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While advances in materials informatics have accelerated the development of Self-Driving Laboratories (SDLs), human-led experiments remain standard in many educational and exploratory research laboratories. In specific lab settings, formal…
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The current bulk materials discovery cycle has several inefficiencies from initial computational predictions through fabrication and analyses. Materials are generally evaluated in a singular fashion, relying largely on human-driven…
In the biomedical environment, experiments assessing dynamic processes are primarily performed by a human acquisition supervisor. Contemporary implementations of such experiments frequently aim to acquire a maximum number of relevant events…
Autonomous science platforms which make decisions on the fly are fundamentally changing the outlook for materials development. AI-driven schemes can effectively reduce the total number of iterations needed to arrive at the best…
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Drug discovery is a complex process that involves sequentially screening and examining a vast array of molecules to identify those with the target properties. This process, also referred to as sequential experimentation, faces challenges…
Phase diagrams are an invaluable tool for material synthesis and provide information on the phases of the material at any given thermodynamic condition. Conventional phase diagram generation involves experimentation to provide an initial…
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Humans rely more and more on systems with AI components. The AI community typically treats human inputs as a given and optimizes AI models only. This thinking is one-sided and it neglects the fact that humans can learn, too. In this work,…
Experimental (design) optimization is a key driver in designing and discovering new products and processes. Bayesian Optimization (BO) is an effective tool for optimizing expensive and black-box experimental design processes. While Bayesian…