Workshop on AI for Semiconductor Discovery and Autonomous Materials Research 

Martiño Ríos-García 

PhD Candidate https://lamalab.org/ , computational chemistry

Affiliation: Friedrich Schiller University Jena 

Talk Title: Do AI Scientists Do Science?

Pepe Márquez

Affiliation: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin & CUSP AI

Talk Title: A Federated Research Data Infrastructure for Next-Generation Solar Cell Materials 

Taro Hitosugi 

Professor & Founder of the Hitosugi lab https://solid-state-chemistry.jp/english/index.html

Affiliation: University of Tokyo, Department of Chemistry School of Science

Talk Title: Modular Autonomous Thin-film Research Platform

Angel Yanguas-Gil 

Director, Argonne Microelectronics Institute, & Principal Materials Scientist

Affiliation: Argonne National Laboratory

Talk Title: Design and performance of AI agents interfacing with atomic layer deposition tools 

Robert Lange 

Founding Research Scientist https://sakana.ai/ & PhD Candidate https://www.sprekelerlab.org/ 

Affiliation: TU Berlin

Talk Title: Toward Open-Ended Agentic Discovery: LLMs as Artists Scientists and Evolutionary Engines 

Jan N. van Rijn 

Associate Professor and co-lead of the Automated Design of Algorithms group (ADA) 

Affiliation: Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science  

Talk Title: Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) for Science  

Andreas Werbrouck 

Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Solid State Sciences https://www.andreaswerbrouck.be/ 

Affiliation: Ghent University

Talk Title: LLM agents for discovery in Atomic Layer Deposition