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20222025
most citedSnAKe: Bayesian Optimization with Pathwise Exploration

8 citations · 14 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cs.LG2025

SoDaDE: Solvent Data-Driven Embeddings with Small Transformer Models

Gabriel Kitso Gibberd, Jose Pablo Folch, Antonio Del Rio Chanona

Computational representations have become crucial in unlocking the recent growth of machine learning algorithms for chemistry. Initially hand-designed, machine learning has shown t…

cs.LG2025

The Catechol Benchmark: Time-series Solvent Selection Data for Few-shot Machine Learning

Toby Boyne, Juan S. Campos, Becky D. Langdon +11

Machine learning has promised to change the landscape of laboratory chemistry, with impressive results in molecular property prediction and reaction retro-synthesis. However, chemi…

cs.LG2025★ 1 cited

BARK: A Fully Bayesian Tree Kernel for Black-box Optimization

Toby Boyne, Jose Pablo Folch, Robert M Lee +2

We perform Bayesian optimization using a Gaussian process perspective on Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART). Our BART Kernel (BARK) uses tree agreement to define a posterior…

cs.LG2024★ 2 cited

Transition Constrained Bayesian Optimization via Markov Decision Processes

Jose Pablo Folch, Calvin Tsay, Robert M Lee +6

Bayesian optimization is a methodology to optimize black-box functions. Traditionally, it focuses on the setting where you can arbitrarily query the search space. However, many rea…

cs.LG2023★ 1 cited

Practical Path-based Bayesian Optimization

Jose Pablo Folch, James Odgers, Shiqiang Zhang +6

There has been a surge in interest in data-driven experimental design with applications to chemical engineering and drug manufacturing. Bayesian optimization (BO) has proven to be…

cs.LG2023

Gaussian Processes for Monitoring Air-Quality in Kampala

Clara Stoddart, Lauren Shrack, Richard Sserunjogi +6

Monitoring air pollution is of vital importance to the overall health of the population. Unfortunately, devices that can measure air quality can be expensive, and many cities in lo…

cs.LG2022★ 2 cited

Combining Multi-Fidelity Modelling and Asynchronous Batch Bayesian Optimization

Jose Pablo Folch, Robert M Lee, Behrang Shafei +4

Bayesian Optimization is a useful tool for experiment design. Unfortunately, the classical, sequential setting of Bayesian Optimization does not translate well into laboratory expe…

cs.LG2022★ 8 cited

SnAKe: Bayesian Optimization with Pathwise Exploration

Jose Pablo Folch, Shiqiang Zhang, Robert M Lee +5

Bayesian Optimization is a very effective tool for optimizing expensive black-box functions. Inspired by applications developing and characterizing reaction chemistry using droplet…