The Artificial Intelligence for Design (AI for Design) Challenge program develops and provides AI technologies and capabilities to accelerate discovery, R&D, and innovation processes.
With its collaborators, the AI for Design Challenge program advances algorithms, methods and datasets to assist engineers, researchers and scientists with design and scientific discovery.
These technologies will be applied to discoveries in health, materials for clean fuels, and high-throughput and secure networks.
Artificial Intelligence for Design Challenge program (Transcript)
About the Program
Areas of focus
News and events
Latest news
Events
- March 30, 2021: Carleton University Data Day 7.1 - Online
Projects and teams
- AI for drug design
- AI for precision discovery on associations in biological systems
- AI for design of multi-targeted therapeutics
- AI protein design for drugs and gene therapies
- AI for simulation of biological systems
- Digital-twin of bioreactor for accelerated design and optimal operations in production of complex biologics
- AI-enabled design of aptamer sensors
- AI-assisted miniaturization of integrated photonic components
- AI-assisted inverse design of nanophotonic components
- AI-based shape optimization
- Quantum enhanced design for materials and chemistry
- Designing a friction stir welding process
- Intelligent design with deep generative models and reinforcement learning
- Automated material synthesis using deep reinforcement learning
- AI for simulation and design of materials with targeted properties
- Fast spectroscopic signatures accelerated by deep learning
- Use of artificial intelligence to speed up numerical simulations: application to the design of superconducting tapes for energy and medicine domains
Getting involved
The program's first engagement activities have been completed and an initial group of projects has been identified. There will be ongoing future opportunities for Canadian and international universities, colleges, centres of excellence, not-for-profit organizations, governmental research organizations, and highly innovative firms with an interest in applying AI to scientific discovery and development to get involved.
Grant and contribution funding will be available through the NRC's National Program Office for eligible collaborators who offer complementary expertise. This may include contributions to collaborative R&D as well as equipment needed for research in fundamental areas.
Contact us
If you are interested in collaborating with us, making investments in this area, or if you have any questions, please contact:
Kevin Thomson
Program Leader, AI for Design Challenge Program
Telephone: 613-991-0868
Email: NRC.AIDesign-IAConception.CNRC@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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