In June 2022, as a side event of the Indtech Conference in Grenoble, EMIRI organized the Workshop “Re-inventing Materials Research: Towards accelerated development by closely orchestrating AI, data, robotics, and high-performance computing”. The topic raised immediately a strong interest and the participants were able to engage in meaningful discussions. A white paper on this topic was suggested as the first step of a future coordinated action for the materials community.
2 years later, we are finally able to announce the publication of this policy paper on Materials Acceleration Platforms (MAPs) written by more than 30 co-authors from more than 20 organisations. Congratulations to all the authors for the great work!
ABOUT THE PAPER:
Climate Change and Materials Criticality challenges are driving urgent responses from global governments. These global responses drive policy to achieve sustainable, resilient, clean solutions with Advanced Materials (AdMats) for industrial supply chains and economic prosperity. The research landscape comprising industry, academe, and government identified a critical path to accelerate the Green Transition far beyond slow conventional research through Digital Technologies that harness Artificial Intelligence, Smart Automation and High Performance Computing through Materials Acceleration Platforms, MAPs. In this perspective, following the short paper, a broad overview about the challenges addressed, existing projects and building blocks of MAPs will be provided while concluding with a review of the remaining gaps and measures to overcome them.
Read the full Policy paper here.
