Acceleration Consortium

Ainka Jess and Alán Aspuru-Guzik conversing on the street. A blue box, containing the words The Acceleration Consortium, is centered on top of the image

Groundbreakers: U of T’s Acceleration Consortium rethinks the laboratory to optimize the discovery-to-commercialization process

What does the lab of the future look like? When it comes to advanced materials, can we accelerate the process of discovery to commercialization from 25 years to 10, five or even one? These are some of the issues explored by Alán Aspuru-Guzik, director of the Acceleration Consortium at the University of Toronto, and polymer […]
The lab of U of T's Alán Aspuru-Guzik, in collaboration with partners in academia and industry, has launched an open-access library of about 300,000 virtual, machine-learning calculated organic compounds (photo by Johnny Guatto)

To speed discoveries, U of T lab launches free library of virtual, AI-calculated organic compounds

Alán Aspuru-Guzik’s research group has launched an open-access tool, Kraken, that promises to accelerate the discovery of new chemical reactions that underpin the development of everything from smartphones to life-saving drugs.
A collaboration between academia, industry and government, the Acceleration Consortium will draw on AI, robotics, engineering and chemistry to build “self-driving laboratories” capable of developing next-generation materials (photo by Johnny Guatto)

U of T Acceleration Consortium to use AI to develop advanced materials

U of T is launching a new global consortium — the Acceleration Consortium — dedicated to using artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the design and discovery of advanced materials that could revolutionize a range of industries – from renewable energy and biomedicine to communication technology. The initiative will be led by led by Alán Aspuru-Guzik, a professor in the departments of chemistry and computer science in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences.

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