Automating New Materials Discovery: How UL Research Institutes & Uncountable use AI, Machine Learning, and High-Throughput Experimentation to Accelerate the Pace of Discovery

DATE

October 1, 2025

TIME

8:00 a.m. PDT, 11:00 a.m. EDT, 16:00 BST, 17:00 CEST - Duration: 60 Minutes

Overview

This joint session will demonstrate how UL’s Materials Discovery Research Institute and Uncountable’s AI-driven informatics platform collaborate to create an advanced materials discovery pipeline. Attendees will learn how high-throughput experimentation, advanced simulation, and AI-guided decision-making can rapidly explore vast chemical spaces, prioritize the most promising experiments, and feed results back into subsequent iterations. By integrating automated synthesis and characterization with data-centric machine-learning tools, UL Research Institutes and Uncountable aim to reduce discovery timelines from decades to years, enabling the rapid development of materials that address climate- and safety-related challenges.

Key Learning Objectives:

Integrating AI, machine learning, and high-throughput experimentation into a seamless pipeline for rapid materials innovation
Leveraging automated synthesis, characterization, and simulation to efficiently explore vast chemical spaces
Prioritizing high-impact experiments using data-driven decision-making to dramatically reduce discovery timelines
Enabling the rapid development of advanced materials that address critical climate and safety challenges

Who Should Attend:

Laboratory managers
Chromatographers
New product developers

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Speakers

Akshay Talekar
Data Science Lead,
UL MDRI

Kelly McSweeney
Contributing Editor,
C&EN Media Group

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