Our partner, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und prüfung (BAM), has recently contributed to a pre-print paper titled “14 Examples of How LLMs Can Transform Materials Science and Chemistry: A Reflection on a Large Language Model Hackathon”. The paper is available on Arxiv, along with the code and dataset on GitHub for BAM’s contribution entitled Text2Concrete.
“Imagine a Babel Fish for science that deciphers unstructured data, converts it into usable insights, and navigates the complexity of chemistry and materials science. This is the vision driving our Large Language Model (LLM) Hackathon, where we saw AI solutions ranging from predicting molecular properties to designing novel interfaces.” says Doctor Christoph, who has participated in the Hackathon together with his colleagues Zia and Sabine.
The hackathon lasted for a day and a half, with 53 authors and 14 projects. The projects are not polished products. But the mere fact that they could be built within the timeframe of the hackathon (1.5 d) demonstrates how LLMs can impact chemistry, materials science, and beyond.
BAM’s contribution to the paper shows how fuzzy context can be incorporated into the development of novel sustainable concrete formulations using in-context learning (ICL) and LLMs. Their research aims to overcome the limitations of traditional methods and accelerate the discovery of novel, sustainable, and high-performance materials by leveraging the potential of LLMs.
One example is teaching the model the relationship between water-to-cement ratio and concrete strength. When combined with conventional data, this intuitive understanding has shown promise in improving prediction accuracy and reducing outliers. This approach has shown promise in refining prediction accuracy, even surpassing conventional models like Random Forest. It is a significant step towards more intuitive and effective materials science, and we are eager to continue exploring this synergy of AI and human intuition in materials science.
Read about our exploration and the insightful examples from the hackathon here:
- Pre-Print: https://zenodo.org/record/8365741
- BAM’s project on GitHub: https://github.com/ghezalahmad/LLMs-for-the-Design-of-Sustainable-Concretes#readme
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