What is Artificial Intelligence used for in chemistry?

Artificial intelligence and chemistry: an innovative synergy. Far from replacing experimentation, AI accelerates research in chemistry. Thanks to machine learning algorithms and advanced simulations, researchers can explore vast chemical spaces, predict the properties of compounds, and automate complex tasks that were once time-consuming and costly.
The second seminar of the Chemistry Research Cluster dedicated to artificial intelligence in chemistry aims to explore recent advances and future prospects for AI in chemistry, highlighting its impact on research and industry. The plenary lecture entitled "Addressing sustainability challenges in chemistry using AI tools" will be given by Professor Alexei Lapkin (University of Cambridge, UK).

On the agenda

• 2:15 p.m. – Welcome – coffee
• 2:30 p.m. – Prof. Anne Lurent (Director of ISDM and Vice President for Open Science and Research Data at UM); "UM's AI Strategy"
• 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Prof. Alexei Lapkin (Professor of Sustainable Reaction Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK); "Addressing sustainability challenges in chemistry using AI tools"

Speakers

Prof. Anne Lurent (Director of ISDM and Vice President for Open Science and Research Data at UM)

Anne Laurent is a professor of computer science at the University of Montpellier and Vice President for Open Science and Research Data.
A member of LIRMM (FADO team dedicated to the Semantic Web and open science), she conducts research in the fields of databases and artificial intelligence (data warehouses, big data mining, imprecision management, etc.).
Deeply committed to interdisciplinarity and building bridges between different communities, she participates in various structural and research projects at the interfaces. Anne teaches at Polytech Montpellier in the Computer Science and Management department.

Professor Alexei Lapkin (Professor of Sustainable Reaction Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK).

Professor Alexei Lapkin graduated with an MChem from Novosibirsk State University, specializing in membrane gas separation.

He then worked at the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis before moving to the University of Bath, where he was employed as a research officer, which allowed him to complete his PhD in the area of multiphase membrane catalysis.
In September 2009, he was appointed Professor of Engineering at the School of Engineering, University of Warwick, a position he held until April 2013.

He then moved to the University of Cambridge, where he currently serves as Professor of Sustainable Reaction Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.

For the launch of this second seminar on AI in Chemistry, a short and user-friendly format awaits you.

Possibility of credit validation for doctoral students!

See you on April 11 at 2:15 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Balard research building.

Access to campus with a QR code (request for code creation to be sent by email).