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CLAX is a JAX-based library that implements classic click models using modern gradient-based optimization. While neural click models have emerged over the past decade, complex click models based on probabilistic graphical models (PGMs) have…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Philipp Hager , Onno Zoeter , Maarten de Rijke

We introduce a scheme for molecular simulations, the Deep Potential Molecular Dynamics (DeePMD) method, based on a many-body potential and interatomic forces generated by a carefully crafted deep neural network trained with ab initio data.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-04-11 Linfeng Zhang , Jiequn Han , Han Wang , Roberto Car , Weinan E

Decades of hardware, methodological, and algorithmic development have propelled molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to the forefront of materials-modeling techniques, bridging the gap between electronic-structure theory and continuum…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-11-11 Tristan Bereau

Harnessing modern parallel computing resources to achieve complex multi-physics simulations is a daunting task. The Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE) aims to enable such development by providing simplified…

Differentiable simulators continue to push the state of the art across a range of domains including computational physics, robotics, and machine learning. Their main value is the ability to compute gradients of physical processes, which…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Rhys Newbury , Jack Collins , Kerry He , Jiahe Pan , Ingmar Posner , David Howard , Akansel Cosgun

We present a method for differentiable simulation of soft articulated bodies. Our work enables the integration of differentiable physical dynamics into gradient-based pipelines. We develop a top-down matrix assembly algorithm within…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-05 Yi-Ling Qiao , Junbang Liang , Vladlen Koltun , Ming C. Lin

Mixed-precision training has emerged as an indispensable tool for enhancing the efficiency of neural network training in recent years. Concurrently, JAX has grown in popularity as a versatile machine learning toolbox. However, it currently…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Alexander Gräfe , Sebastian Trimpe

We provided a concise and self-contained introduction to molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, which involves a body of fundamentals needed for all MD users. The associated computer code, simulating a gas of classical particles interacting…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-04-01 Ashkan Shekaari , Mahmoud Jafari

The combination of machine learning and physical laws has shown immense potential for solving scientific problems driven by partial differential equations (PDEs) with the promise of fast inference, zero-shot generalisation, and the ability…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-11 Nacime Bouziani , David A. Ham , Ado Farsi

We developed a portable code for dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations. This Fortran program named CAMUS has a couple of notable features. One is the omission of constructing the so-called neighboring particles list, providing a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2018-07-03 Hideo Doi , Koji Okuwaki , Takamitsu Naito , Sona Saitou , Yuji Mochizuki

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations provide considerable benefits for the investigation and experimentation of systems at atomic level. Their usage is widespread into several research fields, but their system size and timescale are also…

Brain simulation builds dynamical models to mimic the structure and functions of the brain, while brain-inspired computing (BIC) develops intelligent systems by learning from the structure and functions of the brain. The two fields are…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Chaoming Wang , Tianqiu Zhang , Sichao He , Hongyaoxing Gu , Shangyang Li , Si Wu

Molecular dynamics simulations use statistical mechanics at the atomistic scale to enable both the elucidation of fundamental mechanisms and the engineering of matter for desired tasks. The behavior of molecular systems at the microscale is…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-12-25 Wujie Wang , Simon Axelrod , Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli

The complexities of today's materials simulations demand computer codes which are both powerful and highly flexible. A researcher should be able to readily choose different geometries, different materials and different algorithms without…

This paper presents the design and implementation of a modular multi-document interface (MDI) framework for scientific visualization and simulation in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) ecosystem. The framework emphasizes architectural…

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Soft materials such as rubbers, hydrogels, and biological tissues undergo damage in the form of stiffness degradation without apparent changes in their stress-free geometry. Accurate simulation of this behavior is critical in applications…

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Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a powerful tool for studying biomolecular structural changes, molecular recognition, transmembrane transport, and functional mechanisms. However, its practical bottleneck lies not only in software…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2026-04-22 Zhenyu Ma , Chunyi Yang , Yuyang Song , Jingyi Zhu , Letian Yang , Limei Xu , Min Xiao , Xukai Jiang

Accurate and efficient prediction of multi-scale flows remains a formidable challenge. Constructing theoretical models and numerical methods often involves the design and optimization of parameters. While gradient descent methods have been…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Tianbai Xiao

The interaction of condensed phase systems with external electric fields is crucial in myriad processes in nature and technology ranging from the field-directed motion of cells (galvanotaxis), to energy storage and conversion systems…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-09-25 Kit Joll , Philipp Schienbein , Kevin M. Rosso , Jochen Blumberger

Scalable and efficient numerical simulations continue to gain importance, as computation is firmly established as the third pillar of discovery, alongside theory and experiment. Meanwhile, the performance of computing hardware grows through…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-26 Pietro Incardona , Antonio Leo , Yaroslav Zaluzhnyi , Rajesh Ramaswamy , Ivo F. Sbalzarini