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SUMMARY:Computational and experimental force multipliers for the discovery
  of new thermoelectric and photovoltaic materials - Prof Eric Toberer: Phy
 sics Dept.\, Colorado School of Mines
DTSTART:20180925T150000Z
DTEND:20180925T160000Z
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CONTACT:Romy Hall
DESCRIPTION:This talk will highlight both the successes and the stumbling 
 blocks along the way to bring material science into the 21st century. Name
 ly\, the combination of (i) high throughput experiment\, (ii) massive comp
 utational resources\, (iii) machine learning\, and (iv) high energy beamli
 nes is more than summative when conducted in concert. Given finite human r
 esources (ie graduate students)\, these tools serve as force multipliers t
 o enhance their capabilities.   Over the last decade\, we have applied the
 se techniques in thermoelectric and photovoltaic materials.  This high thr
 ough-put search of known and hypothetical compounds has led to the discove
 ry of new classes of materials for these two applications. Through the int
 erplay of materials physics and machine learning\, general principles for 
 designing the next generation materials have emerged. The talk will conclu
 de with discussion of the prospects for sequential learning coupled with p
 arallelization and automation to accelerate functional materials discovery
 .  \n\n
LOCATION:Mott Seminar Room (531)\, Cavendish Laboratory\, Department of Ph
 ysics
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