SAMPL Survey

As you may know, the SAMPL series of blinded prediction challenges focuses on relatively simple, but still difficult, challenges, such as the prediction of hydration free energies, distribution coefficients, host-guest binding affinities, and affinities of small molecules for model binding sites in proteins. SAMPL thus complements D3R, which focus on systems of direct pharmaceutical interest.

Organizers of SAMPL are now developing plans for future challenges and seeking funding to support them. Your input is invited via a brief survey, which is accompanied by a draft roadmap of activities over the next ~5 years.