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4 claims from 2 papers

1. Materials Science › Machine Learning in Materials Science

   E(3)-equivariant graph neural networks for data-efficient and accurate interatomic potentials

   Batzner, Musaelian, Sun et al. · Nature Communications · 2022

   The paper presents NequIP, a neural network for learning interatomic potentials from ab-initio calculations, using E(3)-equivariant convolutions to reach high accuracy with far less training data.

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   1. UncheckedNequIP, a symmetry-aware neural network, reaches state-of-the-art accuracy on varied molecules and materials while needing little training data.“The method achieves state-of-the-art accuracy on a challenging and diverse set of molecules and materials while exhibiting remarkable data efficiency.”
   2. Unchecked“NequIP outperforms existing models with up to three orders of magnitude fewer training data, challenging the widely held belief that deep neural networks require massive training sets.”

2. Computer Science › Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning

   Grokking: Generalization Beyond Overfitting on Small Algorithmic Datasets

   Power, Burda, Edwards, Babuschkin and Misra · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2022

   The paper studies how neural networks generalise on small, algorithmically generated datasets, reporting delayed sudden generalisation ("grokking") and a link between dataset size and the training needed.

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   1. UncheckedIn some settings, neural networks trained on small algorithmic datasets go from chance-level to perfect generalisation long after they have overfitted.“In some situations we show that neural networks learn through a process of "grokking" a pattern in the data, improving generalization performance from random chance level to perfect generalization, and that this improvement in generalization can happen well past the point of overfitting.”
   2. UncheckedIn this study of small algorithmic datasets, the smaller the training set, the more optimisation neural networks needed before they generalised.“We also study generalization as a function of dataset size and find that smaller datasets require increasing amounts of optimization for generalization.”