004 Prof. Jillian Buriak - Publishing, Open Data, and Informatics in Materials Research
DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast
Release Date: 01/10/2019
010 Dr. Cynthia Arnold - The business case for materials informatics
DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Bryce Meredig and Dr. Arnold discuss: The business case for adopting data-driven methodologies and materials informatics within materials and chemicals organizations Suggestions for kicking off digital initiatives within materials and chemicals organizations Cynthia’s wide-ranging career in the materials industry, and her perspective on the impact that data-driven R&D can have on the pace of innovation within an organization The similarities between Six Sigma and materials informatics adoption and implementation How materials informatics and a data strategy can help...
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009 Mayor of Pittsburgh Bill Peduto - Building a Technology Hub for All
DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast
Mayor Bill Peduto provides an overview of the history of Pittsburgh’s connection to advanced analytics and technology, and talks about why Pittsburgh has become a hub for artificial intelligence innovation.
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008 Joerg Hellwig - Digital Transformation in the Materials and Chemicals Industry
DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast
In this episode, Joerg Hellwig, Chief Digital Officer of LANXESS AG, provides an Industry perspective on how the acceleration of new product development plays a crucial role in a company’s success, and how data is a critical enabler of this acceleration.
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007 Prof. Kristin Persson of the Materials Project – Building a Global Materials Informatics Platform
DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast
Summary: This episode focuses on Prof. Kristin Persson’s work directing the Materials Project, where she had her group have built an open-source materials informatics platform that reaches over 75,000 users worldwide. In this episode, Dr. Bryce Meredig and Prof. Persson discuss: The founding of the Materials Project and how it has grown into a widely used global open-source platform Recruiting and supporting a multidisciplinary group that touches materials science, chemistry, high-performance computing, and scalable web development The motivation for making all Materials...
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006 Dr. Peter Murray-Rust - Promoting Open Science Through Advocacy, Software, & Community Building
DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast
Summary: This episode focuses on Dr. Murray-Rust’s work in advocacy, community building, and software development to create a more open scientific community in chemistry and materials. In this episode, Dr. Bryce Meredig and Prof. Murray-Rust discuss: How Peter’s research background in crystallography inspired him to lead the development of tools and communities around open science and open data Lessons the materials and chemistry communities can learn from bioscience to create a more open community in scientific publishing The impact that open data and open research can have...
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005 Prof. John Mauro - Developing a Data-Driven Materials Workforce
DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast
Summary: This episode highlights opportunities, challenges, and solutions around building a successful cross-functional, data-driven Research and Development team. In this episode, Dr. Bryce Meredig and Prof. Mauro discuss: Prof.Mauro’s early interest in computer programming, and how that shaped his career Challenges and opportunities for applying data-driven modeling techniques, like machine learning, to materials development Keys to a successful cross-functional materials research and development team The importance of a data-driven culture and strategy for commercial...
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004 Prof. Jillian Buriak - Publishing, Open Data, and Informatics in Materials Research
DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Bryce Meredig and Prof. Buriak discuss: Prof. Buriak’s perspective on Open Data and its impact on scientific publishing. The influence of machine learning and AI on professional societies. The Buriak Group’s recent research applying ML and informatics to photovoltaic materials research. How Prof. Buriak utilizes Twitter and social media to grow her professional network and learn about new breakthroughs in the scientific community. How Prof. Buriak became actively involved in the scientific publishing realm. "A journal is more than simply publishing scientific...
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003 Dr. Chris Wolverton - Defining Materials Informatics
DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast
This episode explores the definition of materials informatics. In this episode, Dr. Bryce Meredig and Dr. Wolverton discuss: The evolution of Dr. Wolverton’s research and his group’s’ focus on computational materials modeling and machine learning. The challenges and opportunities for computational methods and informatics to accelerate new materials discovery. The different methods and tools the Wolverton Group develops to assist in materials research and development. Applications of machine learning to materials research. The prospects of machine learning and data-driven methods...
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002 Dr. Jim Warren and the Materials Genome Initiative
DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast
This episode focuses on the importance of materials data to the materials informatics process, as well an update on the . In this episode, Dr. Meredig and Dr. Warren discuss: How a shared improv background has surprisingly made a positive impact on their scientific careers and technical communication skills. The history of the Materials Genome Initiative, its role in the materials innovation ecosystem, and its future outlook. Successful models of collaboration between policymakers, national labs, academic research groups, and for-profit companies driving innovation in materials...
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001 Introducing DataLab - The Materials Informatics Podcast
DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast
In this podcast, Dr. Bryce Meredig, Chief Science Officer and co-founder of Citrine Informatics, introduces our audience to materials informatics. Materials informatics is the use of computational and data-driven methods to inform materials design, research, and development. This podcast will feature interviews with leaders in government, industry, and academia who are at the cutting edge of the materials informatics revolution. Dr. Meredig and guests will discuss the most important issues scientists may face as they use materials data to accelerate materials and chemicals development, such as...
info_outlineIn this episode, Dr. Bryce Meredig and Prof. Buriak discuss:
- Prof. Buriak’s perspective on Open Data and its impact on scientific publishing.
- The influence of machine learning and AI on professional societies.
- The Buriak Group’s recent research applying ML and informatics to photovoltaic materials research.
- How Prof. Buriak utilizes Twitter and social media to grow her professional network and learn about new breakthroughs in the scientific community.
- How Prof. Buriak became actively involved in the scientific publishing realm.
"A journal is more than simply publishing scientific results, we also are the basis of community." — Prof. Jillian Buriak
Dr. Jillian Buriak. is a professor and the Canada Research Chair at the University of Alberta, where she has researched and co-authored over 100 papers on surface chemistry, nanoscience, synthetic materials, and inorganic nanomaterials.
In addition to her work as a professor, Prof. Buriak has been an editor for Science Magazine and ACS Nano and is currently the editor-in-chief of ACS Chemistry of Materials. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom.
Connect with Dr. Jillian Buriak:
Twitter: @JBuriak
Website: Buriak Research Group
Dr. Bryce Meredig, Chief Science Officer and co-founder of Citrine Informatics, researches the application of machine learning to materials science. He earned his PhD in materials science from Northwestern University, where he focused on materials informatics, and his BAS and MBA at Stanford University, where he is also on the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed publications, including some of the earliest on applying machine learning (ML) to materials development. He was an Arjay Miller Scholar and Terman Fellow at Stanford, and a Presidential Fellow and NDSEG Fellow at Northwestern.
Connect with Bryce:
Twitter: @brycemeredig
Website: Citrine.io
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