Schedule

The talks are broadcasted in real time. 

Please use the following Zoom link:

https://epfl.zoom.us/j/68471409220?pwd=S1ZUWDdlbGxpVFF0WDkvakZGZmNEQT09

Talks will NOT be recorded, sorry.

Monday, June 19 - afternoon session

GEOMETRIC LEARNING


14:00 - 14:45         Christof Schütte - Zuze Institute Berlin

   Christoph von Tycowicz - Zuze Institute Berlin

      Title: Geometric Learning of Transition Manifold


14:50 - 15:35        Risi Kondor - University of Chicago

   Eirk Thiede - Flatiron Institute

  Title: Deconstructing Graph Neural Networks using Group Theory   


15:40 - 16:00       COFFEE BREAK


16:00 - 16:45 Micheal Bronstein - University of Oxford

   Francesco di Giovanni - University of Cambridge

      Title: On over-squashing and expressivity: can GNNs mix variables? From theory to physics-inspired solutions


16:45 - 17:30         PANEL DISCUSSION

POSTER SESSION

Tuesday, June 20 - morning session

ML for BIOPHYSICS


9:00 - 9:45        John Chodera - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

                    Title: Teaching free energy calculations to learn

    Nicholas Runcie - University of Edinburgh

      Title: Molecule generation for protein binding pockets


9:50 - 10:35           Gianni de Fabritiis - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    Guillem Simeon - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  Title: Enhancing machine learning potentials for molecular dynamics simulations


10:40 - 11:00       COFFEE BREAK


11:00 - 11:45 Lucy Colwell - University of Cambridge

      Oliver Unke - Google Brain

      Title: TBA


11:45 - 12:30         PANEL DISCUSSION

Tuesday, June 20 - afternoon session

DATASETS in SCIENTIFIC ML


14:00 - 14:45         Volker Deringer - University of Oxford

   Joe Morrow - University of Oxford

      Title: Data-driven interatomic potentials


14:50 - 15:35        Boris Kozinsky - Harvard University

  Simon Batzner - Harvard University 

      Title: From density functionals to equivariant models


15:40 - 16:00       COFFEE BREAK


16:00 - 16:45 Ekin Dogus Cubuk - Google Brain

    Amil Merchant - Google Research

         Title: Scaling Deep Learning for Materials Discovery



16:45 - 17:30         PANEL DISCUSSION

Wednesday, June 21 - morning session

GENERATIVE MODELS


9:00 - 9:45        Frank Noe - Microsoft Research

    Jonas Köhler - Microsoft Research

      Title: Generating equilibrium structures for molecules


9:50 - 10:35           Max Welling - Microsoft Research

    Title: Opportunities for Machine Learning in Physics and Chemistry across spatiotemporal scales

      Marloes Arts - University of Copenhagen

  Title: Two for One: Diffusion Models and Force Fields for Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics


10:40 - 11:00       COFFEE BREAK


11:00 - 11:45 Bjørk Hammer - Aarhus University

      Mads-Peter Christiansen - Aarhus University

      Title: Reinforcement learning of atomistic structure


11:45 - 12:30         PANEL DISCUSSION

Wednesday, June 21 - afternoon session

ML for CHEMISTRY


14:00 - 14:45         Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli - MIT

   Soojung Yang - MIT

      Title: Learning potentials, uncertainties, paths and scales end to end with gradient descent


14:50 - 15:35        Olexandr Isayev - Carnegie Mellon University

   Title: AIMNet2: Robust neural network potential for organic, element-organic molecules and chemical reactions

   Ganna Gryn'ova  - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies

   Title: Quantum-inspired representation for atoms, molecules, and periodic systems


15:40 - 16:00       COFFEE BREAK


16:00 - 16:45 Micheal Gastegger - Microsoft Research

   Rhyan Barrett - University of Leipzig

      Title: Machine learning potentials for ground and excited states


16:45 - 17:30         PANEL DISCUSSION

Thursday, June 22 - morning session

LONG-RANGE INTERACTIONS


9:00 - 9:45        Alex Tkatchenko - University of Luxembourg

    Dahvyd Wing - University of Luxembourg

      Title: Unifying machine learning force fields with physical models for many-body interactions


9:50 - 10:35           Stefan Goedecker - University of Basel

      Jonas Finkler - University of Basel

  Title: From CENT to 4th Generation High Dimensional Neural Network Potential


10:40 - 11:00       COFFEE BREAK


11:00 - 11:45 Markus Meuwly - University of Basel

      Kai Töpfer - University of Basel

      Title: Probing Long-Range Interactions in Simulations Using Machine Learned PESs: 

 Applications to Chemical Reactions and Spectroscopy


11:45 - 12:30         PANEL DISCUSSION

Thursday, June 22 - afternoon session

NEW DIRECTIONS


14:00 - 14:45         Teodoro Laino - IBM

   Alessandra Toniato - IBM

      Title: Fueling the Digital Chemistry Revolution with Language Models


14:50 - 15:35        Matthias Troyer - Microsoft Research 

   Chi Chen - Microsoft Research

  Title: Azure Quantum: Accelerating Scientific Discovery


15:40 - 16:00       COFFEE BREAK


16:00 - 16:45 Moksh Jain - University of Montreal

   Tristan Deleu - University of Montreal

      Title: GFlowNets for Scientific Discovery


16:45 - 17:30         PANEL DISCUSSION

Friday, June 23 - morning session

ML for MATERIALS


9:00 - 9:45       Bingqing Cheng - Institute for Science and Technology Austria

            Title: Ab initio thermodynamics and beyond

    Zezhu Zeng - Institute for Science and Technology Austria

    Title: Water Dissociation on pristine low-index TiO2 surfaces


9:50 - 10:35           Karsten Reuter - Fritz Haber Institute

                    Title: Out of the Crystalline Comfort Zone: ML-Enhanced Modelling of Operando Energy Conversion Systems

    Johannes Margraf - Fritz Haber Institute

  Title: Long-Ranged Electrostatic Machine Learning Potentials


10:40 - 11:00       COFFEE BREAK


11:00 - 11:45 Nongnuch Artrith - Utrecht University

      Title: Accelerated Sampling Strategies and Machine Learning Potentials for Modeling Non-Crystalline Energy Materials

      Tobias Morawietz - Bayer

      Title: Machine Learning-Accelerated QM Calculations for Industrial Applications: From Gas-Phase Conformers to Molecular Crystals


11:45 - 12:30         PANEL DISCUSSION