
Alán Aspuru‑Guzik
Director
By driving technology development, materials innovation has the potential to transform our lives and the world for the better. Advanced and other materials will make technologies cheaper, better and more environmentally friendly. However, materials innovation is incredibly slow and expensive.
Objectives
Accelerating innovation by leveraging machine learning, robotics, chemistry and engineering to develop high speed autonomous labs that deploy machine learning algorithms to predict which advanced materials or molecules possess the properties required for a desired application. The autonomous lab rapidly refines these predictions by autonomously synthesizing and validating the predicted molecules.
The creation of an innovation ecosystem for advanced materials that combines technological breakthroughs to commercial translation and company creation addressing genuine market needs. The Consortium is partnering with a range of leading private and public sector partners on molecular innovation for new drugs and therapeutics and to develop high-value advanced materials for industrial use.
The Acceleration Consortium will train the next generation of researchers and technicians in novel AI-based molecular and advanced materials techniques. The training program will create a talent pipeline for industry partners and support an innovation ecosystem that launches startups and attracts venture capital.
From machine learning, robotics, chemistry, and engineering to develop Materials Acceleration Platforms (MAPs). MAPs use AI to predict the molecules and materials that will have the properties required for particular applications and then deploy robotics to synthesize, test and refine the molecules or materials autonomously.
Currently, we can scan
100s
of molecules/materials resulting in
>10 years R&D
$10M – $100M
to reach market
With Materials acceleration platforms, we can scan
100,000s
of molecules/materials
1 – 2 years R&D
$1M – $10M
to reach market
The Consortium will address fundamental challenges in deep learning algorithms and materials modelling, and practical issues of robotic control. Consortium scientists also focus on materials and molecule discovery for a wide range of applications, from sustainable technologies to drug discovery.
Environmentally-friendly Materials: biodegradable recyclable polymers, plastics & fabrics designed for the circular economy
Health Care: Drugs, therapeutics, excipients, and advanced medical materials
Transportation & Construction: Low carbon and eco-friendly cement, and Lighter, stronger, corrosion-resistant alloys and composites
Renewable Energy: Materials for energy generation and organic flow batteries for large-scale energy storage
Electronics: Cheaper, high-capacity LEDs and wearable electronics
Entirely new classes of materials to launch new industries
The Acceleration Consortium brings academia, industry and government together to build pre-competitive technologies for AI-driven laboratories for pre-competitive materials and molecular applications.
The Acceleration Consortium industry sponsorship program provides personalized access to a wide range of expertise, research, innovation, and talent. Programs include the following:
Director
Associate Director, Platforms & Training
Director, Strategy and Partnerships
Associate Director, Academic Partnerships
Associate Director, Partner Relations
Senior Advisor
Associate Director, Research
Associate Director, Academic Programs
Associate Director, Programs
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
University of British Columbia
National Research Council Canada
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
University of Alberta
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Vector Institute
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
MIT
University of Liverpool
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
University of Glasgow
Queen’s University
Princeton University
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
MIT
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
University of Toronto
University at Buffalo
National Institute of Standards and Technology
University of Toronto
Nanyang Technological University, IMRE, A*STAR, Singapore
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Copenhagen
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
MIT
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
Air Force Research Laboratory
University of Toronto
École de technologie supérieure
University of Florida
University of Toronto
Fordham University
University of Toronto
University of Utah
University of Toronto
National Research Council Canada
DTU Energy, Technical University of Denmark
University of Vienna
University of Toronto
Northwestern University
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
Our Partners
We are seeking partners to support the of Materials Acceleration Platforms, materials research and development, and to translate materials development discoveries into technologies.