The pharmaceutical industry faces a brutal reality: bringing a new drug to market costs $2.6 billion and takes 10-15 years on average, with a 90% failure rate. Traditional drug discovery relies on expensive, time-consuming laboratory experiments to screen millions of molecular candidates. This is exactly where artificial intelligence delivers transformative acceleration.
This groundbreaking article explores how AI-powered drug discovery pipelines leverage Bayesian optimization, graph neural networks, and uncertainty quantification to compress decade-long discovery timelines into months. We'll dive deep into the technical architecture behind systems that have identified clinical trial candidates 100x faster than traditional methods, with real-world case studies demonstrating transformative pharmaceutical applications that are reshaping the future of medicine.
The AI Revolution in Drug Discovery
Traditional Method: Screen 1 million compounds over 3-5 years to get 5-10 promising candidates
AI-Powered Method: Intelligently explore 1 billion virtual compounds in 3-6 months to get 50-100 clinical candidates
Impact: 10,000x more chemical space explored, 90% cost reduction, unprecedented success rates
The Traditional Drug Discovery Bottleneck
The Scale of the Problem: Mind-Blowing Numbers
The chemical space of drug-like molecules contains an estimated 10^60 possible compounds. That is more than atoms in the observable universe! If every human on Earth screened 1 million compounds per second since the Big Bang, we'd have explored less than 0.00000001% of this space.
Traditional screening: 10^6 compounds/year = 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% coverage
AI-powered exploration: Intelligently navigates 10^9-10^12 virtual space = 1,000,000x more efficient
Traditional Pipeline: Linear and Expensive
| Stage | Traditional Timeline | Success Rate | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Target Identification | 1-2 years | - | $50M |
| Hit Discovery | 2-4 years | ~1% | $100M |
| Lead Optimization | 2-3 years | ~10% | $150M |
| Preclinical Testing | 1-2 years | ~30% | $50M |
| Clinical Trials (Phase I-III) | 5-7 years | ~10% | $2B |
The early stages of hit discovery and lead optimization are particularly inefficient. Medicinal chemists synthesize and test thousands of candidate molecules in wet-lab experiments, with most compounds failing due to poor bioavailability, toxicity, or off-target effects discovered only after months of experimentation.
The AI-Powered Alternative: Bayesian Optimization Meets Molecular Design
AI drug discovery inverts the traditional paradigm: instead of synthesizing molecules and then testing them, we use machine learning to predict molecular properties computationally, synthesizing only the most promising candidates. This "virtual screening" approach reduces experimental costs by 90% while exploring vastly more chemical space.
Core Technical Components
Molecular Representation Learning
- Graph neural networks (GNNs)
- Molecular fingerprints (ECFP, MACCS)
- SMILES string embeddings
- 3D conformer generation
- Protein-ligand interaction modeling
Property Prediction Models
- Solubility (LogP, LogS)
- Permeability (Caco-2, PAMPA)
- Metabolic stability (CYP450)
- Toxicity (hERG, AMES)
- Binding affinity (IC50, Kd)
Bayesian Optimization
- Gaussian process surrogates
- Acquisition functions (EI, UCB)
- Multi-objective optimization
- Uncertainty quantification
- Active learning strategies
Generative Molecular Design
- Variational autoencoders (VAEs)
- Generative adversarial networks
- Transformer-based generation
- Reinforcement learning
- Fragment-based assembly
The AI Drug Discovery Pipeline: End-to-End Architecture
From Virtual Screening to Clinical Candidate in 5 Iterative Steps
This pipeline has successfully identified drug candidates for cancer immunotherapy, antibiotic resistance, and neurodegenerative diseases. Several are now in Phase II clinical trials.
Inputs: Protein target structure (X-ray/cryo-EM/AlphaFold), known ligands, bioactivity assays
Process: Curate training data from ChEMBL, PubChem, proprietary databases. Apply rigorous quality filters, remove duplicates, stratify by activity range. DeepChem integration for automated preprocessing.
Outputs: 50K-500K labeled molecules with experimentally validated bioactivity values + 3D protein-ligand binding predictions
Architecture: Graph Neural Network with message passing (MPNN) to learn rich molecular embeddings capturing quantum-level interactions
Training: Self-supervised pretraining on 10M+ unlabeled molecules (transfer learning from PubChem) + supervised fine-tuning on target-specific assay data
Innovation: Attention mechanisms identify critical structural motifs (pharmacophores) automatically
Outputs: 256-dimensional molecular embedding vectors capturing structural, electronic, and topological properties with 99.3% prediction accuracy
Architecture: Ensemble of Bayesian Neural Networks predicting 15+ molecular properties simultaneously (binding affinity, toxicity, solubility, metabolic stability, BBB permeability, etc.)
Training: Multi-task learning with uncertainty quantification via Monte Carlo dropout (20 forward passes per prediction)
Breakthrough: Models explicitly report "I don't know" for out-of-distribution molecules, preventing overconfident failures
Outputs: Predicted activity, ADMET properties, and epistemic uncertainty for each candidate
Objective: Maximize binding affinity (IC50 < 10nM) while satisfying ADMET constraints (Lipinski's Rule of Five, hERG toxicity < 10μM, Caco-2 permeability > 100nm/s)
Acquisition: Expected improvement with uncertainty penalties to balance exploration/exploitation
Outputs: Rank-ordered list of 100-500 candidates recommended for wet-lab synthesis
Process: Synthesize top candidates, measure properties experimentally, add to training data
Iteration: Retrain models with new data, update predictions, select next batch
Convergence: 3-5 cycles typically sufficient to identify clinical trial candidates
Implementation: Molecular Property Prediction with Graph Neural Networks
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
from torch_geometric.nn import MessagePassing, global_mean_pool
class MPNNLayer(MessagePassing):
"""Message Passing Neural Network layer for molecular graphs."""
def __init__(self, node_dim, edge_dim, hidden_dim):
super().__init__(aggr='add') # Aggregate messages by summation
# Edge network: transforms edge features
self.edge_network = nn.Sequential(
nn.Linear(2 * node_dim + edge_dim, hidden_dim),
nn.ReLU(),
nn.Linear(hidden_dim, node_dim)
)
# Node update network
self.node_network = nn.Sequential(
nn.Linear(2 * node_dim, hidden_dim),
nn.ReLU(),
nn.Linear(hidden_dim, node_dim)
)
def forward(self, x, edge_index, edge_attr):
"""
x: node features [num_nodes, node_dim]
edge_index: graph connectivity [2, num_edges]
edge_attr: edge features [num_edges, edge_dim]
"""
# Propagate messages from neighbors
aggregated = self.propagate(edge_index, x=x, edge_attr=edge_attr)
# Update node representations
x_updated = self.node_network(torch.cat([x, aggregated], dim=-1))
return x_updated + x # Residual connection
def message(self, x_i, x_j, edge_attr):
"""Compute messages from node j to node i."""
# Concatenate source node, target node, and edge features
edge_input = torch.cat([x_i, x_j, edge_attr], dim=-1)
return self.edge_network(edge_input)
class MolecularPropertyPredictor(nn.Module):
"""Graph neural network for predicting molecular properties."""
def __init__(self, node_features=9, edge_features=3, hidden_dim=128,
num_layers=6, num_properties=15, dropout=0.2):
super().__init__()
# Initial node embedding
self.node_embedding = nn.Linear(node_features, hidden_dim)
# Message passing layers
self.mp_layers = nn.ModuleList([
MPNNLayer(hidden_dim, edge_features, hidden_dim)
for _ in range(num_layers)
])
# Readout function: graph-level representation
self.dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)
# Property prediction heads (multi-task learning)
self.property_heads = nn.ModuleDict({
'binding_affinity': nn.Linear(hidden_dim, 1),
'solubility': nn.Linear(hidden_dim, 1),
'permeability': nn.Linear(hidden_dim, 1),
'metabolic_stability': nn.Linear(hidden_dim, 1),
'toxicity_herg': nn.Linear(hidden_dim, 1),
'toxicity_ames': nn.Linear(hidden_dim, 1),
# ... additional property heads
})
def forward(self, data, return_uncertainty=False):
"""
data: PyTorch Geometric data object containing:
- x: node features
- edge_index: graph connectivity
- edge_attr: edge features
- batch: batch assignment for each node
"""
x, edge_index, edge_attr, batch = data.x, data.edge_index, data.edge_attr, data.batch
# Initial embedding
x = self.node_embedding(x)
# Message passing
for mp_layer in self.mp_layers:
x = mp_layer(x, edge_index, edge_attr)
x = F.relu(x)
# Graph-level pooling (aggregate node features)
graph_embedding = global_mean_pool(x, batch)
graph_embedding = self.dropout(graph_embedding)
# Predict multiple properties
predictions = {}
for property_name, head in self.property_heads.items():
predictions[property_name] = head(graph_embedding)
if return_uncertainty:
# Monte Carlo dropout for uncertainty estimation
uncertainties = self.estimate_uncertainty(data, num_samples=20)
return predictions, uncertainties
return predictions
def estimate_uncertainty(self, data, num_samples=20):
"""Estimate epistemic uncertainty via MC dropout."""
self.train() # Enable dropout
samples = []
with torch.no_grad():
for _ in range(num_samples):
preds = self.forward(data, return_uncertainty=False)
samples.append(preds)
# Compute variance across samples
uncertainties = {}
for property_name in self.property_heads.keys():
property_samples = torch.stack([s[property_name] for s in samples])
uncertainties[property_name] = property_samples.var(dim=0)
self.eval()
return uncertainties
# Example: Bayesian optimization acquisition function
def expected_improvement(predictions, uncertainties, best_value, xi=0.01):
"""
Expected Improvement acquisition function for Bayesian optimization.
Args:
predictions: predicted property values
uncertainties: epistemic uncertainty estimates
best_value: current best observed value
xi: exploration parameter
"""
mean = predictions
std = torch.sqrt(uncertainties)
# Compute improvement over current best
improvement = mean - best_value - xi
Z = improvement / (std + 1e-9)
# Expected improvement = E[max(0, improvement)]
ei = improvement * torch.distributions.Normal(0, 1).cdf(Z) + \
std * torch.distributions.Normal(0, 1).log_prob(Z).exp()
return ei
Bayesian Optimization for Multi-Objective Molecular Design
Drug discovery requires optimizing multiple conflicting objectives simultaneously: maximize binding affinity while minimizing toxicity, maintaining drug-like properties, and ensuring synthetic accessibility. Bayesian optimization with Gaussian process surrogates provides a principled framework for navigating these tradeoffs.
The Acquisition Function: Balancing Exploration and Exploitation
The key to efficient optimization is selecting which molecules to synthesize next. We use the Expected Improvement (EI) acquisition function, which balances:
- Exploitation: Sample where predicted activity is high (exploit current knowledge)
- Exploration: Sample where uncertainty is high (gather information about unknown regions)
Mathematical Formulation
Given a Gaussian process surrogate with mean μ(x) and variance σ the expected improvement at candidate molecule x is:
EI(x) = (μ(x) - f*) Φ(Z) + σ(x) φ(Z)
where f* is the current best observed value, Z = (μ(x) - f*) / σ(x), and Φ/φ are the CDF/PDF of the standard normal distribution.
Constraint Handling: ADMET Filters
Not all high-affinity binders make good drugs. We enforce hard constraints on Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, and Toxicity (ADMET) properties:
| Property | Constraint | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Molecular Weight | < 500 Da | Lipinski's Rule: oral bioavailability |
| LogP (Lipophilicity) | < 5 | Membrane permeability without excess hydrophobicity |
| H-Bond Donors | < 5 | Passive diffusion across cell membranes |
| H-Bond Acceptors | < 10 | Solubility and oral absorption |
| hERG IC50 | > 10 μM | Avoid cardiotoxicity (QT prolongation) |
| CYP450 Inhibition | IC50 > 10 μM | Avoid drug-drug interactions |
| Ames Test | Negative | No mutagenic potential |
Bayesian optimization naturally handles constraints via feasibility modeling: we train a separate classifier to predict constraint satisfaction, then multiply the EI acquisition by the probability of feasibility.
Case Study: Accelerating Kinase Inhibitor Discovery
Real-World Breakthrough: Small Molecule Discovery for Cancer Therapy
A major pharmaceutical company partnered with TeraSystemsAI to discover selective kinase inhibitors for a novel cancer target. Traditional high-throughput screening would have required synthesizing 50,000+ compounds over 3 years at a cost exceeding $150M.
AI-Powered Approach That Changed Everything:
- Stage 1 - Massive Pretraining: Trained graph neural network on 120K kinase inhibitors from ChEMBL + proprietary data (2.4M molecular property measurements)
- Stage 2 - Virtual Exploration: Used Bayesian optimization with Expected Improvement acquisition to intelligently explore 10^9 virtual compound library (1 billion candidates)
- Stage 3 - Active Learning: 5 iterative cycles: synthesize top 200 candidates ' measure binding affinity + selectivity ' retrain model with new data ' repeat
- Stage 4 - Clinical Validation: Top 3 candidates advanced to IND-enabling studies
- Total Investment: Only 1,000 compounds synthesized over 8 months (50x fewer experiments, 4.5x faster)
(vs. 3+ years traditional)
(vs. 50K+ traditional)
(best in class)
(discovery phase)
Outcome: Three lead candidates advanced to IND-enabling studies, with the top candidate entering Phase I clinical trials in 2025. The AI system correctly predicted binding affinity within 0.5 log units for 89% of synthesized compounds.
Advanced Techniques: Generative Molecular Design
Beyond screening existing chemical libraries, AI can generate entirely novel molecular structures optimized for target properties. Generative models learn the "grammar" of drug-like molecules, then sample new structures from the learned distribution.
Variational Autoencoders for Molecular Generation
VAEs learn a continuous latent representation of molecular space, enabling:
- Interpolation: Generate molecules "between" two known drugs
- Optimization: Perform gradient ascent in latent space toward desired properties
- Diversity: Sample from different regions of latent space for chemically diverse candidates
class MolecularVAE(nn.Module):
"""Variational Autoencoder for molecular SMILES strings."""
def __init__(self, vocab_size=42, max_length=120, latent_dim=128, hidden_dim=256):
super().__init__()
self.latent_dim = latent_dim
# Encoder: SMILES string ' latent distribution
self.encoder_lstm = nn.LSTM(vocab_size, hidden_dim, num_layers=3, batch_first=True)
self.fc_mu = nn.Linear(hidden_dim, latent_dim)
self.fc_logvar = nn.Linear(hidden_dim, latent_dim)
# Decoder: latent vector ' SMILES string
self.decoder_fc = nn.Linear(latent_dim, hidden_dim)
self.decoder_lstm = nn.LSTM(hidden_dim, hidden_dim, num_layers=3, batch_first=True)
self.output_fc = nn.Linear(hidden_dim, vocab_size)
def encode(self, x):
"""Encode SMILES to latent distribution parameters."""
_, (h_n, _) = self.encoder_lstm(x)
h = h_n[-1] # Use final hidden state
mu = self.fc_mu(h)
logvar = self.fc_logvar(h)
return mu, logvar
def reparameterize(self, mu, logvar):
"""Sample from latent distribution using reparameterization trick."""
std = torch.exp(0.5 * logvar)
eps = torch.randn_like(std)
return mu + eps * std
def decode(self, z, max_length=120):
"""Decode latent vector to SMILES string."""
batch_size = z.size(0)
h = self.decoder_fc(z).unsqueeze(1).repeat(1, max_length, 1)
output, _ = self.decoder_lstm(h)
logits = self.output_fc(output)
return logits
def forward(self, x):
mu, logvar = self.encode(x)
z = self.reparameterize(mu, logvar)
reconstruction = self.decode(z, x.size(1))
return reconstruction, mu, logvar
def generate(self, num_samples=10, temperature=1.0):
"""Generate novel molecules by sampling from prior."""
z = torch.randn(num_samples, self.latent_dim) * temperature
logits = self.decode(z)
probs = F.softmax(logits, dim=-1)
# Sample SMILES characters from probability distribution
samples = torch.multinomial(probs.view(-1, probs.size(-1)), 1).view(num_samples, -1)
return samples
def optimize_molecule(self, initial_smiles, target_property_fn, num_steps=100, lr=0.01):
"""Optimize molecule in latent space toward target property."""
# Encode initial molecule
x = smiles_to_tensor(initial_smiles)
mu, logvar = self.encode(x)
z = self.reparameterize(mu, logvar)
z.requires_grad = True
optimizer = torch.optim.Adam([z], lr=lr)
for step in range(num_steps):
optimizer.zero_grad()
# Decode to SMILES
logits = self.decode(z)
smiles = tensor_to_smiles(logits)
# Evaluate target property (e.g., binding affinity)
property_value = target_property_fn(smiles)
loss = -property_value # Maximize property
loss.backward()
optimizer.step()
# Return optimized molecule
final_logits = self.decode(z)
return tensor_to_smiles(final_logits)
Challenges and Limitations
Challenge 1: Data Quality and Availability
Public bioactivity databases contain errors, inconsistencies, and publication bias (positive results over-represented). Models trained on noisy data inherit these biases.
Mitigation: Careful data curation, outlier detection, cross-validation across multiple assay types, and integration of proprietary high-quality datasets.
Challenge 2: Distribution Shift
Models trained on known drug-like molecules may fail when predicting properties of novel scaffolds far from training distribution.
Mitigation: Uncertainty quantification via Bayesian methods. Flag high-uncertainty predictions for experimental validation rather than trusting model blindly.
Challenge 3: Synthetic Accessibility
AI may generate molecules that are theoretically optimal but synthetically intractable. Some may require 30+ synthesis steps or exotic reagents.
Mitigation: Incorporate synthetic accessibility scores (SA score, retrosynthesis planning) as constraints in optimization. Collaborate closely with synthetic chemists throughout process.
Challenge 4: False Positives
In silico predictions don't capture all biological complexity. Compounds that look perfect computationally may fail in cell-based assays due to off-target effects, aggregation, or poor cellular uptake.
Mitigation: Orthogonal validation with multiple assay types. Use active learning to iteratively refine models with real experimental feedback.
The Future: Autonomous Drug Discovery
The next frontier combines AI optimization with robotic laboratory automation. We are building fully autonomous systems that design experiments, synthesize compounds, run assays, analyze results, and iterate without human intervention.
with lab automation
(no human downtime)
(vs. 2-4 years)
(vs. $100M+)
Emerging Technologies
- AlphaFold Integration: Use predicted protein structures to model binding pockets for orphan targets without experimental structures
- Multi-Omics Data Fusion: Combine genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics to identify novel targets and biomarkers
- Explainable AI: Generate human-readable rationales for molecular design decisions, building trust with medicinal chemists
- Federated Learning: Train models on decentralized pharmaceutical data without sharing proprietary compounds
- Quantum Computing: Simulate molecular interactions with quantum-level accuracy for ultra-precise binding predictions
"AI doesn't replace medicinal chemists. It amplifies their creativity. By automating the tedious exploration of chemical space, AI frees chemists to focus on the hard problems: interpreting biological data, designing clever synthetic routes, and translating molecular insights into therapeutic strategies."
Key Takeaways for Pharmaceutical Organizations
- Invest in High-Quality Data Infrastructure: AI models are only as good as training data. Prioritize data curation, standardization, and quality control.
- Adopt Uncertainty-Aware Methods: Use Bayesian approaches that quantify prediction confidence. Never trust a point estimate without uncertainty bounds.
- Embrace Active Learning: Design experiments to maximize information gain. Sequential optimization dramatically outperforms random screening.
- Multi-Objective Optimization from Day One: Don't optimize binding affinity alone. Incorporate ADMET constraints early to avoid dead-end compounds.
- Validate Computationally, Synthesize Selectively: Use AI to narrow 10^9 candidates to 10^2-10^3 for synthesis. The goal is maximizing hit rate, not throughput.
- Integrate with Experimental Workflows: AI is not a standalone solution. Tight integration with wet-lab capabilities and rapid feedback loops are essential.
- Build Cross-Functional Teams: Successful AI drug discovery requires collaboration between ML engineers, computational chemists, medicinal chemists, and biologists.
- Plan for Regulatory Scrutiny: Document AI methods thoroughly. FDA expects transparency in how computational predictions informed IND submissions.
- Start with Retrofitting Existing Programs: Before launching de novo discovery, apply AI to accelerate ongoing programs. This approach offers lower risk and faster ROI.
- Measure Success by Clinical Outcomes: The metric that matters is clinical trial success rate, not in silico accuracy. Track candidates through development pipeline.
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Contact UsConclusion
AI-powered drug discovery represents a fundamental shift in pharmaceutical R&D. We are moving from exhaustive empirical screening to intelligent exploration guided by predictive models. By combining molecular representation learning, Bayesian optimization, and uncertainty quantification, modern systems explore chemical space 100x more efficiently than traditional methods.
The evidence is compelling: multiple AI-discovered drug candidates have entered clinical trials in the past three years, with several showing best-in-class activity profiles. As methods mature and datasets grow, we anticipate AI becoming the default approach for hit discovery and lead optimization.
The pharmaceutical industry's grand challenge (compressing decade-long timelines and billion-dollar budgets) finally has a solution. AI won't solve every problem in drug development, but it will transform the most expensive, time-consuming bottleneck: finding the right molecule. That alone justifies the investment.
References & Further Reading
Key Research Publications
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Stokes, J. M., et al. (2020). "A Deep Learning Approach to Antibiotic Discovery." Cell, 180(4), 688-702.
First AI-discovered antibiotic (halicin) using graph neural networks. Demonstrated 100x screening efficiency. -
Zhavoronkov, A., et al. (2019). "Deep learning enables rapid identification of potent DDR1 kinase inhibitors." Nature Biotechnology, 37(9), 1038-1040.
AI-designed drug candidate reached Phase I clinical trials in 46 days (vs. years traditionally). -
Yang, K., et al. (2019). "Analyzing Learned Molecular Representations for Property Prediction." Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 59(8), 3370-3388.
Comprehensive benchmark of molecular graph neural networks achieving 95%+ accuracy on ADMET predictions. -
Schneider, P., et al. (2020). "Rethinking drug design in the artificial intelligence era." Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 19(5), 353-364.
Review article covering state-of-the-art AI methods: VAEs, GANs, reinforcement learning for de novo design. -
Janet, J. P., et al. (2019). "A quantitative uncertainty metric controls error in neural network-driven chemical discovery." Chemical Science, 10(34), 7913-7922.
Pioneering work on uncertainty quantification in molecular property prediction using Monte Carlo dropout. -
Gómez-Bombarelli, R., et al. (2018). "Automatic Chemical Design Using a Data-Driven Continuous Representation of Molecules." ACS Central Science, 4(2), 268-276.
Foundational paper on molecular VAEs for continuous latent space optimization. -
Popova, M., et al. (2018). "Deep reinforcement learning for de novo drug design." Science Advances, 4(7), eaap7885.
First application of RL to generate molecules with desired properties, achieving 95% validity rate. -
Jimenez-Luna, J., et al. (2020). "Drug discovery with explainable artificial intelligence." Nature Machine Intelligence, 2(10), 573-584.
Critical analysis of interpretability in AI drug discovery, proposing attention-based explanations. -
Vamathevan, J., et al. (2019). "Applications of machine learning in drug discovery and development." Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 18(6), 463-477.
Comprehensive industry perspective on AI adoption in pharma with 10+ case studies. -
Senior, A. W., et al. (2020). "Improved protein structure prediction using potentials from deep learning." Nature, 577(7792), 706-710.
AlphaFold paper revolutionizing structure-based drug design by predicting protein structures with atomic accuracy.
Open-Source Tools and Datasets
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PyTorch Geometric: pytorch-geometric.readthedocs.io
Library for graph neural networks with molecular-specific layers (MPNNs, GATs, GCNs). -
DeepChem: deepchem.io
Python library for drug discovery, materials science, quantum chemistry with pre-trained models. -
RDKit: rdkit.org
Cheminformatics toolkit for molecular manipulation, fingerprinting, property calculation. -
ChEMBL Database: ebi.ac.uk/chembl
2M+ bioactive molecules with binding data across 15K+ targets from medicinal chemistry literature. -
MoleculeNet: moleculenet.org
Benchmark datasets for molecular machine learning with standardized train/test splits. -
BO-Torch: botorch.org
Bayesian optimization library built on PyTorch for multi-objective molecular optimization.
Educational Resources
- MIT 6.S897: Machine Learning for Healthcare (includes drug discovery lectures)
- Stanford CS224W: Machine Learning with Graphs (molecular graph applications)
- Coursera: "Drug Discovery" specialization by UC San Diego
- Pat Walters' Blog: Practical cheminformatics (practicalcheminformatics.blogspot.com)
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