<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><p><b><img alt="SDSU_CSRC Logo.jpg" width="534px" height="107px" src="cid:6c2ad7a5-4f1a-40ba-ae9c-b1bdea7ec1c4"><br></b></p><p><b><br></b></p><p><b><font color="#ff0000" size="4">**** Registration is required in order to get the link to join the seminar online. Please register at the below web page.</font></b></p><p><br></p><p><font size="4">DATE: <br><b>Friday, April 16, 2021</b></font></p><p><br></p><div dir="ltr"><p></p><p></p><p><font size="4">TITLE:<br><b>Combining Physics and AI to Understand the Behavior of Molecules </b></font> <b> </b> <b> </b> </p><div><br></div><p><font size="4">TIME: <br><b>3:30-5:00PM</b></font></p><p> <br></p><p><font size="4">LOCATION:<br><b>Registration is required in advance. Please register at the following site to receive information on how to join the seminar online. </b><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIucOuhqjojGt3Kb7AHNXS4WTKGOm4bJrDH" target="_blank">Meeting Registration - Zoom</a></font></p><p><br><font size="4">SPEAKER/BIO: <br><b>Dr. Joshua A. Rackers, Truman Fellow, Computational Multiscale, Sandia National Laboratories </b> </font><b> </b> </p><p><br></p><p><font size="4">ABSTRACT:</font></p></div><div dir="ltr"><p><font size="4">Understanding life at the molecular scale is eminently important. The ability to predict how molecules will behave or interact would give us the capacity to design new materials and find new medicines. What makes this challenge hard is the nature of the rules that govern life at the molecular scale: quantum physics. Because of the complexity of quantum mechanics, finding accurate solutions to systems with anything more than a few atoms is basically impossible. In this talk I will present how we can use machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to circumvent this problem. With these methods we have the potential to simulate molecules as big as proteins at quantum-level accuracy.</font><br></p><p><font size="4">Bio: Josh Rackers is a Truman Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories where he studies how to do quantum accurate simulations of biological molecules. Prior to joining Sandia, Josh obtained a Ph.D. in Biophysics from Washington University in St. Louis. Josh grew up in the Ohio and attended Ohio State University, where he majored in Physics and Political Science. He spent three years teaching high school physics and chemistry in Baltimore, 26 Maryland before ultimately heading back into research. The experience of teaching has stuck with Josh, personally and professionally. He is passionate about his work not only because of its scientific potential, but also because it is accessible to anyone who wants to use physics to understand the biological world.</font></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><font size="4">Host:<br><b>Antoni Luque, Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University</b></font><br><div><br><br></div><div><p><font size="4"><span style="font-weight:bold">Note:</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span>Videos of previous colloquium talks can be seen on the CSRC website in the colloquium archive section or on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN0ZEztlmyDqG2pm-Rle_Eg/feed" target="_blank">CSRC YouTube page here</a>.</font></p><p><br><br></p></div><br>
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