Computational Science Seminar sponsored jointly by the University of Chicago,

Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab

LTuesday, Jan. 14, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (US/Central)

Fermilab - Wilson Hall, Curia II

More information/video link: https://indico.fnal.gov/event/22805/

Abstract: I will describe an emerging “AI for Science” initiative at Argonne National Laboratory to advance the concept of Arti�cial Intelligence (AI) aimed at addressing challenging problems in science. We aim in this initiative to: (1) identify those scienti�c problems where existing AI and machine learning methods can have an immediate impact (and organize teams and e�orts to realize that impact); (2) identify areas of where new AI methods are needed to meet the unique needs of science research (frame problems, develop test cases, outline work needed to make progress); and (3) develop the means to automate scienti�c experiments, observations, and data generation to accelerate the overall scienti�c enterprise. Science o�ers plenty of hard problems to motivate and drive AI research, from complex multimodal data analysis to integration of symbolic and data intensive methods, to coupling large-scale simulation and machine learning to drive improved training to control and accelerate simulations. A major sub-theme is that of working toward the automation of scienti�c discovery through integration of machine learning (active learning and reinforcement learning) with simulation and automated high-throughput experimental laboratories. I will provide some examples of projects underway and lay out a set of long-term driver problems.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Ian Foster is Senior Scientist and Distinguished Fellow, and also director of the Data Science and Learning Division, at Argonne National Laboratory, and the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago. Ian received a BSc degree from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a PhD from Imperial College, United Kingdom, both in computer science. His research deals with distributed, parallel, and data-intensive computing technologies, and innovative applications of those technologies to scienti�c problems in such domains as materials science, climate change, and biomedicine. Foster is a fellow of the AAAS, ACM, BCS, and IEEE, and an O�ce of Science Distinguished Scientists Fellow.

AI for Science at Argonne

Dr. Ian Foster