AI自动处理中子衍射数据,速度提升5倍且结果可审计
NeuDiff Agent: A Governed AI Workflow for Single-Crystal Neutron Crystallography
- 构建受控AI流程,只允许使用白名单工具执行数据处理
- 从435分钟缩短至90分钟左右,无重大验证警告
- 适合需要高可靠性和可追溯性的科研设施使用
大型科学设施在分析和报告环节面临延迟瓶颈,尤其对结构与磁性复杂的样品,需反复进行数据归约、积分、精修与验证。为提升时效与效率,本文提出NeuDiff Agent——一种针对散裂中子源TOPAZ的受控型工具式AI工作流。该系统从仪器数据产品出发,经归约、积分、精修到验证,生成可发表的晶体结构与标准CIF文件。通过限制仅使用白名单工具、关键节点设置闭锁式验证关卡、完整记录溯源信息,实现全流程可追溯与可控重放。采用固定提示协议与两个大语言模型后端,重复全链路运行并量化用户与机器时间、干预负担及恢复行为。基准测试显示,相比人工操作(435分钟),自动化流程将总耗时降至86.5(4.7)至94.4(3.5)分钟(提速4.6-5.0倍),且生成的CIF无checkCIF A或B级警告。该成果为设施级晶体学中部署代理式AI提供了可行路径,同时保障可追溯性与发表级验证要求。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Large-scale facilities increasingly face analysis and reporting latency as the limiting step in scientific throughput, particularly for structurally and magnetically complex samples that require iterative reduction, integration, refinement, and validation. To improve time-to-result and analysis efficiency, NeuDiff Agent is introduced as a governed, tool-using AI workflow for TOPAZ at the Spallation Neutron Source that takes instrument data products through reduction, integration, refinement, and validation to a validated crystal structure and a publication-ready CIF. NeuDiff Agent executes this established pipeline under explicit governance by restricting actions to allowlisted tools, enforcing fail-closed verification gates at key workflow boundaries, and capturing complete provenance for inspection, auditing, and controlled replay. Performance is assessed using a fixed prompt protocol and repeated end-to-end runs with two large language model backends, with user and machine time partitioned and intervention burden and recovery behaviors quantified under gating. In a reference-case benchmark, NeuDiff Agent reduces wall time from 435 minutes (manual) to 86.5(4.7) to 94.4(3.5) minutes (4.6-5.0x faster) while producing a validated CIF with no checkCIF level A or B alerts. These results establish a practical route to deploy agentic AI in facility crystallography while preserving traceability and publication-facing validation requirements.
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