Program 03

AI for Science: Scientific Modeling and Discovery

Scientists collaborating in a laboratory

Research Theme

We use AI to understand, model, and discover complex scientific laws, moving scientific practice from purely data-driven workflows toward mechanism-aware discovery.

Core Issues

  • Integrating data-driven methods with physical and chemical mechanisms
  • Low-data scientific problems
  • Interpretability and scientific discovery capacity
  • Model generalization and transfer across systems

Research Content

PDEs and Scientific Computing

Keywords: continuous-system modeling / learning physical laws

  • Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs)
  • Neural operators such as FNO and DeepONet
  • Accelerated scientific simulation and surrogate models

AI Drug Discovery and Molecular Design

Keywords: discrete structures plus biochemical systems

  • Molecular generative models including Diffusion and Graph Models
  • Protein structure and interaction modeling
  • Drug screening and property prediction (ADMET)
  • Structure-property learning

Data-driven Scientific Discovery

Keywords: moving from calculation to discovery

  • Scientific law discovery with symbolic regression and discovery tools
  • AI-driven experimentation
  • Multi-scale modeling

Application Scenarios

  • Materials design
  • AI drug discovery
  • Energy and chemical systems
  • Industrial process modeling