Electronic Structure Reading Group: Gaussian Process Regression for Materials and Molecules

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Date 03.02.2025
Hour 16:0017:30
Speaker Anna Paulish
Location
Category Conferences - Seminars
Event Language English

In this talk, I will introduce the fundamentals of Gaussian process regression, covering key concepts. I will discuss sparse GPR techniques for efficiently handling large datasets, such as the Nyström method and subset of regressors, as well as its application to materials modeling problems.
References:

  • Rasmussen, C. E., & Williams, C. K. I. (2006). Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning. The MIT Press.
  • Deringer, V. L., Bartók, A. P., Bernstein, N., Wilkins, D. M., Ceriotti, M., & Csányi, G. (2021). Gaussian Process Regression for Materials and Molecules. Chemical Reviews, 121(16), 10073–10141. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00022
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The electronic structure reading group brings together researchers and students interested in mathematical aspects of electronic structure problems and adjacent topics, including:
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Many-body Schrödinger equation for electrons
  • Born-Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
  • Numerical analysis and error control
For updates, join the matrix chat room at #electronic-structure:epfl.ch (requires a GASPAR account).

Website: https://matmat.org/readinggroup/
 

Practical information

  • General public
  • Free

Contact

  • Michael Herbst (EPFL), Niklas Schmitz (EPFL)

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