AI-Fun with ELLIS Seminar | Ruth Misener
| Dates: | 15 January 2025 |
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| Times: | 11:00 - 12:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Alumni, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Ruth Misener |
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The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals and Manchester's ELLIS Unit are co-hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI.
Title: Autonomous research machines: Self-optimising new chemistry
Abstract: Consider "micro reactor flow systems". Because these high-throughput microfluidic devices can control reaction conditions online, they are ideal for quantitatively characterizing diverse chemical synthesis techniques along new reaction pathways. The challenge is: How do we automate the design of experiments to "self-optimize" new chemistry? Together with the BASF Data Science for Materials & Chemistry teams, we’re interested to solve Bayesian optimization challenges which may simultaneously exhibit multiple objectives, mixed-feature spaces, asynchronous decisions, large batch sizes, input constraints, multi-fidelity observations, hierarchical choices, and costs associated with switching between experimental points. This presentation discusses the machine learning contributions that our team has found useful towards achieving these goals. I will also present our methodological and software contributions.
Bio: Ruth Misener (she/her) is a Professor in the Computational Optimization Group and the BASF/RAEng Research Chair in Data-Driven Optimization (2022-27). Foundations of her research are in numerical optimization and computational software. Her applications focus on optimization challenges arising in industry, e.g. scheduling in manufacturing or experimental design in chemicals research. Ruth also works at the interface of operations research and machine learning.
Speaker
Ruth Misener
Biography: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/r.misener
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Kilburn Building
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