Relaxed Equivariant Graph Neural Networks

Elyssa Hofgard, Rui Wang, Robin Walters +1

3D Euclidean symmetry equivariant neural networks have demonstrated notable success in modeling complex physical systems. We introduce a framework for relaxed graph equivari…

physics.comp-ph2024★ 4 cited

A Recipe for Charge Density Prediction

Xiang Fu, Andrew Rosen, Kyle Bystrom +5

In density functional theory, charge density is the core attribute of atomic systems from which all chemical properties can be derived. Machine learning methods are promising in si…

cond-mat.dis-nn2024★ 3 cited

Phonon predictions with E(3)-equivariant graph neural networks

Shiang Fang, Mario Geiger, Joseph G. Checkelsky +1

We present an equivariant neural network for predicting vibrational and phonon modes of molecules and periodic crystals, respectively. These predictions are made by evaluating the…

cs.LG2024★ 4 cited

Generalizing Denoising to Non-Equilibrium Structures Improves Equivariant Force Fields

Yi-Lun Liao, Tess Smidt, Muhammed Shuaibi +1

Understanding the interactions of atoms such as forces in 3D atomistic systems is fundamental to many applications like molecular dynamics and catalyst design. However, simulating…