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Trends in the Use of AI in Materials Science from the 2023 MRS Fall Meeting

The MRS Spring/Fall Meeting held by the Materials Research Society (MRS) in every spring and fall is one of the most prominent conferences in the materials science, attracting more than 10,000 researchers from around the world each year. “Materials Computing and Data Science,” a session specifically dedicated to the topic of Machine Learning/Lab Automation, is particularly growing in size every year. Until the 2020 MRS Fall Meeting, this session was only the subtopic of one session and covered about 4% of the total sessions, but by the 2023 MRS Fall Meeting, related research had grown to be approximately 9% of the total based on the by number of sessions and presentations. This trend is noticeable first-hand via Professor Alan Aspuru-guzik of the University of Toronto, a pioneer in AI-driven materials development who first developed the inverse design of molecules, delivering the keynote lecture “The Future of Chemistry is Self-Driving” to kick off the conference. (Image 1) Additionally, the conference was attended by big tech companies including Google, IBM, and Microsoft, further showcasing the interest of IT companies in materials development. Image 1. …

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05 Jan 2024 00:00 UTC

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