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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. The global importance of this
  vision exceeds computer-aided design for large-scale engineering structur
 es\, which has transformed modern society. The Centre will help to bridge 
 the current design gap by fusing leading-edge synthesis concepts from the 
 physical sciences with ideas from the forefront of computer science\, alon
 gside experts in robotics\, engineering\, management and social science. T
 his discipline mix will transform our ability to design and synthesize new
  materials\, which has far reaching implications for society. Instead of t
 argeting specific materials or their applications\, our goal is to change 
 the way that we approach the design problem. This needs new tools\, long-t
 erm thinking\, and the right working environment.\n\nIn this lecture\, I w
 ill outline the following areas of activity: • The use of crystal struct
 ure 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. • The use of robotic platforms for di
 scovering catalysts for clean hydrogen production and new ideas for develo
 ping autonomous discovery protocols driven by AI. • Our programme in mob
 ile robots and the development of cobots that are intended to work either 
 autonomously or cooperatively in research labs alongside human researchers
  (below).
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, CBL Seminar room BE
 4-38
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