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UChicago researchers and scholars transform the way we see the world. The Office of Research and National Laboratories provides comprehensive support, guidance and resources to help our researchers advance their work, including connections to world-leading researchers and facilities at Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Giant Magellan Telescope project.
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New AI + Science Grants Fund Projects & Workshops in Chemistry, Physics, and CS Education
Artificial intelligence is a valuable lab assistant, diving deep into scientific literature and data to suggest new experiments, measurements, and methods while supercharging analysis and discovery. AI approaches hold promise for improving models of climate and the...
Two UChicago scientists selected for entrepreneurship program to develop quantum tech
Argonne, Polsky Center will help young inventors commercialize their ideas Two University of Chicago innovators developing quantum technologies are among six selected for Argonne National Laboratory’s entrepreneurship program, Chain Reaction Innovations, which helps...
Researchers to develop AI to help diagnose, understand COVID-19 in lung images
UChicago, Argonne study hopes to learn to identify cases and guide treatment As physicians and researchers grapple with a rapidly-spreading, deadly and novel disease, they need all the help they can get. Many centers are exploring whether artificial intelligence can...
Events
Virtual Mini-Conference: What Makes a Planet Uninhabitable
May 26, 2020
University of Chicago
We've all heard the fascinating question: "What Makes a Planet Habitable?" In this mini-conference, hosted by UChicago, we're investigating the equally puzzling mirror question: "What Makes a Planet Uninhabitable?" We'll be exploring four topics: The Habitability Spectrum (degrees of habitability), Interior-Atmosphere Exchange, M-Star Atmosphere Loss, and Anti-Biosignatures.
Colloquium: WFIRST: Dark Energy and Exoplanets
May 27, 2020
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
The top recommendation for a large space mission in the US 2010 Decadal Survey was the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), which is now on schedule for launch in 2025. Similarities in hardware requirements between proposed dark energy cosmology, exoplanet microlensing, and near infrared surveyor missions allowed for a single mission that would accomplish all three goals.
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Lift & Learn: A Scientific Machine Learning Framework for Learning Low-Dimensional Models for Nonlinear PDEs
June 3, 2020
Argonne National Laboratory
Lift & Learn is a new scientific machine learning framework that incorporates physical knowledge to learn accurate, inexpensive reduced models for complex nonlinear systems.
National Laboratories
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