Materials for Tomorrow 2024

The conference consists of three parts:

• A taste of AI in materials science. In a pre-conference workshop, you will understand basics on AI, and work on and see demonstration on material related examples. Time: 9:00 – 11:50, day 1, Led by Leon Boschman (E-commons).
  
  
• Inspiring examples. National and international researchers share their latest findings on artificial intelligence and its use in materials science.
• Opportunities. You will have opportunities to establish collaborations and learn how to explore AI in your research.

We want Materials for Tomorrow to be a meeting where different perspectives and challenges meet, and where we can highlight all aspects of materials science. Therefore, we always organize a poster exhibition and a photo competition.

Note: You can register for the different parts of the conference, such as the workshop, separately.

Program, 30 October:

Workshop: A taste of AI in Materials Science

9:00 – 11:50 Led by Leon Boschman, Research Engineer, Chalmers e-commons, Physics.
9:50 – 10:10 coffee break
10:50 – 11:00 leg stretch
Target groups: PhD students, masterstudents, postdocs, researchers, who are curious about the basic and application of AI in Materials Science.

11:50 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 13:10 Welcome to the conference,
Maria Abrahamsson, Director for the Area of Advance, Materials Science. Professor at Chemistry and chemical engineering, and coordinator for WISE at Chalmers university of Technology.

Fundamentals of AI and ML

13:10 – 13:55 Stephanie Lowry, Keynote speaker, Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the Center for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems (AASS). Örebro University

13:55 – 14:25 Anders Hellman, Professor at Chemical Physics, Chalmers University of Technology.

14:25 – 15:00 coffee break

15:00 – 15:30 Renaud Gutkin, Adjunct Professor, Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology. Renaud Gutkin works with Research & Development at Volvo Cars Safety Centre. His research focuses on the structural response of composite materials.

15:30 – 16:00 Henrik Moberg, Doctoral Student, Chemical Physics, Physics, Chalmers University of Technology

16:00 Poster session with refreshments
Poster judges in action

Program, 31 October:

8.45. Coffee.

Application of AI and ML in materials and related areas

9:00 – 9:45 Dirk Mohr, Keynote speaker, Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Head of Institute of Virtual Manufacturing, ETH Zürich. Dirk Mohr currently holds the Chair of Artificial Intelligence in Mechanics and Manufacturing (AIMM) at ETH’s Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (MAVT). 

9:45 – 10:15 Maryna Pankratova, Researcher at Department of Physics and Astronomy; Materials Theory, Uppsala University

10:15 – 10:45 coffee break

10:45 – 11:15 Sahar Mahdie Klim al-Zaidawi, Research Engineer, Chalmers e-commons, Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Oscar Ivarsson, Chalmers e-commons, Chalmers Industry Technology.

11:15 – 11:45 Lars Nyborg Professor, Materials and Manufacture, Industrial and Materials Science. Leader of Chalmers Production Area of Advance, Chalmers University of Technology.

11:45 – 13:00 Lunch

Application of AI and ML in materials and related areas

13:15 – 13:45 Romain Bordes, Associate Professor, Applied Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology.

13:45 – 14:15 Mohsen Mirkhalaf, Senior Lecturer, Institution of physics at Gothenburg University.

14:15 – 14:45 Mattias Wahde, Professor, Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology.

14:45 – 15:15 coffee break

Fundings and opportunities in applying AI and ML in materials

15:15 – 16:00 Sverker Holmgren, Professor, Director Chalmers E-commons, Chalmers University of Technology.
Fredrik Johansson, Deputy director, Chalmers Artificial Intelligence Research Centre, CHAIR, Chalmers University of Technology.

16:00 – 16:30 Panel discussion
16:30 Poster prize and photo prize announcements