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Brian DeCost (Fed)

Brian DeCost is a materials research engineer in the Materials for Energy and Sustainable Development Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Brian’s research focuses on developing and applying scientific machine learning methods and automation tools to address fundamental and applied problems in microstructure science and alloy design, with a particular focus on active learning for autonomous experiment planning and execution.

 

postdoctoral opportunity: Scientific machine learning methods for trustable accelerated materials characterization and design

Publications

Flexible formulation of value for experiment interpretation and design

Author(s)
Matthew Carbone, Hyeong Jin Kim, Chandima Fernando, Shinjae Yoo, Daniel Olds, Howie Joress, Brian DeCost, Bruce D. Ravel, Yugang Zhang, Phillip Michael Maffettone
The challenge of optimal design of experiments pervades materials science, physics, chemistry, and biology. Bayesian optimization has been used to address this
Created September 12, 2019, Updated January 18, 2024