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Title: Accelerating materials science with high-throughput computations and machine learning

Journal Article · · Computational Materials Science
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  1. University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States). Materials Virtual Laboratory

With unprecedented amounts of materials data generated from experiments as well as high-throughput density functional theory calculations, machine learning techniques has the potential to greatly accelerate materials discovery and design. In this report we review our efforts in the Materials Virtual Lab to integrate software automation, data generation and curation and machine learning to (i) design and optimize technological materials for energy storage, energy efficiency and high-temperature alloys; (ii) develop scalable quantum-accurate models, and (iii) enhance the speed and accuracy in interpreting characterization spectra.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012583; SC0012118; 1436976; N00014-15-1-0030; 1411192; N00014-16-1-2621; 1640899
OSTI ID:
1528949
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1529421
Journal Information:
Computational Materials Science, Vol. 161, Issue C; ISSN 0927-0256
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 51 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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  • Hey, Tony; Butler, Keith; Jackson, Sam
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journal January 2020