SchNet: A continuous-filter convolutional neural network for modeling quantum interactions

K. T. Schütt, P. J. Kindermans, H. E. Sauceda, S. Chmiela, A. Tkatchenko, K. R. Müller

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    Abstract

    Deep learning has the potential to revolutionize quantum chemistry as it is ideally suited to learn representations for structured data and speed up the exploration of chemical space. While convolutional neural networks have proven to be the first choice for images, audio and video data, the atoms in molecules are not restricted to a grid. Instead, their precise locations contain essential physical information, that would get lost if discretized. Thus, we propose to use continuous-filter convolutional layers to be able to model local correlations without requiring the data to lie on a grid. We apply those layers in SchNet: a novel deep learning architecture modeling quantum interactions in molecules. We obtain a joint model for the total energy and interatomic forces that follows fundamental quantum-chemical principles. Our architecture achieves state-of-the-art performance for benchmarks of equilibrium molecules and molecular dynamics trajectories. Finally, we introduce a more challenging benchmark with chemical and structural variations that suggests the path for further work.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)992-1002
    Number of pages11
    JournalAdvances in Neural Information Processing Systems
    Volume2017-December
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    Event31st Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, NIPS 2017 - Long Beach, United States
    Duration: 2017 Dec 42017 Dec 9

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    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Networks and Communications
    • Information Systems
    • Signal Processing

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