News & Events
News, updates, and upcoming events from AI-MI highlighting research advances, partnerships, and people accelerating AI-driven materials discovery for energy, sustainability, and quantum technologies.
AI-MI Summer Undergraduate Research Program Kicks Off for 2026
The AI-MI Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) began its 10-week run on June 1, 2026, running through August 7. The program offers two tracks — SURP Materials Track, run jointly with Cornell's CHESS REU program, and SURP AI Track conducted in collaboration...
Kilian Weinberger Delivers Keynote at Cornell Tech’s Inaugural Frontiers of AI Summit
AI-MI faculty member Kilian Weinberger, professor of computer science at Cornell, gave a keynote — "Think Before You Speak: Next-Gen LLMs with Global Reasoning and External Memory" — at the inaugural Frontiers of AI Summit on May 27, 2026, held at Cornell Tech's...
AI-MI Community Convenes for 2026 Annual Meeting
Members of the NSF Artificial Intelligence Materials Institute gathered May 19–20, 2026 for the AI-MI Annual Meeting, a two-day, in-person convening of the institute's community across its partner institutions.
AI-MI Marks Milestone with Launch of New NVIDIA-Powered Computing Cluster
AI-MI marks a major milestone with the launch of a new NVIDIA-powered computing cluster, significantly expanding its capacity for AI-driven materials research. The new infrastructure enables rapid, on-desk development and supports researchers across the AI-MI network in tackling complex scientific challenges.
Watch our AI-MI Seminar Series talks, live on YouTube!
This bi-weekly series brings together leading researchers at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and materials science. It highlights advances in AI-enabled discovery and data-driven materials research while fostering interdisciplinary...
Upcoming NVIDIA GTC Session with Eun-Ah Kim
Visionary thought leaders Eun-Ah Kim (Cornell University) and Marinka Zitnik (Harvard Medical School) join AI conference NVIDIA GTC to share how their research teams are applying robust, domain-specific AI frameworks to reshape the future of their fields.
Sneak Peek: AI-MI’s New Computing Units
It is shiny hardware moment for AI-MI, as three golden NVIDIA-powered computing units have arrived and are now installed at their new home at AI-MI.
Two Summer Research Opportunities for Undergrads
Join a cross-disciplinary summer program uniting AI, data science, and materials research through mentored projects, seminars, and real-world discovery! The AI-MI Summer Undergraduate Research Program has two tracks building upon new collaborations between the NSF...
Now Recruiting Institute Postdocs!
AI-MI seeks postdoctoral researchers to drive rapid, AI-enabled discovery of next-generation materials for energy, sustainability and quantum technologies. Join our interdisciplinary team advancing reproducible, data-centric materials science.

