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Bayesian Optimization and Correlated Torsion Angles—in Small Molecules

Our collaborator, Prof. Geoff Hutchison from the University of Pittsburg recently took part in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2020 Twitter Poster Conference, to highlight the great work carried out by one of my DPhil students, Lucian Leung Chan, on the application of Bayesian optimization to conformer generation:

Three things to help you get started on Bayesian Optimisation

In this blog post I will share with you the materials that I found most useful when I started doing some Bayesian Optimisation in my research. Bear in mind, I am a Chemist by training, so I approached this topic from a non-mathematical background (my eyes have to be persuaded to look at mathematical equations). Out of all the materials I have come across, I found these to be the most accessible. 

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