The kickoff meeting of the National Natural Science Foundation of China\'s \"Artificial Intelligence Empowering Engineering Science Frontier Exploration\" special project was held


  

  On February 10, 2025, the launch meeting of the "Artificial Intelligence Empowering Engineering Science Frontier Exploration" special project of the Engineering and Materials Science Department of the National Natural Science Foundation of China was held in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. The meeting was hosted by Harbin Institute of Technology.

  Artificial intelligence technology provides a new approach to solving complex engineering problems. The establishment of this special project aims to promote cutting-edge innovation in engineering science through artificial intelligence technology. It focuses on the two key problems of multi-scale and high-dimensional strong nonlinearity in complex engineering systems under extreme conditions, and explores and researches the basic and application foundations of intelligent analysis, optimization design, manufacturing process, decision control, etc. It aims to develop artificial intelligence empowered engineering scientific computing theory that greatly improves the accuracy, efficiency, and stability of complex engineering systems under extreme conditions, and solve the problems of inaccurate, inefficient, and unstable traditional scientific computing.

  The head of the Department of Engineering and Materials Science emphasized in his speech that the role of young scientific and technological talents in the field of artificial intelligence should be emphasized, and this special fund should be directed towards more dynamic young scientific and technological personnel (male<35 years old, female<38 years old). At the same time, actively exploring innovative project management mechanisms, allowing project leaders to adjust research plans based on expert opinions and suggestions, as well as new discoveries and ideas during the research process, encouraging original innovation and bold exploration, allowing for failure, and promoting the application of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies in engineering disciplines.

  The project leader shall provide a detailed report on the project background, research content and technical solutions, scientific issues, innovation points, expected goals and achievements. The attending experts fully affirmed the significance of the establishment of this special project, and had thorough discussions with the project leader regarding the research content, technical route, and expected results of the project, and put forward specific opinions and suggestions.

  Staff members from the Engineering and Materials Science Department of the National Natural Science Foundation of China attended the meeting.