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Vectorize O(N^2) bond feature computation with NumPy#16

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Vectorize O(N^2) bond feature computation with NumPy#16
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Summary

Replaces two nested Python for loops (O(N_token^2)) in get_bond_features() with vectorized NumPy operations. The original iterated over all token pairs checking atom-level bonds in pure Python.

Measured impact (synthetic benchmark)

  • 13.3x faster (338ms → 25ms on synthetic data)
  • Was the single biggest CPU bottleneck in the featurization pipeline
  • Small fraction of total e2e time but significant for large targets (1000+ tokens)

Changes

  • pxdesign/data/featurizer.pyFeaturizer.get_bond_features()
  • Build atom-to-token index array, extract bonded pairs via np.nonzero, filter with vectorized boolean masks

Test plan

  • pytest tests/test_vectorize_bond_features.py -v
  • Compare token_bonds output with original implementation on real structures

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Pull request overview

This PR replaces the O(N_token²) nested-loop implementation of Featurizer.get_bond_features() with a vectorized NumPy approach by mapping bonded atom pairs directly to token indices, and adds a test module intended to validate correctness and benchmark speed.

Changes:

  • Vectorize bond feature computation in pxdesign/data/featurizer.py using np.nonzero() + token/atom index mapping and boolean masks.
  • Add a new test module tests/test_vectorize_bond_features.py with correctness checks and a speed comparison benchmark.

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File Description
pxdesign/data/featurizer.py Replaces nested Python loops with vectorized NumPy filtering/assignment to compute token_bonds.
tests/test_vectorize_bond_features.py Adds mock-based validation and a performance benchmark for the vectorized approach.
tests/__init__.py Present but no functional changes.

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def test_vectorized_speedup():
"""Benchmark vectorized vs original implementation."""
np.random.seed(42)
num_tokens = 500
atoms_per_token = 5
num_bonds = 1000
token_array, atom_array = _make_mock_data(num_tokens, atoms_per_token, num_bonds)

# Benchmark original
start = time.monotonic()
for _ in range(3):
_bond_features_original(token_array, atom_array)
time_original = (time.monotonic() - start) / 3

# Benchmark vectorized
start = time.monotonic()
for _ in range(3):
_bond_features_vectorized(token_array, atom_array)
time_vectorized = (time.monotonic() - start) / 3

speedup = time_original / max(time_vectorized, 1e-9)
print(f"\nBond features benchmark ({num_tokens} tokens, {num_tokens * atoms_per_token} atoms):")
print(f" original (O(N^2) loops): {time_original:.3f}s")
print(f" vectorized (NumPy): {time_vectorized:.3f}s")
print(f" speedup: {speedup:.0f}x")

assert time_vectorized < time_original, (
f"Vectorized ({time_vectorized:.3f}s) should be faster than original ({time_original:.3f}s)"
)
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test_vectorized_speedup() asserts a wall-clock speed comparison, which is often flaky across CI hardware/load and can cause nondeterministic failures. Consider marking this as a benchmark/slow test (skipped by default) or rewriting it to validate correctness only (keeping performance measurement out of the pass/fail criteria).

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# Filter: skip design tokens
valid = ~is_design[token_i] & ~is_design[token_j]
token_i = token_i[valid]
token_j = token_j[valid]
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This changes the design-token exclusion behavior: the previous loop skipped bonds only when the outer-loop token was a design residue, but the new vectorized filter drops any bond where either endpoint is a design token. If this semantic change is intentional, it should be called out in the PR description and ideally covered by a regression test against Featurizer.get_bond_features(); if it’s meant to be a pure vectorization, adjust the filter to preserve the prior behavior.

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def _bond_features_original(token_array, atom_array):
"""Original O(N^2) implementation for reference."""
# Inline constants to avoid importing pxdesign.data.constants (requires rdkit)
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Line 94 is over-indented relative to the function body (8 spaces instead of 4), which will raise an IndentationError and prevent the test module from importing. Align the # Inline constants ... comment and subsequent constants with the function indentation.

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# Inline constants to avoid importing pxdesign.data.constants (requires rdkit)
# Inline constants to avoid importing pxdesign.data.constants (requires rdkit)

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def _bond_features_vectorized(token_array, atom_array):
"""Vectorized implementation."""
# Inline constants to avoid importing pxdesign.data.constants (requires rdkit)
DESIGN_RESIDUES = {"xpb": 32, "xpa": 33, "rbb": 34, "raa": 35}
STD_RESIDUES = {
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Line 149 is over-indented relative to the function body (8 spaces instead of 4), which will raise an IndentationError and prevent the test module from importing. Align the # Inline constants ... comment and subsequent constants with the function indentation.

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import torch


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The module imports torch but never uses it. Removing the unused import will avoid unnecessary dependency loading and keeps the test file clean.

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import torch

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matrix, mapping bonded atom pairs directly to their token indices. This
eliminates the inner loops entirely.

Expected: ~50-100x speedup on the bond feature computation.
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The docstring claims an expected ~50–100x speedup, but the PR description reports ~13x. This mismatch is likely to confuse future readers; update the expectation text (or remove the numeric claim) to reflect the actual measured speedup.

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Expected: ~50-100x speedup on the bond feature computation.
Expected: substantial (often order-of-magnitude) speedup on the bond feature computation.

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