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SUMMARY:Harnessing AI and Robotics for Materials Discovery - Andrew I. Coo
 per\, University of Liverpool\, UK
DTSTART:20180312T133000Z
DTEND:20180312T143000Z
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CONTACT:Tameem Adel
DESCRIPTION:The Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design
  aims to drive a design revolution for functional materials at the atomic 
 scale by fusing chemical knowledge with state-of-the-art computer science 
 and automation in an interdisciplinary team.\nThe global importance of thi
 s vision exceeds computer-aided design for large-scale engineering structu
 res\, which has transformed modern society.\nThe Centre will help to bridg
 e the current design gap by fusing leading-edge synthesis concepts from th
 e physical sciences with ideas from the forefront of computer science\, al
 ongside experts in robotics\, engineering\, management and social science.
 \nThis discipline mix will transform our ability to design and synthesize 
 new materials\, which has far reaching implications for society. Instead o
 f targeting specific materials or their applications\, our goal is to chan
 ge the way that we approach the design problem. This needs new tools\, lon
 g-term thinking\, and the right working environment.\n\nIn this lecture\, 
 I will outline the following areas of activity:\n• The use of crystal st
 ructure prediction and 'energy-structure-function maps' (Nature 2017) for 
 the a priori design of functional materials\, and new ideas for machine le
 arning properties from these maps.\n• The use of robotic platforms for d
 iscovering catalysts for clean hydrogen production and new ideas for devel
 oping autonomous discovery protocols driven by AI.\n• Our programme in m
 obile robots and the development of cobots that are intended to work eithe
 r autonomously or cooperatively in research labs alongside human researche
 rs (below).
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, CBL Seminar room B
 E4-38
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