Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzDulwich Quantum Computing @dulwichquantum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Personal advice: Now that everyone uses LLMs, you should be more ambitious and go for harder problems!* * But don't be too ambitious. If solving the problem would actually be a big deal then be aware that OpenAI might throw millions of dollars and infinite compute to scoop you the last minute. 2161 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New preprint 🚨! I’m really excited about this work led by @ishume.bsky.social :) We introduce Grinch, a framework that uses GFlowNets to construct quantum optical circuit graphs from the bottom up, edge-by-edge. 📜: arxiv.org/abs/2609.08073 #AIForScience #ML4Phys 020 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzVianey Leos Barajas @vianeylb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I have a project for this AI for science postdoc application: schmidtfellows.utoronto.ca To work on videos of migrating fish (eg salmon), for classification, segmentation, uncertainty quantification. Don’t need to be AI expert, but demonstrate high potential. Reach out if interested.schmidtfellows.utoronto.ca 179 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzJan H. Jensen @janhjensen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Axel Dieter Becke: Not just the "B" in "B3LYP" arxiv.org/abs/2607.21465 #compchemarxiv.orgAxel Dieter Becke: Not just the "B" in "B3LYP"There is hardly anyone doing electronic structure calculations on molecules who has not used the famous B3LYP functional. Many will even know that the "B" in B3LYP stands for Becke, but how many know ... 061 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Achievement Unlocked 🎉🎊🎆 The work lead by @ishume.bsky.social, was shared by @hilbertspacepost.bsky.social !!! 020 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Agreed but still to be better we have to face better opponents. It’s the problem with CONCACAF 100 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 07/07/2026This shows the real level of CONCACAF :/ 100 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzDr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz @stemxicaned.latinsky.app · 06/07/2026I want to make clear we made the mistake that allowed that second goal. If we lose we lose. But I am fucking proud of my country because they are playing with everything 061 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Such a timing tag :) (thanks @aspuru.bsky.social ) Within the next month we will post a chemarxiv paper on our retrosynthesis model :) Is there anything in particular that you would like to chat about? I can loop my student who is the main driver of this project. 000 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Thanks to Asma's hard work, molpipx is now pip-installable and has a comprehensive documentation website! 🎉 pip install molpipx 📖 Docs: lnkd.in/em6NTsNr 🔗 GitHub: lnkd.in/gHeNnCqg @compchem.bsky.sociallnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 000 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 20/01/2026🚀 Call for Students & Postdocs 🗓 Deadline: Feb 3 I’m scouting talented students & postdocs interested in ML for Materials and ML for Quantum Science for potential training & research opportunities under CIRTA at @McMasterCCB Interest form: forms.gle/uV7fLhokmTCs... #compchemforms.gle 000 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Congrats to Carlos for getting his paper accepted at JCTC @pubs.acs.org #compchem #bayesopt arxiv.org/abs/2506.22533arxiv.orgScalable Bayesian Optimization for High-Dimensional Coarse-Grained Model ParameterizationCoarse-grained (CG) force field models are extensively utilised in material simulations due to their scalability. Traditionally, these models are parameterized using hybrid strategies that integrate t... 020 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Carbonic café around the corner is a super coffee shop! 010 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzRodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 17/10/2025🔥 Fresh out of the arXiv oven — new work from the ChemAI-Lab! “Spectral Analysis of Molecular Kernels: When Richer Features Do Not Guarantee Better Generalization” 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2510.14217 #compchem @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @bimr-mcmaster.bsky.socialarxiv.orgSpectral Analysis of Molecular Kernels: When Richer Features Do Not Guarantee Better GeneralizationUnderstanding the spectral properties of kernels offers a principled perspective on generalization and representation quality. While deep models achieve state-of-the-art accuracy in molecular property... 021 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 17/10/2025🔥 Fresh out of the arXiv oven — new work from the ChemAI-Lab! “Spectral Analysis of Molecular Kernels: When Richer Features Do Not Guarantee Better Generalization” 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2510.14217 #compchem @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @bimr-mcmaster.bsky.socialarxiv.orgSpectral Analysis of Molecular Kernels: When Richer Features Do Not Guarantee Better GeneralizationUnderstanding the spectral properties of kernels offers a principled perspective on generalization and representation quality. While deep models achieve state-of-the-art accuracy in molecular property... 021 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 30/09/2025🚨 New paper accepted at #NeurIPS2025 #ML4Phys! We propose Meta-Learning Fourier Neural Operators to approximate inverse Hessians for variational data assimilation.arxiv.orgMeta-Learning Fourier Neural Operators for Hessian Inversion and Enhanced Variational Data AssimilationData assimilation (DA) is crucial for enhancing solutions to partial differential equations (PDEs), such as those in numerical weather prediction, by optimizing initial conditions using observational ... 020 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdzarxiv quant-ph @arxiv-quant-ph.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Isaac L. Huidobro-Meezs, Jun Dai, Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hern\'andez Discrete Flow-Based Generative Models for Measurement Optimization in Quantum Computing arxiv.org/abs/2509.15486 031 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 22/09/2025🚨 New on arXiv! We adapt GFlowNets for measurement optimization in quantum computing Generative, diverse, & hardware-aware groupings → fewer shots, flexible trade-offs. 📄 arxiv.org/abs/2509.15486 @ishume.bsky.social #compchem #chemsky 041 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Exciting news! 🎉 My student, @ishume.bsky.social , has been selected as one of the 2025 @sandboxaq.bsky.social Scholarship Recipients! We can’t wait to show you what GenAI can do for quantum computing, stay tuned!! www.sandboxaq.com/company/scho... @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.socialsandboxaq.comSandboxAQ Scholarship ProgramSandboxAQ is proud to announce the launch of two exciting initiatives designed to support PhD students pursuing cutting-edge research in AQ (AI and Quantum) technology. 051 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 03/07/2025🚀BayesOpt for "large" Coarse-Grained Models! BayesOpt enabled the optimization of a 41-parameter CG model without traditional heuristics or task decomposition. arxiv.org/abs/2506.22533 #compchem #AI4Science #machinelearningarxiv.orgScalable Bayesian Optimization for High-Dimensional Coarse-Grained Model ParameterizationCoarse-grained (CG) force field models are extensively utilised in material simulations due to their scalability. Traditionally, these models are parameterized using hybrid strategies that integrate t... 061 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzBrockhouse Institute for Materials Research @bimr-mcmaster.bsky.social · 09/06/2025We’ve landed on BlueSky! Welcome to the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research at McMaster University. On this account we will be sharing about upcoming events, recent work from our members, and all things related to the Institute. Follow along! 021 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Congratulations to the new PhD @guillemsimeon.bsky.social !! From a NEURIPS poster discussion to being invited to his PhD exam!! 140 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzStijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Wonderful talk and discussion by Alexandre de Camargo from @rovargash.bsky.social group at #QuNB group meeting this morning, sailing us through a #NormalizingFlow perspective of #Orbital-FreeDFT. More details at: dx.doi.org/10.1088/2632... #chemsky #theochem #ml4chem 121 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Claro que tengo un poco de nervios de mi plática mañana! Pero tmb ando bn emocionado!!! :) 000 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 14/02/2025El próximo viernes en el Instituto de Física en mi amada UNAM!! 010 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 01/02/2025One of my former supervisors said that seminars should be between Tuesday and Thursday so no one travels during the weekend. I kind of agree with this too 010 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 31/01/2025🎉🪅Congrats to Asma and Manuel for getting MOLPIPx accepted in JChemPhys!! 📜: arxiv.org/abs/2411.17011 🖥️: github.com/ChemAI-Lab/m... #compchemarxiv.orgMOLPIPx: an end-to-end differentiable package for permutationally invariant polynomials in Python and RustIn this work, we present MOLPIPx, a versatile library designed to seamlessly integrate Permutationally Invariant Polynomials (PIPs) with modern machine learning frameworks, enabling the efficient deve... 060 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzVianey Leos Barajas @vianeylb.bsky.social · 31/01/2025The world is on 🔥 -- and here's my first publication in an astronomy journal: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... We combine Gaussian processes + hidden Markov models to efficiently detect stellar flares in one modelling step. 🧪 2399 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 21/01/2025No table was burned during this demo :) #chemistry 030 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzPatrick Kidger @patrickkidger.bsky.social · 21/01/2025✨We're hiring for bio roles at Cradle! You can expect to work on a huge variety of problems (antibodies, enzymes, peptides, ...) across all modalities (therapeutics, agtech, biosynthesis, ...), as at this point (post series B) we work with pretty much the whole industry. [1/2]jobs.ashbyhq.comBioinformatician - Protein ScienceTHIS IS CRADLE Proteins are the molecular machines of life, used for many therapeutic, diagnostic, chemical, agricultural and food applications. Designing and optimizing proteins takes a lot of exper... 1161 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 21/01/2025Chemical Formulas xkcd.com/3040 346255532044 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Sometimes I’m allowed to blew up things in my job! #chemistry 070 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 06/01/2025The first lecture in front of 300ish students is always a humbling experience!! 020 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 30/12/2024I’m also interested in this JAX #jax #machinelearning 050 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzIsaac Huidobro Meezs @ishume.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Great week at @neuripsconf.bsky.social ! Excited to present my work on GFlowNets for Chemistry in Quantum Computers at the Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences workshop with @rovargash.bsky.social 😬 #NeurIPS2024 #ml4ps2024 #ml4phys #compchem 031 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 15/12/2024🚨 if you are interested on GFlowNets for the electronic structure problem and NISQ, come chat with us at the #ml4ps2024 #NeurIPS2024 @ML4PhyS 📃 doi.org/10.48550/arXiv… @ishume94 000 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 14/12/2024🚨Come chat with us about SPECTRA-to-MOLECULE !! Kudos to the team and @rudra_sondhi #AI4MAT at #nuerips2024 doi.org/10.26434/chemr… 040 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Poster 167: Stop by and chat with us @ishume.bsky.social about our GFlowNets approach for Hamiltonian decomposition :) arxiv.org/abs/2410.16041 #compchemarxiv.orgGFlowNets for Hamiltonian decomposition in groups of compatible operatorsQuantum computing presents a promising alternative for the direct simulation of quantum systems with the potential to explore chemical problems beyond the capabilities of classical methods. However, c... 150 0
Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hdz @rovargash.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I’ll be in #NeurIPS :) If you want to talk about quantum chemistry and AI/ML please let me know! 020 0
Reposted by Rodrigo A. Vargas-HdzMarta Skreta @martaowesyou.bsky.social · 09/12/20241/3 🧵Quantum conundrum: we want expressive circuits, but current hardware only allows short coherence times, and so more parameters = more problems. Check out our #NeurIPS2024 paper “Quantum Deep Equilibrium Models”. 1136 0