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As an alternative to a full parameter search, we present a flexible machine learning, data acquisition, and processing framework for optimizing neural stimulation parameters, requiring as few steps as possible using Bayesian optimization. This optimization builds a model of the neural and physiological responses to stimulations, enabling it to optimize stimulation parameters and provide estimates of the accuracy of the response model. The vagus nerve (VN) innervates, among other thoracic and visceral organs, the heart, thus controlling heart rate (HR), making it an ideal candidate for demonstrating the effectiveness of our approach. <jats:italic>Main results.<\/jats:italic> The efficacy of our optimization approach was first evaluated on simulated neural responses, then applied to VN stimulation intraoperatively in porcine subjects. 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