2022 AI + Science Summer School
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Modern artificial intelligence and machine learning will fundamentally change scientific discovery. We are just beginning to understand the possibilities presented by an era of extraordinarily powerful computers coupled with advanced instruments capable of collecting enormous volumes of high-resolution experimental data. Off-the-shelf machine learning tools cannot fully extract the knowledge contained in these datasets, let alone generate new theories and propose future experiments.
The AI + Science summer school is jointly hosted by the Data Science Institute (DSI) and Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI) at the University of Chicago. It will focus on four core themes at the heart of this emerging paradigm of scientific discovery: AI uncovering new laws of nature, AI guiding scientific measurement, physics-informed machine learning, and scientific discovery advancing AI frontiers.
Topics of the summer school will include:
- Physics-informed and -constrained neural networks
- AI for geosciences and climate modeling
- AI-guided search in chemistry and molecular biology
- Tensor networks for classical and quantum systems
- Active learning and AI-guided experimental design
The goal of the program is to introduce a new generation of diverse interdisciplinary graduate students and researchers to the emerging field of AI + Science. We also hope this program can build community and spur new research directions focused on AI-enabled scientific discovery across the physical and biological sciences.
The AI + Science Summer School is intended for the following audiences:
Students: We welcome PhD students from computer science, statistics, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geosciences, and more. Students should have a basic understanding of computational methods in the sciences. Lectures will be accessible to broad audiences to help catalyze new connections across disciplines. Exceptional master’s students and exceptional bachelor’s students will also be welcomed.
Non-Students: Industry practitioners, researchers, faculty, postdocs, professionals, etc.
The 2022 AI + Science Summer School will take place in person at the University of Chicago. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for participants and will abide by recommendations made by UChicago Medicine and the University of Chicago leadership regarding the impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on travel and in-person events.
The organizing committee for the AI + Science Summer School is Yuxin Chen, Aaron Dinner, Ian Foster, Eric Jonas, Yuehaw Khoo, Risi Kondor, David Miller, Brian Nord, Surinarayanan Vaikuntanathan, and Rebecca Willett.