Exciting Opportunities in Drug Discovery

The chapter discusses the reasons why this particular period of time in history is exciting and full of opportunities for leveraging data science and machine learning in drug discovery. It explores the factors driving the explosive growth of machine learning in this field and the transition from a luck-based approach to a more systematic and rigorous one. The chapter also highlights the challenges of tracking and managing data and models in drug discovery, emphasizing the need for data science to become more of an engineering discipline.