Autonomous Methodologies for Accelerating X-ray Measurements

17-18 October 2023 – ICDD Headquarters, Newtown Square, PA, USA

REGISTRATION IS OPEN*

NIST and ICDD are hosting a workshop to capture industry input on possible new initiatives to meet critical and emerging technology needs within the industry, with a specific emphasis on leveraging artificial intelligence, data-driven methodologies, and high-throughput/automated workflows for accelerating X-ray-based structural analysis in materials development and manufacturing.

The primary topics for industry input include:

Goals for XRD in the self-driving lab
Automating phase identification and quantitative analysis
Autonomous decision-making and active learning with XRD
New methods and hardware for automated and high-throughput XRD

We are asking industry participants to actively help us understand pre-competitive goals, gaps, challenges, and needs within their organization with regard to artificial intelligence and data-driven methodologies in materials and manufacturing workflows. Aggregated findings may be published in a workshop report.

*NOTICE – In the event of a United States government shutdown, the workshop will have to be postponed. ICDD and NIST are closely monitoring the situation, and we hope that we will still be able to host the workshop as planned on October 17-18. However, if a government shutdown should occur and a funding resolution is not in place by Friday, 6 October, we will be forced to postpone the workshop at that time. New dates would be announced shortly after. Registration is still currently open.

Program - 17-18 October 2023

Agenda – Autonomous Methodologies for Accelerating X-ray Measurements

Day 1: Tuesday, 17 October 2023
09:00 – 09:15 – Welcome Address, Francesca Tavazza, NIST
09:15 – 09:45 – Invited Presentation, Howie Joress, NIST
09:45 – 10:15 – Invited Presentation, Bernd Hinrichsen, BASF
10:15 – 10:45 – Invited Presentation, Semion Saikin, Kebotix
10:45 – 11:00 – Break
11:00 – 12:00 – Working Session: Identify and Prioritize Goals for the Self-Driving Laboratory
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 13:30 – Invited Presentation, Brian DeCost, NIST
13:30 – 14:00 – Invited Presentation, Alp Sehirlioglu, Case Western Reserve University
14:00 – 14:30 – Invited Presentation, Jessica Lyza, Edward C. Levy Co.
14:30 – 15:00 – Invited Presentation, Tom Blanton, ICDD
15:00 – 15:15 – Break
15:15 – 16:30 – Working Session: Identify and Prioritize Industry Needs for Data and AI-Based Sample Characterization and Quantitative Analysis
16:30 – 17:00 – Day 1 wrap-up: Present and discuss findings.

Day 2: Wednesday, 18 October 2023
09:00 – 09:30 – Invited Presentation, Austin McDannald, NIST
09:30 – 10:00 – Invited Presentation, David Bruhwiler, Radiasoft
10:00 – 10:30 – Invited Presentation, Zachary Trautt, NIST
10:30 – 10:45 – Break
10:45 – 12:00 – Working Session: Identify and Prioritize Industry needs for AI-Driven Decision-Making and Experiment Planning
12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch
13:00 – 13:30 – Invited Presentation, Andrew Jones, Anton Paar
13:30 – 14:00 – Invited Presentation, Arnt Kern, Bruker
14:00 – 14:30 – Invited Presentation, Scott Speakman, Panalytical
14:30 – 15:00 – Invited Presentation, Linda Semenyna, Rigaku
15:00 – 15:15 – Break
15:15 – 16:30 – Working Session: Identify and Prioritize Industry Needs for Next-Generation Hardware and Experimental Methodology
16:30 – 17:00 – Day 2 wrap-up: Present and discuss findings.

Organizing Committee

NIST

Zachary Trautt (Technical Contact) zachary.trautt@nist.gov
Francesca Tavazza
Gilad Kusne
Brian DeCost
Howie Joress
Austin McDannald

ICDD

Steph Jennings (Administrative Contact) sjennings@icdd.com
Thomas Blanton
Soorya Kabekkodu
Jim Kaduk

Registration

Register before 3 October 2023 – Spots are Limited!

Dates: 17-18 October 2023

Location: ICDD Headquarters
12 Campus Blvd
Newtown Square, PA, USA

Registration: $50 which includes coffee breaks and lunches

Registration form and payment must be received by 3 October 2023 (unless attendance capacity is filled before this date) in order to attend the workshop.

Registration will not be conducted onsite. All attendees must pre-register for the workshop.

All participants must complete the 2023 ICDD Event Health Waiver in order to participate.