Unsupervised Classification of Single-Molecule Data with Autoencoders and Transfer Learning

Autor: Vladyka, Anton, Albrecht, Tim
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: Datasets from single-molecule experiments often reflect a large variety of molecular behaviour. The exploration of such datasets can be challenging, especially if knowledge about the data is limited and a priori assumptions about expected data characteristics are to be avoided. Indeed, searching for pre-defined signal characteristics is sometimes useful, but it can also lead to information loss and the introduction of expectation bias. Here, we demonstrate how Transfer Learning-enhanced dimensionality reduction can be employed to identify and quantify hidden features in single-molecule charge transport data, in an unsupervised manner. Taking advantage of open-access neural networks trained on millions of seemingly unrelated image data, our results also show how Deep Learning methodologies can readily be employed, even if the amount of problem-specific, 'own' data is limited.
Comment: 23 pages in total, incl. supporting information; 8 figures
Databáze: arXiv