Session 8 - Thursday, March 26th, 2026 @ 12:15 - 1:15pm
AI is rapidly becoming a transformative force in scientific discovery and national competitiveness. Beyond automating routine tasks, AI has the potential to reshape how we conduct research—assisting, accelerating, and even automating the entire process of scientific discovery.
This talk explores two dimensions. First, AI for AI research: how AI can push its own boundaries by generating equations, designing experiments, critiquing papers, and assisting in scientific writing. Second, AI for science more broadly: how AI might propose novel mathematical solutions beyond existing methods, advance high-resolution image understanding across disciplines, and distill Coupled Differential Equations from complex time-series data. Together, these directions point to a bold future: AI not just as a tool, but as a true intellectual partner in research—augmenting creativity, accelerating discovery, and helping us tackle the hardest open problems across STEM.
This session will be held in-person in room 302 at Penn State Lehigh Valley.
The presenter will be Dr. Wenpeng Yin, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science & Engineering Department at Penn State University