Machine-learning of density functionals for applications in molecules and materials
Event details
| Date | 20.02.2018 |
| Hour | 16:15 › 17:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Kieron Burke (University of California, Irvine) |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
This lecture is designed to be accessible to a wide variety of backgrounds.
In the first part, I will briefly review density functional theory and why it is important to many branches of modern physical science. I will also review machine learning and its recent applications to molecules and materials.
In the second half, I will show how, in collaboration with computer scientists at TU Berlin, we have used a specific type of machine-learning, called kernel ridge regression, to find more accurate and powerful approximate density functionals than any made by humans.
For more background, see here.
14ème NCCR MARVEL "Distinguished Lecture"
NCCR MARVEL - Events
Si vous désirez rencontrer le Prof. Burke, veuillez contacter Nathalie Jongen.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free