Fourteen undergraduate researchers completed the AI-MI Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) on Friday, August 7, closing ten weeks at Cornell with final project presentations across both program tracks.
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Jacob Gardner Joins AI-MI as Senior Personnel
AI-MI welcomes Jacob Gardner of the University of Pennsylvania, who joins the institute as senior personnel. Gardner is an expert in probabilistic machine learning and Bayesian optimization, applying generative modeling to scientific discovery —…
AI-MI Researchers Present at M2S 2026 in Stuttgart
Two AI-MI researchers were on the program at M2S 2026 , the flagship international conference on the materials and mechanisms of superconductivity, held in Stuttgart July 19–25. AI-MI Director Eun-Ah Kim (Cornell University) gave an invited talk,…
AI-MI at ICML 2026, Part II
AI-MI researchers continued to make their mark at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026) in Seoul. Kilian Weinberger, serving as ICML 2016 program co-chair, led the selection process for this year’s Test of Time Award; his…
AI-MI Faculty Among Authors of ML-Guided Kagome Superconductor Discovery Covered by Major Science Press
A machine-learning-guided search has identified two new kagome superconductors — YRu₃B₂ and LuRu₃B₂ — in a discovery covered widely by science media including SciTechDaily, ScienceDaily, Interesting Engineering, and TechTimes. The work, led by the SuperC consortium...
AI-MI Faculty Emilia Morosan Named Founding Director of Rice–Max Planck Quantum Materials Partnership
AI-MI senior personnel Emilia Morosan, Trustee Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University and director of the Rice Center for Quantum Materials, has been named founding director of Q-RaMP — a new joint program between Rice University and the Max Planck...
AI-MI Community Well-Represented at ICML 2026 in Seoul
AI-MI was well-represented at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026, Seoul, July 11–19). Eun-Ah Kim, AI-MI Director, co-organized the “AI for Physics” workshop and moderated its opening panel, “AI4Physics and the Current AI Revolution.” John...
Emilia Morosan Organizes International Quantum Materials Synthesis Workshop in Paris
AI-MI faculty member Emilia Morosan — Director of the Rice Center for Quantum Materials and Trustee Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University — organized and keynoted the 2026 RCQM–KAST InterAcademy Global Workshop on Quantum Materials Synthesis, held June...
Keith Brown to Lead Boston University’s Materials Science & Engineering Division
AI-MI faculty member Keith Brown has been named Head of the Division of Materials Science & Engineering at Boston University, effective July 1, 2026. An associate professor of mechanical engineering, materials science and engineering, and physics, Brown is a...