Nexus AI4S
AI4S Domains

All AI4S Domains

From fundamental science to industrial R&D, to lab automation — community work is organized as "Domain + Agent + Benchmark".

Domain 01

Fundamental Science

Accelerating fundamental discovery with AI. Focused on long-tail problems and interpretable modeling.

Retrosynthesis / CADD

Reverse-design synthesis routes from target molecules; workflow-integrated with CADD.

Representative Agent: RetroChem, UniDock-Bridge

Computational Physics / QM

DFT acceleration, potential fitting, AI solvers for quantum many-body problems.

Representative Agent: DFT-Lite, QuantumScale

Life Sciences / Protein Eng.

Structure prediction, protein design and enzyme activity optimization.

Representative Agent: ProteinForge, EnzymeTune

Earth Science / Climate Modeling

Climate downscaling, seismic inversion and extreme weather warning.

Representative Agent: EarthScale-AI, QuakeNet

Domain 02

Industrial R&D

Bringing academic Agents into industry pipelines. Strong emphasis on data security, traceability and industry fit.

Solid-state Batteries

Electrolyte formulation search, interface stability prediction, cycle-life modeling.

Representative Agent: BatteryBlend

Fine Chemical Catalysts

Heterogeneous catalysis pathway simulation, lifetime prediction, virtual screening.

Representative Agent: CatalystMiner

Electronic Chemicals / Photoresist

Photoresist reverse engineering, photoacid generator evaluation, ArF/EUV process recommendation.

Representative Agent: ResistOpt

Domain 03

Lab Automation

Connecting instruments, robots and data systems — making labs as programmable and reproducible as software.

Instrument SDK Integration

Python SDK wrappers and auto-archival of raw spectra for Bruker XRD / NMR, Netzsch DSC / TGA and other mainstream instruments.

Representative Agent: BrukerLink, NetzschPilot

Liquid-handling / Sintering Robots

Unified control library for OT-2, Hamilton and Chinese-built arms; supports complex experiment orchestration.

Representative Agent: RobotOps

Enterprise LIMS Integration

Bi-directional sync with mainstream LIMS, experiment metadata governance, cross-platform audit trails.

Representative Agent: LIMS-Sync

Want to launch a new direction in your field?

Submit an RFC describing your scenario and target Agent. The Fellows committee evaluates and approves new tracks.