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X-WR-CALNAME:ChE Graduate Seminar - Dr. Gabe Gomes\, Carnegie Mellon Univer
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DESCRIPTION:Autonomous Chemical Research with Large Language Models\n\nAbst
 ract: : Transformer-based large language models are making significant str
 ides in various fields\, such as natural language processing\, biology\, c
 hemistry\, and computer programming. Here\, we show the development and ca
 pabilities of Coscientist\, an artificial intelligence system that autonom
 ously designs\, plans\, and performs complex experiments by incorporating 
 large language models empowered by tools such as internet and documentatio
 n search\, code execution\, and experimental automation. Coscientist showc
 ases its potential for accelerating research across six diverse tasks\, in
 cluding the successful reaction optimization of palladium-catalysed reacti
 ons.\n\nBiosketch: Gabe leads the Gomes Group at Carnegie Mellon Universit
 y\, where he joined as an assistant professor in the departments of Chemis
 try and Chemical Engineering in January 2022. He holds affiliations with C
 MU’s Machine Learning Department\, the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Ene
 rgy Innovation\, and the CMU Cloud Lab. Gabe serves as an ad-hoc AI for Sc
 ience advisor to government agencies\, non-profit organizations\, and comp
 anies\, including the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White
  House and the UK AI Safety Institute.\n\n Gabe hails from Brazil\, where 
 he received his BSc in Chemistry with Technological Attributes from Federa
 l University of Rio de Janeiro in 2013\, with an academic exchange year at
  the University of Lisbon\, Portugal. He earned his PhD in 2018 from Flori
 da State University\, under the guidance of Professor Igor Alabugin\, wher
 e he also was awarded a LASER Fellowship in 2014 and a 2016 IBM PhD Schola
 rship. At FSU\, Gabe's research was centered on the relationship between m
 olecular structure and reactivity\, focusing on the development and applic
 ations of stereoelectronic effects. His PhD work earned him the FSU's Grad
 uate Student Research and Creativity Award\, the ACS COMP Chemical Computi
 ng Group Excellence Award\, and the selection for the CAS SciFinder Future
  Leaders Program. In 2019\, Gabe joined the University of Toronto and Vect
 or Institute for Artificial Intelligence as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  in the Matter Lab\, led by Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik. In 2020\, Gabe w
 as awarded the prestigious NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship with the 
 project “Designing Catalysts with Artificial Intelligence.”\n\n Gabe's
  vision has been recognized by Chemical & Engineering News in his selectio
 n as one of 2022's Talented 12 in what he calls "transformative digital mo
 lecular design"\; in 2024\, he was selected as a Scialog Fellow for Automa
 ting Chemical Laboratories\, a program organized by the Research Corporati
 on for Science Advancement.\n\n The Gomes Group aims to merge state-of-the
 -art machine learning\, computational chemistry\, and automation for react
 ion discovery and optimization. The group is pioneering the integration of
  foundation models into chemical sciences and engineering via the developm
 ent of intelligent agents that can autonomously design\, plan\, and execut
 e sophisticated experiments on automated and cloud labs. Their cross-disci
 plinary pursuits extend into fields such as robotics and biomaterials\, ul
 timately shaping conversational interfaces that democratize access to adva
 nced scientific tools. The Gomes group is part of the NSF Centers for Comp
 uter-Assisted Synthesis (C-CAS)\, Chemoenzymatic Synthesis (C-CES)\, and A
 ccelerated Photocatalysis (CAP)\, as well as the Catalysis Innovation Cons
 ortium (CIC).\n\nHost: Dr. John Keith
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LOCATION:Benedum Hall\, 102
SUMMARY:ChE Graduate Seminar - Dr. Gabe Gomes\, Carnegie Mellon University
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/che-graduate-seminar-dr-gabe-
 gomes-carnegie-mellon-university
CATEGORIES:Lectures\, Symposia\, Etc.
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