Here is an example of that sort of thing, using gradient descent as a starting point: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0611451 https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0611451. It

Here is an example of that sort of thing, using gradient descent as a starting point: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0611451 https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0611451. It is technically about spherical codes rather than the kissing problem specifically, but they are closely related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_code