EpiScan

Closed weights Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou National Laboratory 288.9K parameters September 2024

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Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou National Laboratory
Organisation type
Academia,Government
Country
China
Published
9 September 2024
Authors
Chuan Wang, Jiangyuan Wang, Wenjun Song, Guanzheng Luo, Taijiao Jiang

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Biology
Task
Antibody epitope prediction

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
288.9K

Loaded model from https://github.com/ gzBiomedical/EpiScan and counted parameters.

Training data
tokens

The training run

What it physically took to train: which chips, how many, for how long, and what that drew from the wall.

Training hardware
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB
Chips used
1
Power draw
271 W

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence
Confident

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
EpiScan: accurate high-throughput mapping of antibody-specific epitopes using sequence information
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Background

EpiScan was published by Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou National Laboratory, in the country recorded as China, during September 2024. The category the publisher falls under is academia,Government.

It works in the domain of Biology, and is recorded as performing the task of antibody epitope prediction.

This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.

Answers

EpiScan — common questions

01

EpiScan— who created it?

It was published by Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou National Laboratory, based in China, an organisation categorised as academia,Government.

02

EpiScan— when was it released?

It was published in September 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

03

EpiScan— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Biology, and is recorded as handling the task of antibody epitope prediction. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

04

EpiScan— what GPU do I need to run it?

None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

05

EpiScan— is it open source?

The licensing was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

06

EpiScan— how many parameters does it have?

It has a parameter count of 288.9K. Loaded model from https://github.com/ gzBiomedical/EpiScan and counted parameters. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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