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AI-MI at SAIL 2026, the Summit for AI Institutes Leadership

Posted: November 2, 2026
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AI-MI is taking part in SAIL 2026, the annual Summit for AI Institutes Leadership, held November 2–4, 2026, in San Diego, California. Organized by the NSF AI Institutes Virtual Organization (AIVO), SAIL brings together researchers and staff from the national AI Institutes to share research, tools and best practices.

  • AI-MI postdoctoral researcher Aaditya Panigrahi (Cornell) and PhD candidate Jiashuo Wang (Boston University) presented posters.
  • The AI-MI Team presented the institute’s research achievements and broader impact tools at the Institute Showcase.
  • Lead Software Scientist Erik Andersen demoed the AI-MI Superconductor Lookup research tool, now available to the public, along with an AI-MI educational game, the Dot-Partition Game.
  • Jiashuo Wang and his team won first prize in the Graduate Student & Postdoc Grand Challenge. Congratulations!

 

The AI-MI team at SAIL 2026 in San Diego.
The AI-MI team at SAIL 2026 in San Diego.
The AI-MI table at the Institute Showcase.
The AI-MI table at the Institute Showcase.
Erik Andersen demos AI-MI tools at the Institute Showcase.
Erik Andersen demos AI-MI tools at the Institute Showcase.
Aaditya Panigrahi presents the poster “Closing the Prediction–Discovery Loop in Superconductors.”
Aaditya Panigrahi presents the poster “Closing the Prediction–Discovery Loop in Superconductors.”
An AI-MI presentation on screen at SAIL 2026.
An AI-MI presentation on screen at SAIL 2026.
The Grand Challenge jury, from left: Steve Brown, Director of the NSF AI Institutes Virtual Organization (AIVO); Andrew White, co-founder and Head of Science at FutureHouse; and Ala Santos, Managing Director of AI-MI.
The Grand Challenge jury, from left: Steve Brown, Director of the NSF AI Institutes Virtual Organization (AIVO); Andrew White, co-founder and Head of Science at FutureHouse; and Ala Santos, Managing Director of AI-MI.
The winning team of the Graduate Student & Postdoc Grand Challenge, including Jiashuo Wang.
The winning team of the Graduate Student & Postdoc Grand Challenge, including Jiashuo Wang.

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