The NSF Workshop on the Future of AI and the Mathematical and Physical Sciences will bring together Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) researchers who are successfully integrating AI tools for accelerating true scientific breakthroughs to understand the key challenges, gaps, enablers, and opportunities for MPS research to capitalize on and contribute to this new technology. The Workshop will be a truly interdisciplinary event, with experts from across the scientific fields of MPS discussing shared perspectives, as well as identifying unique goals and challenges. The outcome of the Workshop will be a white paper to be disseminated to the broad MPS community. Attendees are welcome to participate in discussions, and your contributions may be used to inform the content of the white paper.
This event is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Award Number 2512945. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
Additional funding for this event is provided by the MIT School of Science, MIT Department of Physics, MIT Department of Chemistry, and MIT Department of Mathematics.
Dates: Monday, March 24, 2025 (9:00 am–5:30 pm ET); Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (9:00 am–5:30 pm ET); Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (9:00 am–12:00 pm ET)
Location: MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, 8th Floor
Zoom (for morning sessions only): https://mit.zoom.us/j/95422493079
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Monday, March 24, 2025
9:00–9:30 am: Welcome and Workshop Overview
9:30–10:30 am: Overviews by Theme
10:30–11:00 am: Break
11:00 am–12:30 pm: Overviews by Domain
12:30–2:00 pm: Lunch (provided)
2:00–3:30 pm: Parallel Breakout Groups by Theme
- Theme 1: Interdisciplinary Research: Challenges and Opportunities
- Theme 2: Interdisciplinary Research: Resources Needed
- Theme 3: Education, Training, and Workforce
- Theme 4: Responsible AI
3:30–4:00 pm: Break
4:00–5:30 pm: Parallel Breakout Groups by Theme (continued)
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
9:00–10:30 am: Discussions by Theme (reporting out from breakout groups)
10:30–11:00 am: Break
11:00 am–12:30 pm: Discussions by Theme continued (reporting out from breakout groups)
12:30–2:00 pm: Lunch (provided)
2:00–3:30 pm: Parallel Breakout Groups by Domain
- AST - Astronomical Sciences
- CHE - Chemistry
- DMR - Materials Research
- DMS - Mathematical Sciences
- PHY - Physics
3:30–4:00 pm: Break
4:00–5:30 pm: Parallel Breakout Groups by Domain (continued)
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
9:00–10:15 am: Discussions by Domain (reporting out from breakout groups)
10:15–10:45 am: Break
10:45–11:45 am: Open Discussion
11:45 am–12:00 pm: Closeout
