BioPrediction: Democratizing Machine Learning in the Study of Molecular Interactions

  • Bruno Rafael Florentino Universidade de São Paulo
  • Natan Henrique Sanches Universidade de São Paulo
  • Robson Parmezan Bonidia Universidade de São Paulo
  • André C. P. L. F. de Carvalho Universidade de São Paulo

Resumo


Given the increasing number of biological sequences stored in databases, there is a large source of information that can benefit several sectors such as agriculture and health. Machine Learning (ML) algorithms can extract useful and new information from these data, increasing social and economic benefits, in addition to productivity. However, the categorical and unstructured nature of biological sequences makes this process difficult, requiring ML expertise. In this paper, we propose and experimentally evaluate an end-to-end automated ML-based framework, named BioPrediction, able to identify implicit interactions between sequences, e.g., long non-coding RNA and protein pairs, without the need for end-to-end ML expertise. Our experimental results show that the proposed framework can induce ML models with high predictive accuracy, between 77% and 91%, which are competitive with state-of-the-art tools.

Palavras-chave: Machine Learning, Bioinformatics, Molecular Interactions, Democratizing Machine Learning, Biological Sequences

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Publicado
25/09/2023
FLORENTINO, Bruno Rafael; SANCHES, Natan Henrique; BONIDIA, Robson Parmezan; CARVALHO, André C. P. L. F. de. BioPrediction: Democratizing Machine Learning in the Study of Molecular Interactions. In: ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL E COMPUTACIONAL (ENIAC), 20. , 2023, Belo Horizonte/MG. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2023 . p. 525-539. ISSN 2763-9061. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/eniac.2023.234271.