🎓 AI for Science Workshop & Mini-Scithon
From Research Ideas to Drafts — Leveraging AI for Scientific Work
📅 Date: April 16, 2025
🧠 Hosted by: AuraSci & Hetu
🧭 About the Event
In the age of AI and decentralized collaboration, scientific research is undergoing a major transformation. The AI for Science Workshop & Mini-Scithon is a half-day gathering designed to empower researchers across disciplines to explore how AI can accelerate scientific thinking, research design, and paper writing.
💡 Who Should Join?
PhD students, postdocs, and master’s students
Scientists and engineers exploring AI tools
Anyone passionate about open science, decentralized research, and future-of-science infrastructure
🎤 Featured Speaker
🔬 Sergei Pustynnikov, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO, 100XBIO | ex-Postdoctoral Fellow at UPenn, Cancer Immunology
Dr. Pustynnikov is building an AI-powered platform to accelerate cancer vaccine development. With 18+ years in immunotherapy and a background in translational research at UPenn, he will share how AI is reshaping experimental design in biomedical science.
More speakers to be announced soon.
Event Flow
4:00 – 4:15 PM Welcome & Introduction
4:15 – 5:15 PM Keynote Talks
*Insights from leaders in AI-assisted research, open-source infrastructure, and scientific collaboration.
5:15 – 5:30 PM Workshop Kickoff
*Team Formation & Prompt Briefing
5:30 – 6:15 PM Mini-Scithon Group Sprint
*Co-develop AI-powered research SOPs
6:15 – 6:45 PM Group Demo & Sharing
*Teams present their co-created research methodologies — quickfire, insightful, interdisciplinary.
6:45 – 7:00 PM☕ Networking & Community Time
Select teams will receive mini bounties ($200–$500 USDT) for:
🏆 Best AI-integrated methodology
🌐 Strongest cross-disciplinary collaboration
🚀 High-potential for grant or community contribution
Present by AuraSci & Hetu
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