JHU lands $20M NSF grant to build a nationwide network of self-driving labs
DanielKhashabi · x · 2026-09-11
- The NSF awarded a new $20 million grant to Johns Hopkins' AI for Materials Design Laboratory (HEMI), led by Professor Todd Hufnagel.
- The project will build a nationwide network of "self-driving" labs to accelerate materials research on pressing societal problems.
- Daniel Khashabi and Ben Van Durme join the AI/ML team, focusing on agentic AI for scientific reasoning.
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