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6 claims from 4 papers

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics

    OpenFold: retraining AlphaFold2 yields new insights into its learning mechanisms and capacity for generalization

    Ahdritz, Bouatta, Floristean et al. · Nature Methods · 2024

    The authors built OpenFold, a trainable version of AlphaFold2 that matches its accuracy, then used it to study how the model generalises and how it learns to fold proteins.

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    1. UncheckedOpenFold, a retrained AlphaFold2, still predicts structures well when trained on far less and less varied data, even with some secondary structure types nearly removed.“We find that OpenFold is remarkably robust at generalizing despite extreme reductions in training set size and diversity, including near-complete elisions of classes of secondary structure elements.”
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics

    OpenFold: retraining AlphaFold2 yields new insights into its learning mechanisms and capacity for generalization

    Ahdritz, Bouatta, Floristean et al. · Nature Methods · 2024

    The authors present OpenFold, a trainable open implementation of AlphaFold2, and use it to study how the model generalises and how it learns to fold proteins.

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    1. UncheckedThe authors say OpenFold, trained from scratch by them, matches the prediction accuracy of AlphaFold2.“We train OpenFold from scratch, matching the accuracy of AlphaFold2.”
    2. UncheckedOpenFold, retrained from scratch, still predicts structures well when its training data is deliberately cut back, even with some secondary structure types almost removed.“Having established parity, we find that OpenFold is remarkably robust at generalizing even when the size and diversity of its training set is deliberately limited, including near-complete elisions of classes of secondary structure elements.”
    3. UncheckedLooking at structures OpenFold produced during training gives insight into how it learns to fold proteins in a hierarchical manner.“By analyzing intermediate structures produced during training, we also gain insights into the hierarchical manner in which OpenFold learns to fold.”
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

    Data‐Driven Super‐Parameterization Using Deep Learning: Experimentation With Multiscale Lorenz 96 Systems and Transfer Learning

    Chattopadhyay, Subel and Hassanzadeh · Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems · 2020

    The paper proposes data-driven super-parameterization, using machine learning for small-scale processes, and compares it with other schemes on Lorenz 96 systems, including how well models generalise and benefit from transfer learning.

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    1. UncheckedIn multiscale Lorenz 96 tests, data-driven super-parameterization beat low-resolution models at equal cost, and beat data-driven parameterization when scales overlap.“We show that with the same computational cost, DD-SP substantially outperforms LR, and is better than DD-P, particularly when scale separation is lacking.”
  4. Computer Science › Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques

    Model Complexity of Deep Learning: A Survey

    Hu, Chu, Pei, Liu and Bian · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2021

    A survey of recent studies on deep learning model complexity, reviewed by category and by four factors, with applications and suggested future directions.

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    1. UncheckedThe paper proposes that the complexity of deep learning models can be split into two kinds: expressive capacity and effective model complexity.“Model complexity of deep learning can be categorized into expressive capacity and effective model complexity.”

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