Deep Learning Algorithm Holds Promise for Drug Development

A type of machine learning that works well with small data sets holds promise for drug discovery and development. This methodology could be a useful tool for other areas of chemical research. One-shot learning, a kind of deep learning, differs from other machine-learning approaches in the amount of Vijay Pande. Credit: L.A. Cicerodata required to arrive at a solution. Most applications of machine learning, like image recognition, rely on training a set of algorithms with thousands to trillions of data points. One-shot learning can succeed with hundreds of data points.