Argonne researchers using artificial intelligence to shape the future of science

Artificial intelligence is being called "the next generation of the way we do science." At Argonne, researchers are leveraging the lab's state-of-the-art-facilities and unparalleled expertise to shape the very future of science. While artificial intelligence (AI) is already part of our daily lives in countless ways -- from the facial recognition on our smartphones to e-commerce to a doctor's ability to make more accurate medical diagnoses -- researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are leading efforts to leverage AI to accelerate new and potentially transformative discoveries in science. "What we are interested in is how we can apply the same advances to scientific problems -- to discover things faster, to discover things we could not have previously known," said Ian Foster, director of Argonne's Data Science and Learning division. "We believe AI methods can provide humans with very powerful, knowledgeable and imaginative assistance that can accelerate the discovery process."