AI & Deep Learning Papers, Links, Articles etc

AI & Deep Learning Papers, Links, Articles etc

This page is to collect and save scientific citations and useful links.

At this time the research papers of interest are (1) quality reviews; (2) use cases in AI and ML use in drug discovery; (3) high-profile use cases of AI and ML in medical diagnostics; (4) regulatory and ethical aspects of AI application in drug discovery and medicine.

  1. AI-powered drug discovery captures pharma interest https://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v35/n7/full/nbt0717-604.html

  2. Great intro to ML and Big Data Demystifying Big Data and Machine Learning for Healthcare  https://www.crcpress.com/Demystifying-Big-Data-and-Machine-Learning-for-Healthcare/Natarajan-Frenzel-Smaltz/p/book/9781138032637

  3. The Next Era: Deep Learning in Pharmaceutical Research https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27599991 - Ekins Nov 2016 
    https://www.pharma-iq.com/informatics/articles/is-big-pharma-really-on-cusp-of-ai-shake-out-0

  4. Review of AI June 2017 http://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/05/28/142760

  5. Github discussions is exellent https://github.com/greenelab/deep-review/issues

  6. Excellent Blog from Bharath Ramsundar http://rbharath.github.io/what-cant-deep-learning-do/

  7. IBM Watson A Reality Check for IBM’s AI Ambitions https://www.technologyreview.com/s/607965/a-reality-check-for-ibms-ai-ambitions/

  8. June 2017 Next Generation AI algorithms need to make most of AI chips optimisation

  9. Greg Diamos, Head of Systems Research at Baidu Silicon Valley AI

  10.  https://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2017/06/21/we-need-next-generation-algorithms-to-harness-the-power-of-todays-ai-chips/#7f20f83a47a0

  11. WSJ June 2017How AI Is Transforming Drug Creation https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-ai-is-transforming-drug-creation-1498442760

  12. Forbes Aug 2017 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2017/08/03/artificial-intelligence-in-drug-discovery-a-bubble-or-a-revolutionary-transformation/#26079df64494

  13. Beyond the Hype: Deep Neural Networks 2 Outperform Established Methods Using 3 A ChEMBL Bioactivity Benchmark Set http://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2017/07/28/168914.full.pdf

  14. WSJ Article March 2017 - broader business space review https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-ai-is-transforming-the-workplace-1489371060

  15. Top 10 Recommendations for the AI Field in 2017 Oct 2017

  16. The challenge of AI technology adoption in healthcare https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/challenge-ai-technology-adoption-healthcare-jay-chyung-md-phd/

  17. Oct 2017 Challenages of AI adoption in Healthcare https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/challenge-ai-technology-adoption-healthcare-jay-chyung-md-phd/?trackingId=Cpa346%2FuUurbWLcO%2FhUTxw%3D%3D

  18. Jan 2017 First FDA Approved Cloud Based Deep learning https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/01/20/first-fda-approval-for-clinical-cloud-based-deep-learning-in-healthcare/#357cbfe1161c     (*** added 2017)


  1. Fundamental of Deep Learning https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2016/03/introduction-deep-learning-fundamentals-neural-networks/?utm_content=bufferf9225&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

  2. Drug Makers Guide to the Galaxy: Excentia and polypharmacology https://www.nature.com/news/the-drug-maker-s-guide-to-the-galaxy-1.22683

  3. Data is Key ingredient for AI https://www.elsevier.com/connect/5-reasons-data-is-a-key-ingredient-for-ai-applications?sf175330640=1

  4. HBR AI for the real world https://hbr.org/2018/01/artificial-intelligence-for-the-real-world

  5. AI for Health and Healtcare report (Mitre Group) https://www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/jsr-17-task-002_aiforhealthandhealthcare12122017.pdf

  6. Deep Learning for Biology https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02174-z

  7. An automated curation procedure for addressing chemical errors and inconsistencies in public datasets used in QSAR modelling https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27885862

  8. The ELF Honest Data Broker: informatics enabling public–private collaboration in a precompetitive arena https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359644615004249?via%3Dihub

  9. Feb 2018: AI Startups https://blog.benchsci.com/startups-using-artificial-intelligence-in-drug-discovery?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BmEHpBm1fQ%2BKkySB%2FSg8G%2Fw%3D%3D#step11

  10. Opportunities And Obstacles For Deep Learning In Biology And Medicine https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/01/19/142760

  11. J. R. Soc. Interface 15: 20170387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0387

  12. Perspectives: Augmented intelligence https://cen.acs.org/articles/96/i14/Perspectives-Augmented-intelligence.html.html

  13. Computer system predicts products of chemical reactions: Machine learning approach could aid the design of industrial processes for drug manufacturing http://people.csail.mit.edu/tommi/papers/Connor_etal_ACS_2017.pdf

  14. ANN used for Image analysis - Novartis NIBR https://www.novartis.com/stories/discovery/machine-learning-poised-accelerate-drug-discovery and the original publication in Bioinformatics: https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/33/13/2010/2997285?searchresult=1

  15. The failure of IBM Watson: https://www.statnews.com/2018/07/25/ibm-watson-recommended-unsafe-incorrect-treatments/

  16. An optimistic editorial from Nature references success of Wuxi NextCode: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05267-x

  17. AI interpretation of radiology images is hard, harder than initially anticipated: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610552/google-x-ray-project-shows-ai-wont-replace-doctors-any-time-soon/

  18. PLASTER, Nvidia's methodology for assessment of AI performance (PDF): https://images.nvidia.com/content/pdf/plaster-deep-learning-framework.pdf

  19. UK national platform for AI? http://news.top-consultant.com//New-White-Paper-Calls-for-Government-wide-AI-Platform-19336.html

  20. How Technology can tame scientific literature https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06617-5

  21. Oncology use case: http://gate250.com/rk/2018FLAG_UsingArtificialIntelligence_Whitepaper_digital-Final.pdf  

  22. Rules of Machine Learning http://martin.zinkevich.org/rules_of_ml/rules_of_ml.pdf - could be expanded

  23. Google DeepMind and healthcare in an age of algorithms   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5741783/

  24. "Winner's Curse" - How to do better science in AI: https://openreview.net/pdf?id=rJWF0Fywf

  25. A list of biomedical start-ups that claim AI as a core technology: https://blog.benchsci.com/startups-using-artificial-intelligence-in-drug-discovery

  26. AI used to predict CRISPR DNA cuts; in the future, this may be used for gene therapy: http://www.bio-itworld.com/2018/11/08/machine-learning-predicts-how-dna-breaks-under-crispr.aspx

  27. Augmenting Medicinal Chemist with data https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2018.03.011

  28. Review of Forrester Wave views on AI and Automation https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2018/11/06/ai-and-automation-2019-predictions-from-forrester/#788550a54cb5 Nov 2018

  29. Ethics in AI: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explores how we should respond to the ways in which AI is transforming our world https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0bgrw3k

  30. What it means to open AI’s black box? http://usblogs.pwc.com/emerging-technology/to-open-ai-black-box/

  31. Drug Discovery Maps, a Machine Learning Model That Visualizes and Predicts Kinome–Inhibitor Interaction Landscapes https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00640      (*** added 2018)


  1. Tuning artificial intelligence on the de novo design of natural-product-inspired retinoid X receptor modulators https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-018-0068-1

  2. Artificial intelligence and its potential in oncology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2018.08.008

  3. Deep convolutional neural networks for brain image analysis on magnetic resonance imaging: a review, by Bernal, J., Artificial Intelligence In Medicine,

  4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2018.08.008

  5. Transforming Computational Drug Discovery with Machine Learning and AI ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 11, 1065-1069

  6. The convergence of artificial intelligence and chemistry for improved drug discovery (AZ) https://www.future-science.com/doi/full/10.4155/fmc-2018-0161

  7. AI in Pharma, by LEK Consulting: https://www.lek.com/insights/artificial-intelligence-life-sciences-formula-pharma-success-across-drug-lifecycle#.XAvu0zCNM7M.linkedin

  8. Are Ontologies relevant in a Machine Learning-centric world? By Lee Harland, based on our own Boston AI workshop: https://www.scibite.com/are-ontologies-relevant-in-a-machine-learning-centric-world/ 

  9. Computers turn neural signals into speech:http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6422/14?utm_campaign=wnews_sci_2019-01-03&et_rid=17144995&et_cid=2581434

  10. How is automated text summarization done? https://arxiv.org/pdf/1707.02268.pdf

  11. FREE ML courses (the title says 10, but the text contains links to over 30): https://www.kdnuggets.com/2018/12/10-more-free-must-see-courses-machine-learning-data-science.html

  12. Eric Topol: High-performance medicine: the convergence of human and artificial intelligence

  13. AI and Neural Net Summary in 21 pages:https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:6492067351771574272/      (*** added 01/2019)


  1. Dark Secret at heart of AI -  Black box https://www.technologyreview.com/s/604087/the-dark-secret-at-the-heart-of-ai/

  2. Classification of ligand-binding pockets in proteins with a convolutional neural network: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006718  (but only works well for nucleotide and heme binding sites, so only in a couple of highly specialized cases)

  3. Overfitting dangers with small datasets: https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/dispute-over-reaction-prediction-puts-machine-learnings-pitfalls-in-spotlight/3009912.article

  4. Pathologist-level classification of histologic patterns on resected lung adenocarcinoma slides with deep neural networks (Nature): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40041-7.pdf

  5. AI recognizes speech‐based markers for posttraumatic stress disorder in US veterans, with 89% classification rate: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/da.22890

  6. A machine learning approach for somatic mutation discovery for diagnostics: https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/10/457/eaar7939  and the full-length research article: https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/11/489/eaat6177?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=50dc0470e5-MR_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-50dc0470e5-149702353

  7. Learn the basics of statistics: https://www.statisticshowto.datasciencecentral.com/probability-and-statistics/ Well, not only the basics! Some advanced topics too.

  8. On the interpretability of Neural Net models: https://appsilon.com/please-explain-black-box/

  9. Predict risk of lung cancer by a Google AI model? Claimed 94% AUC, but refused to release the code: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-019-0447-x

  10. What is the difference between AI, ML, and Deep Learning models? See here: https://www.edureka.co/blog/ai-vs-machine-learning-vs-deep-learning/  and here: https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/difference-between-ai%EF%BB%BF-machine-learning-and-deep-learning/    (*** added 05/2019)


  1. Review: AI in Drug Design: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/10/2520/htm

  2. Is China way ahead of the West in AI use in medicine? See here (may require registration for full-length paper): https://www.statnews.com/2019/06/05/china-leapfrogging-us-using-ai-in-medicine/

  3. ML Flow, a system for managing the AI model life cycle, and deployment to the cloud: https://mlflow.org/

  4. An interesting lecture in the history of science. Bernard Widrow, a Stanford professor, talks about the Least Mean-Squares (LMS) adaptive algorithm used to train first neuron models. The device shown in the lecture dates back to 1959 and is actually an electro-mechanical switch box. It has parts that broke due to age, but still functions, and can be trained to tell apart letters of the alphabet.  Part 1 and part 2. 

  5. Clinical validity and technical validity of AI methods in medicine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526255/#r10

  6. In a review of 516 research papers in the diagnostic analysis of medical images with AI, only 31 (or 6%) performed external validation, and none used best practices in clinical trial design: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6389801/  The papers reviewed were published between Jan 1st and Aug 18th 2018.

  7. FDA: Proposed Regulatory Framework for Modifications to Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) - Discussion Paper and Request for Feedback: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FDA-2019-N-1185-0001  (download the actual document in PDF format from this page)

  8. Example of QSAR in 3D using Convolutional Neural Network: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cpb/67/5/67_c18-00757/_html/-char/en

  9. Nature Review: Technologies to watch in 2019: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00218-6

  10. Machine Learning for Medical Ultrasound: Status, Methods, and Future Opportunities. This review includes organ segmentation, an apparently hard topic. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5886811/

  11. Predict Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) through drug-gene interactions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473874/  This review might be of interest in view of our recent drug repurposing datathon, where prediction of ADRs played a large role. (*** added 06/2019)