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He’s Training Computers to Find New Molecules With the Machine Learning Algorithms Used by Facebook and Google
Using the same techniques that help social media learn about you, Northeastern assistant professor Steven Lopez is training machine learning algorithms to find millions of new molecules to help make materials for cancer therapy, renewable energy, and other important technologies.
January 13, 2020
The Hunt for a Cure for Hard-to-Reach Cancers
How do you kill cancer you can't reach without harming healthy cells? The answer may lie in the light.
September 10, 2019
Northeastern professor sheds light on photochemistry using machine learning
Professor Steven Lopez and his team are establishing the basis of a new branch of chemistry, creating the building blocks for countless chemical breakthroughs
September 11, 2018