{"id":212286,"date":"2025-03-17T08:47:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=212286"},"modified":"2025-03-17T08:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:47:24","slug":"rui-sun-mesilla-chemistry-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/17\/rui-sun-mesilla-chemistry-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa expert leads international conference on <abbr>AI<\/abbr>-driven chemistry research"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_212287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212287\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manoa-chemistry-rui-sun-mesilla-chemistry-workshop.jpg\" alt=\"people standing in front of a building for a photo\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manoa-chemistry-rui-sun-mesilla-chemistry-workshop.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manoa-chemistry-rui-sun-mesilla-chemistry-workshop-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manoa-chemistry-rui-sun-mesilla-chemistry-workshop-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Associate Professor Rui Sun organized an international workshop on machine learning in molecular and multiscale simulations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Associate Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hawaii.edu\/~ruisun\/index.html\">Rui Sun<\/a> from the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chem\/\">Department of Chemistry<\/a> organized an international workshop on machine learning in molecular and multiscale simulations in Mesilla, New Mexico. This research helps scientists understand how molecules behave, much like predicting how ingredients mix in a recipe&#8212;but on a microscopic scale, shaping everything from new medicines to sustainable materials.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop, held March 9&#8211;12 in Mesilla, New Mexico, brought together scientists from around the world, including experts from the U.S., Asia and Europe, to explore groundbreaking applications of artificial intelligence in chemistry. The workshop featured a diverse range of topics, from reaction dynamics of a few atoms to large-scale biophysical simulations involving millions of atoms. Discussions focused on how machine learning can advance the understanding of complex molecular interactions and revolutionize chemical research.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This workshop brought together brilliant minds from around the world to push the boundaries of machine learning in chemistry,&rdquo; said Sun. &ldquo;The discussions and collaborations here will drive the next wave of breakthroughs in the field.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Under Sun\u2019s leadership, this year\u2019s workshop upheld the tradition of excellence of Mesilla Chemistry Workshop&#8212;an annual, international gathering of leading scientists, founded by William L. Hase in 1997, focused on discussing a different topic at the frontiers of chemistry each year. Sun\u2019s involvement in the workshop reinforces <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s role as a leader in computational chemistry and <abbr>AI<\/abbr>-driven scientific research.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Chemistry is housed in <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/natsci.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Natural Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The workshop was held in Mesilla, New Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1602,251,308,1467,568,9],"class_list":["post-212286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-ai","tag-chemistry","tag-college-of-natural-sciences","tag-manoa-excellence-in-research","tag-natural-science","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212290,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212286\/revisions\/212290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}