M3S Spring Meeting

Frontiers in AI-ML and 
computationally-mediated microscopy
March 15, 2024
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sign up for a Lab Tour of NUANCE Facilities when you register!
Location & Directions
McCormick Auditorium - Norris Center; 
Northwestern University - Evanston Campus
Directions to the Norris Center
Coordinates: 42.0533,-87.6731
Parking Information 
South Parking Garage
1847 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208
Coordinates: 42.0508,-87.6736
Food & Cost
Breakfast & Lunch will be provided.
* Registration is required to receive complimentary lunch and breakfast.
Free for students!
$20 Academic/Government/Corporate
Featured Speakers
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Prof. Qian Chen
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  Associate Prof., Department of Materials Science and Engineering    Talk Title: Electron Videography and Machine Learning of Soft Matter | 
Tekin Bicer, PhD
Computer Scientist Data Science and Learning Division, CELS X-ray Science Division, APS (Joint Appt.) Argonne National Laboratory    Talk Title: Using artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to enhance x-ray microtomography at the Argonne synchrotron light source  | 
Meeting Schedule 
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM | 
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Coffee | 
| 9:00 - 9:05 AM | 
Welcome and Opening Remarks | 
| 9:05 - 9:30 AM | 
Roberto dos Reis, Ph.D. Northwestern University  Mindshift: Multimodal Integration for Nanoparticle Data screening Using High-throughput Frameworks in Transmission Electron Microscopy | 
| 9:30 - 10:15 AM | 
Professor Qian Chen, UIUC  Electron Videography and Machine Learning of Soft Matter | 
| 10:15 - 10:30  AM | 
Break & Visit with Vendors  Northwestern Room, 2nd Floor,  Room 2-160 | 
| 10:30 - 10:55 AM | 
Dr. Nestor J. Zaluzec, Argonne National Laboratory Implementations of Computationally Mediated Microscopy and Workflows on the Analytical PicoProbe Instrument | 
| 10:55 - 11:15 AM | 
Panel discussion: Handling big data in microscopy | 
| 11:15 - 11:40 PM | 
R. A. W. Ayyubi, UIC  Automated Defect Detection in Atomic Resolution STEM Images: A Machine Learning Approach with Variational Convolutional Autoencoders | 
| 11:40 - 12:15 PM | 
Will Harris, Zeiss  Overcoming Practical Challenges in 3D X-ray Imaging Using AI-Based Approaches   | 
| 12:15 - 12:30 PM | 
M3S Business Meeting | 
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM | 
Lunch & Visit with Vendors  Northwestern Room, 2nd Floor,  Room 2-160 | 
| 2:00 - 2:45 PM | 
Tekin Bicer, Ph.D., Argonne National Laboratory  Using artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to enhance x-ray microtomography at the Argonne synchrotron light source | 
| 2:45 - 3:10 PM | 
Rosa Diaz Rivas, Purdue  Scalable Image Processing Protocols for Quantum Computing Materials Assessment  | 
| 3:10 - 3:40 PM | 
Dr. Jie Chen, Northwestern University Automated crystal system identification from electron diffraction patterns using multiview opinion fusion machine learning | 
| 3:40 - 3:50 PM | 
Closing Remarks | 
* Optional Facility Tour at 4:00 PM