A new research center at Penn State, the Center for Artificial Intelligence Foundations and Scientific Applications, or CENSAI, will unite Penn State researchers to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool to investigate key steps in the scientific process. CENSAI is part of Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, and it includes faculty from across Penn State.
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“The emergence of big data and advances in machine learning have dramatically accelerated some of the key steps in science. However, many key elements of the scientific process remain largely untouched and untamed by artificial intelligence,” said Honavar. “We believe that we can dramatically accelerate scientific progress, potentially by several orders of magnitude, in some disciplines, by effectively addressing these bottlenecks.”
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April 23, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State has launched an expanded initiative in artificial intelligence (AI), termed the AI Hub. It will bring together the University’s considerable resources and talent in AI to further advance its position as a global leader developing fundamental innovations in AI, in using AI and machine learning (ML) to solve the hardest challenges, and to create unique applications of AI and ML in unforeseen areas. The hub also will help to address a national priority for the U.S. to be the world leader in developing responsible AI.
Lora Weiss, senior vice president for research, announced the initiative, which is designed to forge collaborations among Penn State’s AI researchers, centers and institutes and increase the visibility and impact of Penn State’s AI research.
Penn State announced Friday an expanded initiative in the field of artificial intelligence titled AI Hub.
AI Hub will utilize the university s resources in artificial intelligence to advance Penn State s position in AI innovations, according to a statement from the university. The new initiative will also use machine learning to solve the hardest challenges, and to create unique applications of AI and ML in unforeseen areas, according to the statement.
Lora Weiss, senior vice president for research, announced the new initiative and outlined some of its goals. Penn State is poised to take AI to new levels where researchers are already creating new knowledge and discoveries with AI, from tackling climate change to improving health outcomes to developing new materials, Weiss said in the statement.
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$500,000 grant funds creation of institute to advance AI for materials science
An NSF grant will help create the AI-Enabled Materials Discovery, Design, and Synthesis (AIMS) institute, an interdisciplinary effort to leverage AI for materials discovery, design and synthesis.
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A National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will help lay the foundation for an interdisciplinary institute that encourages the use of artificial intelligence-enabled materials discovery, design and synthesis, according to a team of researchers.
Funds from the $500,000 grant will be used to bring together an interdisciplinary team of researchers with complementary expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) and material science to lay the groundwork for an AI-Enabled Materials Discovery, Design, and Synthesis (AIMS) Institute, according to Vasant Honavar, professor, Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State and an Institute for Computational and Data Scien