Schedule
This is a tentative schedule and is subject to change.
Venue: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Please enter through the Blackberry Gate only (do not enter through any other gate).
1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720
Get directions →
Please enter through the Blackberry Gate only (do not enter through any other gate).
Day 1: Human vs Robot July 27, 2026
Location: Building 66, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
| Time | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 8:15 | Registration & breakfast |
| 9:00 | Welcome from the organizers |
| 9:10 | Director & user office |
| 9:25 |
Intro AI for materials science Shijing Sun (University of Cambridge) |
| 9:55 | TBD |
| 10:25 | AM break |
| 10:50 |
Group photo Carolin M. Sutter-Fella (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) |
| 11:05 | Intro teams, projects & materials and characterization aspects for project work |
| 11:45 | Lab safety |
| 11:55 | Lunch |
| 1:00 |
Lab experience start ~7–8 participants per team · 45 min + 5 min transition Project 1: Lab: Human preparation / in situ + lab tour Project 2: Lab: AutoBot synthesis Project 3: Lab: 4D STEM / LLM-MCP Project 4: Lab: Nanocrystal robotic workflow |
| 2:40 | PM break |
| 3:10 | Project work continued |
| 4:50 | Get your computer ready |
Day 2: Tutorials July 28, 2026
Location: Building 66, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
| Time | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 9:00 | Recap, days 2 & 3 overview |
| 9:15 |
Accelerate your science with an AI assistant Anika Promi (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) |
| 10:00 |
Introduction to Google Colab and Gemini-Assisted Coding Hemanth Neelgund Ramesh (University of Washington) |
| 10:30 | AM break |
| 11:00 |
Data with Crucible Morgan Wall (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) |
| 11:45 |
UMAP data clustering Fabrice Roncoroni (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
| 12:30 | Lunch break |
| 1:30 |
Getting Your Data AI-Ready Hemanth Neelgund Ramesh (University of Washington) |
| 2:15 |
ML general overview Marcus Noack (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) |
| 2:30 |
Basics Gaussian Process Surrogate Marcus Noack (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) |
| 3:15 | PM break |
| 3:30 |
Building a Gaussian Process model with gpCAM Marcus Noack (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) |
| 4:15 |
Bayesian optimization Marcus Noack (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) |
| 5:00 |
Wrapping up with AI agent integration Marcus Noack (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) |
Day 3: Tutorials July 29, 2026
Location: Building 66, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
| Time | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 9:00 |
Intro neural network Hemanth Neelgund Ramesh (University of Washington) |
| 9:45 |
Generative models and/or Agentic workflows Hemanth Neelgund Ramesh (University of Washington) |
| 10:30 | AM break |
| 11:00 |
Framing of autonomous labs and physical AI Aldair Ernesto Gongora (Lawrence Livermore National Lab) |
| 11:30 |
Hardware control foundations Aldair Ernesto Gongora (Lawrence Livermore National Lab) |
| 12:15 | Lunch break |
| 1:15 |
System integration connecting devices Aldair Ernesto Gongora (Lawrence Livermore National Lab) |
| 2:00 |
LLM in the loop Aldair Ernesto Gongora (Lawrence Livermore National Lab) |
| 2:45 |
Autonomy Aldair Ernesto Gongora (Lawrence Livermore National Lab) |
| 3:30 | PM break |
| 4:00 |
Group tinkering Aldair Ernesto Gongora (Lawrence Livermore National Lab) & team |
| 5:00 | Wrap up |