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Sharpen the list's thematic focus #125

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Irratzo opened this issue Oct 3, 2023 · 2 comments
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Sharpen the list's thematic focus #125

Irratzo opened this issue Oct 3, 2023 · 2 comments
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Irratzo commented Oct 3, 2023

Describe the issue.

The original and current thematic focus of this list is the application of machine learning methods to the domain of atomistic simulation. These include molecular modeling, most notably molecular dynamics, and electronic structure theory, most notably density functional theory. As the list is growing, it begins to touch on domains that have a topical overlap with this focus. The list should not include all areas of overlapping topics for three reasons.

  1. A lack of clear focus makes the list less relevant.
  2. The list maintainers cannot be experts in all connected domains.
  3. The currently used template has a fuzzy size limit of ca. 500 projects.

In that light, compile a list of domains with topical overlap to the current focus.

Related topics outside the list's focus.

  • ML methods for experimental sciences, rather than computational.
  • Self-driving labs.
  • ML methods for biomolecules in (computational) life sciences.
  • Geometric deep learning in neuroscience.
  • ML methods for quantum many-body systems in (computational) condensed matter physics.
  • ML methods for quantum computing.

Try to not include projects into the list that fall more into any of these domains than into the list's thematic focus.

The thematic focus of the list may shift. The list maintainers may change. Consequently, the decisions made here can change, too. These changes should be documented.

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Irratzo commented Dec 6, 2023

Actions for exclusion of biomolecules and computational life sciences.

  • Remove category and label 'biomolecules' and assorted projects. It is woefully incomplete. Instead, find similar lists and include them in the similar lists section.
  • Remove the DNA emoji from the list header, because it is misleading
    • Leave it in, for now, as the triple emoji just looks better, and in conjunction it can also be interpreted as "electronic structure / first-principles observables, atomistic structure / molecules, microstructure / materials" from a materials and chemistry standpoint.

@Irratzo Irratzo changed the title Decide on the domain focus of this list - Materials, biomolecules, quantum many-body systems Sharpen the list's thematic focus Dec 6, 2023
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Irratzo commented Aug 19, 2024

In commit a960c2b, removed category biomolecules and associated projects UniFold, AlphaFold. Left label biomolecules in, though. There are still projects that either do not have a biomolecules focus, or they do, but may be used in other ways in atomistic ML from a chemistry / materials science perspective (e.g., the ZINC datasets).

The current disclaimer line about this thematic focus on materials and chemistry in config/header.md is okay, and does not have to be updated.

Create a new release from this update.

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