collaborators

6 papers

physics.comp-ph2026

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

Elyssa Hofgard, Kyucheol Min, Nofit Segal +7

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…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

XRDiff: Crystal Structure Prediction from Powder X-Ray Diffraction Data Using Diffusion Models

Nofit Segal, Mingda Li, Benjamin Kurt Miller +1

Determining the crystal structure of a material from its powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) pattern is a central challenge in materials science. PXRD is an accessible and widely used…

physics.chem-ph2026

Harnessing AtomisticSkills for Agentic Atomistic Research

Bowen Deng, Bohan Li, Matthew Cox +20

Computational materials science and chemistry span vast knowledge domains and fractured software ecosystems. Although large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated research capabi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

From Knowledge to Action: Outcomes of the 2025 Large Language Model (LLM) Hackathon for Applications in Materials Science and Chemistry

Aritra Roy, Kevin Shen, Andrew MacBride +350

Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing how researchers in materials science and chemistry discover, organize, and act on scientific knowledge. This paper analyzes a broa…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

The Loss Landscape of Powder X-Ray Diffraction-Based Structure Optimization Is Too Rough for Gradient Descent

Nofit Segal, Akshay Subramanian, Mingda Li +2

Solving crystal structures from powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) is a central challenge in materials characterization. In this work, we study the powder XRD-to-structure mapping usin…

cs.LG2025

Known Unknowns: Out-of-Distribution Property Prediction in Materials and Molecules

Nofit Segal, Aviv Netanyahu, Kevin P. Greenman +2

Discovery of high-performance materials and molecules requires identifying extremes with property values that fall outside the known distribution. Therefore, the ability to extrapo…