Announcement of the fourth AI4b.io Symposium
Date: April 15-16, 2025
Location: Delft, the Netherlands
We are excited to invite you to the fourth AI4b.io Symposium, where cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence meets the complex challenges of Bioscience. Taking place in the vibrant city of Delft, this year’s symposium is themed: “AI in Bioscience: Redefining Frontiers”
| This year's symposium is hosted by Mondai, House of AI, located in Delft. This event offers a unique platform to exchange ideas, present innovative research, and forge meaningful connections across academia and industry. Whether you're advancing theoretical frameworks or driving practical applications, this symposium fosters collaboration to push the frontiers of AI in bioscience. |  |
What to Expect
Immerse yourself in two days of:
- Inspiring Presentations and Posters: Dive into diverse topics ranging from large-scale factory scheduling to the genetic manipulation of microorganisms.
- Engaging Interdisciplinary Discussions: Explore the intersection of AI and bioscience across fields like:
- Scheduling in process industries
- Fluid dynamic modeling
- Lab automation
- Optimal experimental design
- Microbiome precision feed
- Metabolic engineering
- Molecular machine learning
- Human-aware constrained optimization
Confirmed invited speakers
- Karoline Faust
Associate Professor in Microbiological Bioinformatics at KU Leuven (link) - Gabriel D Weymouth
Professor of Ship Hydromechanics at TU Delft (link) - Vitor A.P. Martins dos Santos
Professor of Biomanufacturing and Digital Twins, Wageningen University & Research (link) - Daniel Probst
Assistant Professor, Wageningen University and Research (link)
Day 1 Schedule
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Time |
Schedule |
Speaker Name & Affiliation |
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9:00-10:00 |
Arrive, register, coffee |
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10:00-10:15 |
Opening talk |
Marcel Reinders |
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10:15-11:00 |
Keynote: Adding Insight to Artificial intelligence |
Gabriel Weymouth |
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11:00-11:15 |
Break (15 minutes) |
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11:15-11:40 |
Compartment modelling meets Deep Learning: Towards an efficient modelling approach for bioreactor gradients |
Hector Maldonado |
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11:40-12:05 |
The flow must go on: dynamic scheduling algorithms for biomanufacturing |
Kim van den Houten |
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12:05-12:30 |
Use of ensemble modelling for bubble size measurements with an optical fibre probe |
Rik Volger |
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12:30-13:45 |
Lunch |
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13:45-14:30 |
Keynote: On the challenges of predicting gut microbial community dynamic |
Karoline Faust |
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14:30-14:45 |
Break |
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14:45-15:10 |
ABaCo: Correcting Technical Heterogeneity for Metagenomic Data integration using Adverserial Generative Models |
Edir Vidal |
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15:10-15:35 |
Prediction and reengineering of MADS-box proteins using structure-based machine learning |
Alejandro Sanchez |
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15:35-15:50 |
Break |
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15:50-16:15 |
ENFORCE: Exact Nonlinear Constrained Learning with Adaptive-depth Neural Projection |
Giacomo Lastrucci |
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16:15-16:40 |
Inferring Discrete Dynamical Models of Biological Systems with Program Synthesis |
Reuben Gardos Reid |
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16:40-17:00 |
Closing remarks |
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17:00-20:00 |
Borrel + Dinner at Firma van Buiten |
Day 2 Schedule
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Time |
Schedule |
Speaker Name & Affiliation |
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9:00-9:30 |
Arrive, register, coffee |
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9:30-10:15 |
Keynote: AI-driven decentralised biomanufacturing |
Vitor Martin Dos Santos |
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10:15-12:45 |
Poster session + Networking |
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12:00-12:45 |
Lunch |
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12:45-13:10 |
Machine Learning-assisted pathway optimization in large combinatorial design spaces: a p-coumaric acid case study |
Paul van Lent
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13:10-13:35 |
Automatic generation of control structures in industrial process flow diagrams with transformers |
Dominique Goldstein |
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13:35-14:00 |
Text2Model: Generating dynamic chemical reactor models using large language models |
Sophia Rupprecht |
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14:00-14:30 |
Break (30 minutes) |
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14:30-14:55 |
All-Atom Novel Protein Sequence Generation Using Discrete Diffusion |
Gijs Admiraal |
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14:55-15:20 |
Predicting the Solubility of Organic Compounds in Solvent Mixtures with different Machine Learning |
Simona Buzzi |
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15:20-15:45 |
AI-guided design of property-optimized copolymers including stoichiometry and chain architecture |
Gabriel Vogel |
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15:45-16:00 |
Break (15 minutes) |
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16:00-16:45 |
Keynote: Extending the Canon of Computational Representations of Molecules |
Daniel Probst |
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16:45-17:00 |
Closing remarks |
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17:00-18:00 |
Borrel |
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Poster pitches
A dedicated time slot for poster pitches has been scheduled (on Day2, 10:15 – 10:35) to help draw attention to the posters. Presenters have the opportunity to give a brief 2-minute pitch summarizing their work before the poster session begins. Participation is optional, and slides will be compiled into a single presentation for smooth transitions. The poster session will follow immediately after the pitches.
Why Delft?
Delft, renowned for its historic charm and innovation culture, provides the perfect backdrop for this event. Conveniently located near major airports:
- Schiphol Airport: Direct train connection (~40 minutes) to Delft’s main station
- Rotterdam Airport: 20-minute taxi ride to the city center
LocationThis year's symposium is hosted by Mondai, House of AI, located in Delft. |
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