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Main Authors: Harcombe, Liam, Duignan, Timothy T.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03187
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author Harcombe, Liam
Duignan, Timothy T.
author_facet Harcombe, Liam
Duignan, Timothy T.
contents Neural Network Potentials (NNPs) have emerged as a powerful tool for modelling atomic interactions with high accuracy and computational efficiency. Recently, denoising diffusion models have shown promise in NNPs by training networks to remove noise added to stable configurations, eliminating the need for force data during training. In this work, we explore the connection between noise and forces by providing a new, simplified mathematical derivation of their relationship. We also demonstrate how a denoising model can be implemented using a conventional MD software package interfaced with a standard NNP architecture. We demonstrate the approach by training a diffusion-based NNP to simulate a coarse-grained lithium chloride solution and employ data duplication to enhance model performance.
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spellingShingle On the Connection Between Diffusion Models and Molecular Dynamics
Harcombe, Liam
Duignan, Timothy T.
Machine Learning
Neural Network Potentials (NNPs) have emerged as a powerful tool for modelling atomic interactions with high accuracy and computational efficiency. Recently, denoising diffusion models have shown promise in NNPs by training networks to remove noise added to stable configurations, eliminating the need for force data during training. In this work, we explore the connection between noise and forces by providing a new, simplified mathematical derivation of their relationship. We also demonstrate how a denoising model can be implemented using a conventional MD software package interfaced with a standard NNP architecture. We demonstrate the approach by training a diffusion-based NNP to simulate a coarse-grained lithium chloride solution and employ data duplication to enhance model performance.
title On the Connection Between Diffusion Models and Molecular Dynamics
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03187