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Materials characterization remains a significant, time-consuming undertaking. Generally speaking, spectroscopic techniques are used in conjunction with empirical and ab-initio calculations in order to elucidate structure. These experimental and computational methods typically require significant human input and interpretation, particularly with regards to novel materials. Recently, the application of data mining and machine learning to problems in material science have shown great promise in reducing this overhead. In the work presented here, several aspects of machine learning are explored with regards to characterizing a model material, titania, using solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Specifically, a large dataset is generated, corresponding to NMR $^{47}$Ti spectra, using ab-initio calculations for generated TiO$_2$ structures. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) reveals that input spectra may be compressed by more than 90%, before being used for subsequent machine learning. Two key methods are used to learn the complex mapping between structural details and input NMR spectra, demonstrating excellent accuracy when presented with test sample spectra. This work compares Support Vector Regression (SVR) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), as one step towards the construction of an expert system for solid state materials characterization.
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Secondary structure plays an important role in determining the function of non-coding RNAs. Hence, identifying RNA secondary structures is of great value to research. Computational prediction is a mainstream approach for predicting RNA secondary structure. Unfortunately, even though new methods have been proposed over the past 40 years, the performance of computational prediction methods has stagnated in the last decade. Recently, with the increasing availability of RNA structure data, new methods based on machine-learning technologies, especially deep learning, have alleviated the issue. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of RNA secondary structure prediction methods based on machine-learning technologies and a tabularized summary of the most important methods in this field. The current pending issues in the field of RNA secondary structure prediction and future trends are also discussed.
The development of high-resolution imaging methods such as electron and scanning probe microscopy and atomic probe tomography have provided a wealth of information on structure and functionalities of solids. The availability of this data in turn necessitates development of approaches to derive quantitative physical information, much like the development of scattering methods in the early XX century which have given one of the most powerful tools in condensed matter physics arsenal. Here, we argue that this transition requires adapting classical macroscopic definitions, that can in turn enable fundamentally new opportunities in understanding physics and chemistry. For example, many macroscopic definitions such as symmetry can be introduced locally only in a Bayesian sense, balancing the prior knowledge of materials physics and experimental data to yield posterior probability distributions. At the same time, a wealth of local data allows fundamentally new approaches for the description of solids based on construction of statistical and physical generative models, akin to Ginzburg-Landau thermodynamic models. Finally, we note that availability of observational data opens pathways towards exploring causal mechanisms underpinning solid structure and functionality.
In this study, we present a novel approach along with the needed computational strategies for efficient and scalable feature engineering of the crystal structure in compounds of different chemical compositions. This approach utilizes a versatile and extensible framework for the quantification of a three-dimensional (3-D) voxelized crystal structure in the form of 2-point spatial correlations of multiple atomic attributes and performs principal component analysis to extract the low-dimensional features that could be used to build surrogate models for material properties of interest. An application of the proposed feature engineering framework is demonstrated on a case study involving the prediction of the formation energies of crystalline compounds using two vastly different surrogate model building strategies - local Gaussian process regression and neural networks. Specifically, it is shown that the top 25 features (i.e., principal component scores) identified by the proposed framework serve as good regressors for the formation energy of the crystalline substance for both model building strategies.
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