ThinkTankTalk: Nick Sahinidis (Georgia Tech)

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  • Date/Time:
    • Monday November 15, 2021
      11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: Klaus 1116
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Summary Sentence: Open problems in protein folding and other molecular challenges - Klaus 1116 at 11am

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ThinkTankTalk

Nick Sahindis (Georgia Tech)

Monday, November 15, 2021

Klaus 1116 - 11:00 am

 

Title: Open problems in protein folding and other molecular challenges

Abstract:  The purpose of this talk is to describe a number of open optimization problems related to the prediction of molecular conformations. We first review protein folding and AlphaFold, molecular docking, and drug design. Then, we present a number of related optimization problems that are open. Our ability to solve these problems stands to benefit from:

  • Closed-form expressions of convex envelopes of nonconvex functions,
  • Techniques for dealing with symmetries in continuous optimization formulations, and
  • Tight bounds on distances between particles in 3D based on optimality and geometric considerations.

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  • Created By: Francella Tonge
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  • Created On: Oct 11, 2021 - 10:22am
  • Last Updated: Nov 8, 2021 - 11:44am