Active learning for discovering pairwise interactions via representation learning

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that a implement a framework for active learning to discover pairwise interactions via representation learning. Indeed, in one or more implementations, the disclosed systems generate a first individual perturbation embedding from a first representation of a first cell exposed to a first perturbation and a second individual perturbation embedding, from a second representation of a second cell exposed to a second perturbation. For instance, the disclosed systems combine the first individual perturbation embedding and the second individual perturbation embedding to determine a predicted pairwise embedding. Moreover, in some instances, the disclosed systems generate a pairwise embedding from a representation of a cell exposed to both the first and second perturbation. Additionally, from comparing the predicted pairwise embedding with the pairwise embedding, the disclosed systems generate a measure of biological interaction of the first and second perturbation.