{"651573":{"#nid":"651573","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ThinkTankTalk: Nick Sahinidis (Georgia Tech)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp align = \u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlgorithms \u0026amp; Randomness Center (ARC) \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp align = \u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThinkTankTalk\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp align = \u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENick Sahindis (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp align = \u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMonday, November 15, 2021\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp align = \u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKlaus 1116 - 11:00 am\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle: \u003C\/strong\u003EOpen problems in protein folding and other molecular challenges\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003EThe 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:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EClosed-form expressions of convex envelopes of nonconvex functions,\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ETechniques for dealing with symmetries in continuous optimization formulations, and\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ETight bounds on distances between particles in 3D based on optimality and geometric considerations.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E----------------------------------\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/nsahinidis\u0022\u003ESpeaker\u0026#39;s Webpage\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EVideos of recent talks are available at: \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/46836\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ehttps:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/46836\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mailman.cc.gatech.edu\/mailman\/listinfo\/arc-colloq\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EClick here to subscribe to the seminar email list: arc-colloq@Klauscc.gatech.edu \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Open problems in protein folding and other molecular challenges - Klaus 1116 at 11am"}],"uid":"27544","created_gmt":"2021-10-11 14:22:59","changed_gmt":"2021-11-08 16:44:54","author":"Francella Tonge","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-11-15T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2021-11-15T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-11-15T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-11-15 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-11-15 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-11-15 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"70263","name":"ARC"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}