Machine learning for materials design and discovery

摘要

In the last decade, use of ML and related techniques for materials design and development has matured in a main stream field from a narrow and highly specialized area of interdisciplin­ary research. After discussing the current status of the field and a brief background on various commonly used ML techniques, this editorial presented a brief overview of the papers included in our Special Topic on Machine Learning for Materials Design and Discovery. The collection presents a representative snapshot of the latest ML related research that is currently being pursued within the community. We hope that this editorial will serve as a useful guide to the exciting and informative content presented in the Special Topic, and the collection of papers will be enjoyed by the scientific community.