“Best talks in my opinion”
Listed among the best talks of the symposium.
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Best talks in my opinion: * this video * link Notable mentions: * link * link * link I liked OpenGL lightning talk as well: * link
CANDO: A Compiled Programming Language for Computer-Aided Nanomaterial Design and Optimization
3K views · May 30, 2016 · 28:10 · 2 HN recommenders · 5 mentions · discussed 2016–2019
Christian Schafmeister presents CANDO at the 2016 European Lisp Symposium. It is a compiled Lisp-based language for designing macromolecules and nanoscale materials, built on the Clasp implementation of Common Lisp.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as one of the best talks of the symposium for the unusual scope of applying Lisp to molecular design.
“no wonder CANDO is impressive, the scope and fields involved are pretty rare”HN comment, 2016
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“no wonder CANDO is impressive, the scope and fields involved are pretty rare”
Impressive project with rare scope and fields involved.
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> this video no wonder CANDO is impressive, the scope and fields involved are pretty rare... I'm very eager to learn if C. Schafmeister work will bear 'disruptive fruits'. ps: a talk about clasp link
“At the beginning of it he actually explains some of the reasoning - i.e. proteins are cool and powerful, but a) too hard to design, and b) too fragile.”
Explains why proteins are powerful but hard to design and fragile.
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this video Here's the video from last year's ELS. At the beginning of it he actually explains some of the reasoning - i.e. proteins are cool and powerful, but a) too hard to design, and b) too fragile.
“a project building atop of clasp, like CANDO”
Example of a project built atop Clasp.
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My initial thought was that this was about a project building atop of clasp, like CANDO: this video link link But this does seem a bit more like Julia? "Julia: to Lisp or not to Lisp?" link Then there's also the Axiom system, which I guess is primarily for symbolic computation, but I don't know if it might make sense to use it as a building block for statistical software? link
“Not sure if this would work”
Speculative pointer to nanotech approaches against bacteria.
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I wish there were a nanotechnology startup that would address MRSA. In theory, you can develop nanobots that attack specific types of bacteria. Not sure if this would work: this video