On 12 June 2025, the AE-SPM group from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville made a landmark appearance at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). Sergei Kalinin delivered his first keynote at a premier machine-learning conference, highlighting the group’s breakthroughs in integrating AI with electron and scanning-probe microscopy to accelerate materials discovery.
AE-SPM team members also presented cutting-edge research:
Utkarsh Pratiush demonstrated the group’s orchestration software for automated STEM workflows, showcasing how AE-SPM’s platform seamlessly coordinates multiple instruments and AI-driven decision making.
Yu Liu unveiled novel active-learning strategies for materials discovery via automated scanning-probe microscopy, illustrating how the AE-SPM framework maps complex nanoscale phenomena with high efficiency.
These presentations underscore the AE-SPM group’s leadership at the intersection of machine learning and microscopy, reinforcing its vision to revolutionize materials research through fully automated, AI-powered experimentation.