The
global
metal
market,
expected
to
exceed
$18.5
trillion
by
2030,
faces
costly
inefficiencies
from
defects
in
alloy
manufacturing.
Although
microstructure
analysis
has
improved
performance,
current
numerical
models
struggle
accurately
simulate
solidification.
In
this
research,
we
thus
introduce
AlloyGAN
-
the
first
domain-driven
Conditional
Generative
Adversarial
Network
(cGAN)
involving
domain
prior
for
generating
microstructures
of
previously
not
considered
chemical
and
manufactural
compositions.
improves
cGAN
process
factors
solidification
reaction
generate
scientifically
valid
images
given
basic
manufacturing
It
achieves
a
faster
equally
accurate
alternative
traditional
material
science
methods
assessing
microstructures.
We
contribute
(1)
novel
Alloy-GAN
design
rapid
optimization;
(2)
unique
that
inject
knowledge
into
cGAN-based
models;
(3)
metrics
machine
learning
chemistry
generation
evaluation.
Our
approach
highlights
promise
GAN-based
scientific
discovery
materials.
successfully
transitioned
an
AIGC
startup
with
core
focus
on
model-generated
metallography.
open
its
interactive
demo
at:
https://deepalloy.com/
Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
31(18), P. 4443 - 4461
Published: April 20, 2023
AbstractThis
paper
proposes
a
microstructure
reconstruction
framework
with
denoising
diffusion
models
for
the
first
time.
The
novelty
and
strength
of
proposed
model
lie
in
its
universality
generality
characterization
(MCR)
that
can
be
applied
to
various
types
composite
materials.
applicability
diffusion-based
is
validated
several
microstructures
(e.g.,
polycrystalline
alloy,
carbonate,
ceramics,
copolymer,
fiber
composite,
etc.)
have
different
morphological
characteristics.
Moreover,
an
implicit
probabilistic
(which
yields
non-Markovian
processes)
formulated
accelerate
sampling
process,
thereby
controlling
computational
cost
considering
practicability
reliability.Keywords:
reconstructiondiffusion
modeldenoising
modelneural
networkcomposite
materials
Data
availability
statementNo
data
was
used
research
described
article.Additional
informationFundingThis
material
based
upon
work
supported
by
Air
Force
Office
Scientific
Research
under
award
number
FA2386-22-1-4001
Institute
Engineering
at
Seoul
National
University.
authors
are
grateful
their
support.
Journal of Petrology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
65(5)
Published: March 28, 2024
Abstract
This
article
reports
on
the
state-of-the-art
and
future
perspectives
of
machine
learning
(ML)
in
petrology.
To
achieve
this
goal,
it
first
introduces
basics
ML,
including
definitions,
core
concepts,
applications.
Then,
starts
reviewing
ML
Established
applications
mainly
concern
so-called
data-driven
discovery
involve
specific
tasks
like
clustering,
dimensionality
reduction,
classification,
regression.
Among
them,
clustering
reduction
have
been
demonstrated
to
be
valuable
for
decoding
chemical
record
stored
igneous
metamorphic
phases
enhance
data
visualization,
respectively.
Classification
regression
find
applications,
example,
petrotectonic
discrimination
geo-thermobarometry,
The
main
manuscript
consists
depicting
emerging
trends
directions
petrological
investigations.
I
propose
a
scenario
where
methods
will
progressively
integrate
support
established
automating
time-consuming
repetitive
tasks,
improving
current
models,
boosting
discovery.
In
framework,
promising
include
(1)
acquisition
new
multimodal
petrologic
data;
(2)
development
fusion
techniques,
physics-informed
ML-supported
numerical
simulations;
(3)
continuous
exploration
potential
boost
contribution
petrology,
our
challenges
are:
improve
ability
models
capture
complexity
processes,
link
algorithms
with
physical
thermodynamic
nature
investigated
problems,
start
collaborative
effort
among
researchers
coming
from
different
disciplines,
both
research
teaching.
Earth-Science Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
252, P. 104765 - 104765
Published: April 2, 2024
The
accumulation
of
large
datasets
and
increasing
data
availability
have
led
to
the
emergence
data-driven
paleontological
studies,
which
reveal
an
unprecedented
picture
evolutionary
history.
However,
fast-growing
quantity
complication
modalities
make
processing
laborious
inconsistent,
while
also
lacking
clear
benchmarks
evaluate
collection
generation,
performances
different
methods
on
similar
tasks.
Recently,
artificial
intelligence
(AI)
has
become
widely
practiced
across
scientific
disciplines,
but
not
so
much
date
in
paleontology
where
traditionally
manual
workflows
been
more
usual.
In
this
study,
we
review
>70
AI
studies
since
1980s,
covering
major
tasks
including
micro-
macrofossil
classification,
image
segmentation,
prediction.
These
feature
a
wide
range
techniques
such
as
Knowledge-Based
Systems
(KBS),
neural
networks,
transfer
learning,
many
other
machine
learning
automate
variety
research
workflows.
Here,
discuss
their
methods,
datasets,
performance
compare
them
with
conventional
studies.
We
attribute
recent
increase
most
lowering
entry
bar
training
deployment
models
rather
than
innovations
fossil
compilation
methods.
present
recently
developed
implementations
diffusion
model
content
generation
Large
Language
Models
(LLMs)
that
may
interface
future.
Even
though
yet
significant
part
paleontologist's
toolkit,
successful
implementation
is
growing
shows
promise
for
paradigm-transformative
effects
years
come.
Frontiers in Earth Science,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
10
Published: Oct. 4, 2022
Lithofacies
classification
is
a
fundamental
step
to
perform
depositional
and
reservoir
characterizations
in
the
subsurface.
However,
such
often
hindered
by
limited
data
availability
biased
time-consuming
analysis.
Recent
work
has
demonstrated
potential
of
image-based
supervised
deep
learning
analysis,
specifically
convolutional
neural
networks
(CNN),
optimize
lithofacies
interpretation
using
core
images.
While
most
works
have
used
transfer
overcome
datasets
simultaneously
yield
high-accuracy
prediction.
This
method
raises
some
serious
concerns
regarding
how
CNN
model
learns
makes
prediction
as
was
originally
trained
with
entirely
different
datasets.
Here,
we
proposed
an
alternative
approach
adopting
vision
transformer
model,
known
FaciesViT
,
mitigate
this
issue
provide
improved
We
also
experimented
various
architectures
baseline
models
two
compare
evaluate
performance
our
model.
The
experimental
results
show
that
significantly
outperform
established
architecture
for
both
all
cases,
achieving
f1
score
weighted
average
tested
metrics
95%.
For
first
time,
study
highlights
application
Vision
Transformer
geological
dataset.
Our
findings
several
advantages
over
conventional
models,
including
(i)
no
hyperparameter
fine-tuning
exhaustive
augmentation
required
match
accuracy
models;
(ii)
it
can
datasets;
(iii)
better
generalize
new,
unseen
shows
could
further
image
recognition
geosciences
issues
related
generalizability
explainability
models.
Furthermore,
implementation
been
shown
improve
overall
reproducibility
which
significant
subsurface
characterization
basins
worldwide.