# Need help with 'Accelerating optimization via machine learning with surrogate models'

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/need-help-with-accelerating-optimization-via-machine-learning-with-surrogate-models/35717>\
**Category:** Optimization (Mathematical)\
**Tags:** gsoc\
**Created:** [March 8, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/need-help-with-accelerating-optimization-via-machine-learning-with-surrogate-models/35717 "2020-03-08T12:22:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![viralnatani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c89c15/32.png) [@viralnatani](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/viralnatani)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/need-help-with-accelerating-optimization-via-machine-learning-with-surrogate-models/35717/1 "2020-03-08T12:22:12Z")

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Hello everyone! I am a student and willing to participate in Google Summer Of Code 2020. I am interested in working on project “Accelerating optimization via machine learning with surrogate models”. But I am unable to figure out where to start. Please guide me with the same.

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**Author:** ![ChrisRackauckas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chrisrackauckas/32/77_2.png) [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/need-help-with-accelerating-optimization-via-machine-learning-with-surrogate-models/35717/2 "2020-03-08T12:34:50Z")

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Hey! You might want to jump onto the Slack. [https://slackinvite.julialang.org/](https://slackinvite.julialang.org/)

> **[GitHub - SciML/Surrogates.jl: Surrogate modeling and optimization for...](https://github.com/SciML/Surrogates.jl)**
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> Surrogate modeling and optimization for scientific machine learning (SciML) - GitHub - SciML/Surrogates.jl: Surrogate modeling and optimization for scientific machine learning (SciML)

That’s the library. There are things marked “Good First Issue” that would be good starting points.

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**Author:** ![viralnatani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c89c15/32.png) [@viralnatani](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/viralnatani)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/need-help-with-accelerating-optimization-via-machine-learning-with-surrogate-models/35717/3 "2020-03-08T12:41:30Z")

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Thank you soo much! @ChrisRackauckas