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November 9, 2023

Fall 2023 aiM Boot Camp and Student Leadership Council

New aiM trainees were welcomed in August 2023 with our orientation/ boot camp event with technical and professional development sessions.

April 30, 2023

aiM Trainees complete their dissertation defenses

Congratulations to the aiM Trainees completing their dissertation defenses!

December 13, 2022

Applications Open for Fall 2023 cohort - AI for Understanding and Designing Materials (aiM) Program

Share the MGI Vision to radically transform materials development and understanding - apply now for Fall 2023!

November 5, 2022

aiM Digital Learning Project goes to YouTube

We recently chatted with aiM’s newest affiliate member – Prajakta Prabhune (MEMS PhD candidate) – about her work in laying the foundation for aiM’s digital education initiative. Subscribe to the 'aiM Program at Duke University' YouTube channel to access new videos as they become available!

October 20, 2022

Highlights from aiM Boot Camp 2022 and Launch of Student Leadership Council

On August 24th and 25th, the aiM program welcomed the new Fall 2022 cohort of ten doctoral students. Additionally, this fall, the aiM Student Leadership Council was born with the goal of promoting aiM community engagement and providing trainees with leadership opportunities.

September 27, 2022 | Pratt School of Engineering

Harnessing Data for Materials Through Collaboration

Joint NRT Symposium Chicago 2022 saw aiM trainees and project leaders combine for a three-university collaborative event

January 20, 2022

Now Accepting Applications - aiM Fall 2022 Cohort

Share the MGI Vision to radically transform materials development and understanding - apply now for Fall 2022!

January 20, 2022 | Pratt School of Engineering

Cate Brinson Named 2022 A.C. Eringen Medalist

The Society of Engineering Science honored Cate Brinson's seminal contributions in modeling and characterization of polymer nanocomposites and shape memory alloys.

November 23, 2021 | Materials Genome Initiative

Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) releases 2021 Strategic Plan

MGI's 2021 Strategic Plan signifies upcoming emphasis on projects at the intersection of data science, machine learning, and materials science. The aiM Program is called out on page 26.

October 22, 2021 | Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Professor Wins $1 Million Artificial Intelligence Prize, A ‘New Nobel’

Cynthia Rudin becomes second recipient of AAAI Squirrel AI Award for pioneering socially responsible AI.

September 12, 2021 | Duke Science and Technology

Shining a Light in a Black Box: Creating Better Machine Learning Programs

Cynthia Rudin is pushing the field of artificial intelligence

December 3, 2020 | Duke Today

Six from Duke Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Catherine Brinson and co-PI- David L. Banks, were named, along with four other Duke faculty, as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

September 23, 2020 | WRAL TechWire

Duke University Lands $3M Training Grant for Artificial Intelligence Research

September 21, 2020 | Pratt School of Engineering

Filling an AI and Materials Science Training Gap

Duke University awarded $3 million to develop a graduate training program at the nexus of artificial intelligence and materials science