Anthony Bak - Spaces of Shapes Persistent Homology for Drug Discovery

Anthony Bak - Spaces of Shapes Persistent Homology for Drug Discovery

Explore the application of persistent homology in drug discovery through this 40-minute conference talk. Delve into structure-based DHFR drug design, Rips filtration, and barcode interpretability. Learn about chemical compounds as finite metric spaces, filter functions, and parameter choices. Discover how Mapper visualization and Support Vector Machines (SVM) can be utilized for classification in the drug discovery process. Gain insights into potential improvements and intriguing ideas in this field of applied algebraic topology.