Towards an Artificial Muse for new ideas in Science
Our Liverpool Virtual Seminar Series on Data Intensive Science will continue on Thursday 13th March at 13:00 GMT. The seminar will be given by Mario Krenn of the Max Planck Institute who will present “Towards an Artificial Muse for new ideas in Science”
Seminars in this series cover R&D outside of the data intensive science CDT’s core research areas and give an insight into cutting edge research in this area. At the end of the talk there will be a Q&A session with the speaker.
About the talk
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a potentially disruptive tool for physics and science in general. One crucial question is how this technology can contribute at a conceptual level to help acquire new scientific understanding or inspire new surprising ideas. I will talk about how AI can be used as an artificial muse in physics, which suggests surprising and unconventional ideas and techniques that the human scientist can interpret, understand and generalize to its fullest potential.
About the speaker
Dr Mario Krenn is the research group leader of the Artificial Scientist Lab at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany. His work uses artificial intelligence to augment human creativity in scientific discovery, with a particular emphasis on quantum physics. Dr. Krenn has introduced AI systems that design quantum experiments and hardware, several of which have been realized in laboratories, and developed algorithms to inspire unconventional ideas in quantum technologies. His ERC Starting Grant project, ArtDisQ, aims to transform physics simulators to accelerate the discovery of advanced quantum hardware. He believes that understanding the qualities of great human scientists -- such as creativity, curiosity, and the ability to uncover surprising insights -- is essential for advancing the development of artificial scientists.
How to attend
Participation is free, but you need to register to attend this and other webinars in the series. For more information and how to register please follow this link. Once registered, you will receive the Zoom connection details on the morning of the online seminar.
The seminar details
Speaker: Mario Krenn (Max Planck Institute)
Seminar title: “Towards an Artificial Muse for new ideas in Science”
Date/Time: Thursday 13th March at 13:00 GMT