Randall Snurr
Finding materials for fusion energy
Research and Innovation
How we use AI to discover and solve
Across Northwestern, researchers are using AI to tackle complex questions in medicine, science, security, design, the arts and beyond.
AI in Action
AI is changing how Northwestern researchers ask questions, conduct experiments and make discoveries. Read about recent AI-enabled discoveries.
Four Northwestern-affiliated projects selected for the inaugural Genesis Mission
Northwestern researchers are helping develop AI-enabled workflows that connect computation, experimentation and scientific expertise to tackle challenges in fusion energy, quantum technology, sustainable manufacturing and fundamental physics.
Jie Gu
Designing electronics for quantum technologies
Ted Sargent
Turning captured carbon into plastics
Ian Low
Finding better quantum computing strategies
Putting AI to Work
AI is becoming part of the research process at Northwestern: Researchers are using it to analyze datasets, model complex systems, design experiments and accelerate discovery. Northwestern provides the computing infrastructure, expertise and collaborative networks to put these approaches into practice.
20 TB
data per night
Northwestern researchers are developing AI tools to analyze an unprecedented volume of data generated each night by the Rubin Observatory.
300,000+
proteins analyzed
The DREAM Cloud Lab will combine AI and automated experimentation to design and test more than 300,000 proteins, generating new research data.
Spotlight on the Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Applying AI to improve health care and medicine
Feinberg’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM) brings together researchers from medicine, engineering, data science and other fields to develop and apply AI to health care and biomedical research. Its researchers are exploring new ways to use AI to analyze complex biomedical data, advance scientific discovery and develop new approaches to diagnosing, treating and preventing disease.
More Research Centers and Institutes
AI research extends well beyond any single center. Explore how researchers are collaborating across fields through the Network for Collaborative Intelligence.
