2024: Polymers in an Age of Data
Dr Kevin Treacher (inset top left), Prof Filip du Prez, Prof Leonard Prins, Dr Adam Gormley, Prof Marloes Peeters, Prof Daniela Wilson, Dr Debra Audus, Prof Michael Meier, Prof Kim Jelfs, Prof Rongrong Hu, Prof Jacqui Cole, Prof Andy Cooper, Prof Tanya Junkers, Dr Nick Warren (inset top right).
Sunday 28th April to Thursday 2nd May 2024
Shrigley Hall Hotel, Pott Shrigley, Cheshire
Programme Organisers: Prof Cameron Alexander, University of Nottingham and Prof Matthew Gibson, University of Manchester.
HPRG 62nd Meeting
Monday 29th April | ||
08:45 | Professor Athene Donald, Chair, HPRG (University of Cambridge) Welcome to the 62nd Meeting of the High Polymer Research Group | |
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Session 1: High content data to inform polymer design and application | ||
Chair - Professor Lorna Dougan | ||
09.15-10.15 | Dr Debra J. Audus (NIST) Improving Machine Learning by Embedding and Extracting Polymer Knowledge. | |
10.15-11.15 | Dr Adam J. Gormley (Rutgers University) Machine Learning for In Situ Synthesis and Formulation. | |
11.15-11.45 | Break | |
Chair - Dr Andrew Burgess | ||
11.45-12.45 | Professor Jacqui Cole (University of Cambridge) AI for Materials: Opportunities for Polymer Science? | |
13.00-14.00 | Lunch | |
Session 2: Polymer discovery in flow | ||
Chair - Dr Jerry Winter | ||
16.45-17.45 | Professor Tanja Junkers (Monash University) Data driven polymer synthesis: Challenges and Opportunities. | |
17.45-18.45 | Dr Nick J. Warren (University of Leeds) Artificially Intelligent Flow Reactor Platforms for Accelerating Discovery of Next Generation Polymers. | |
Tuesday 30th April | ||
Session 3: Synthesis and applications of polymers with complex sequences | ||
Chair - Professor Rachel O’Reilly | ||
09.15-10.15 | Professor Rongrong Hu (South China University of Technology) Multicomponent Polymerizations of Elemental Chalcogens. | |
10.15-11.15 | Marloes Peeters (University of Manchester) Biomimetic engineering: innovations inspired by nature. | |
11.15-11.45 | Break | |
Chair - Dr Neal Williams | ||
11.45-12.45 | Professor Daniela Wilson (Radboud University) Encoding smart behaviour in polymers. | |
13.00-14.00 | Lunch | |
Session 4: Encoding function in polymers | ||
Chair - Professor Cameron Alexander | ||
16.45-17.45 | Professor Leonard Prins (University of Padova) Non-equilibrium chemical systems : preparation and applications | |
17.45-18.45 | Professor Michael Meier (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Unique sequence defined macromolecules: From synthesis and characterization to potential uses. | |
Wednesday 1st May | ||
Session 5: Machine learning and materials discovery | ||
Chair - Dr Gareth Crapper | ||
09.15-10.15 | Professor Kim Jelfs (Imperial College) Show me the data: computational discovery of (polymeric) materials. | |
10.15-11.15 | Dr Kevin Treacher (AstraZeneca) Macromolecules in Digital Age Medicines Development – An Industry Perspective. | |
11.15-11.45 | Break | |
Chair - Professor Athene Donald | ||
11.45-12.45 | Andy Cooper (University of Liverpool) The mobile robotic polymer chemist: nice, but does it do RAFT? | |
13.00-14.00 | Lunch | |
Session 6: Polymers in data encoding and storage | ||
Chair - Professor Matt Gibson | ||
17.00-18.00 | Professor Filip Du Prez (Ghent University) Latest strategies for storing and reading data on sequence-defined macromolecules. |
Polymers in an Age of Data - programme PDF format document, 218kB.
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