Jun 23 – 25, 2025
University of South Dakota
US/Central timezone

Invited Speakers and Keynote Speakers

Name Affiliation Specialization Keynote Speaker 
Fei Paeng Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Clemson University Oxide ceramics, laser additive manufacturing, machine learning  
Prof. Vladan Stevanovic Colorado Mines High-throughput defect calculations Keynote Speaker
Prof. Vojtech Vleck UCSB Neural networks for quantum many-body simulations  
Prof. Geoffroy Hautier Dartmouth High-throughput defects for quantum computing with the Materials Project Keynote speaker
Prof. Vikram Gavini U Michigan Ann Arbor Machine learning DFT exchange and correlation functionals Keynote Speaker
Oliver Schulz Staff Scientist, Max Planck Institute, Munich, Germany Particle and nuclear physics, machine learning  
Qi An Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University Machine learning in materials research  
Debswapna Bhattacharya Associate Professor, Computer Science, Virginia Tech Machine learning  
Patrick Johnson Iowa State AI for laser-induced graphene production  
Chenxu Yu Iowa State University  AI/ML aided assesment of nanoplastics in agricultural and biological systems  
Arunima Singh  Arzonia State University  Data-Driven Discovery and Design of Materials Surfaces and Interfaces  
Jonathan Claussen  Iowa State University  Data-Driven Materials Discovery for nonao biosensors   
Lars Kotthoff  University of Wyoming     
Chiho Kim  Georgia Tech  Polymers & Formulations Informatics: Recent Developments & Critical Next Steps  
Feliciano Giustino University of Texas at Austin  High-throughput calculations of carrier transport in semiconductors  
Konstantin Matchev University of Alabama  AI in Particle and Nuclear Phsyics   
Tingting Yan Texas tech University  AI in Supply Chian   
Amir Barati Farimani Carnegie Mellon University  The Role of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Machine Learning in Materials Research  
Sandeep Shah Amazon     
Kate Moore MIT Education for K-12   
Caide Xiao  Canada  Education and Outreach Training in AI   
Dongming Mei University of South Dakota Workshop goals and Objectives