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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to become an engine for scientific discovery across disciplines – from predicting the impact of climate change, to using genetic data to create new healthcare treatments, and from finding new astronomical phenomena to identifying new materials here on Earth.
The Accelerate Programme for Scientific Discovery will advance the frontiers of science through the application of AI. Supported by a donation from Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, the Accelerate Programme will provide young researchers with specialised training in AI techniques, equipping them with the skills they need to use machine learning and AI to power their research. By pursuing an ambitious research agenda that applies machine learning to the scientific challenges of the 21st century, the Programme will generate insights that accelerate scientific progress and create AI tools that are capable of delivering benefits for science and society.
![Image of Aditya Ravuri](/assets/uploads/aditya-ravuri.jpg)
Aditya Ravuri
Cambridge University
PhD Student
![Image of Ander Biguri](/assets/uploads/ander.jpg)
Ander Biguri
University of Cambridge
Research Associate
![Image of Benjamin Chidiac](/assets/uploads/benjamin-chidiac-updated.jpg)
Benjamin Chidiac
University of Cambridge
PhD Student
![Image of Carl Henrik Ek](/assets/uploads/carl-5433-1302-4.jpg)
Carl Henrik Ek
Cambridge University
Senior Lecturer
![Image of Caroline Chater](/assets/uploads/caroline-chater-4719-589-4.jpg)
Caroline Chater
University of Cambridge
Programme Coordinator
![Image of Challenger Mishra](/assets/uploads/challenger-5558-1427-3.jpg)
Challenger Mishra
Cambridge University
Departmental Early Career Academic Fellow, Accelerate Programme
![Image of Daattavya Aggarwal](/assets/uploads/daattavya-5354-1223-3.jpg)
Daattavya Aggarwal
University of Cambridge
PhD Student
![Image of Dinithi Sumanaweera](/assets/uploads/dinithi_sumanaweera.jpg)
Dinithi Sumanaweera
University of Cambridge
Research Associate
![Image of Isaac Sebenius](/assets/uploads/isaac-4757-626-2.jpg)
Isaac Sebenius
Cambridge University
PhD Student
![Image of Jess Montgomery](/assets/uploads/jessica-montgomery.jpg)
Jess Montgomery
Cambridge University
Executive Director, Accelerate Science
![Image of Justin Tan](/assets/uploads/justin-5591-3.jpg)
Justin Tan
Cambridge University
PhD Student
![Image of Katie Light](/assets/uploads/katy-5268-1137-4.jpg)
Katie Light
University of Cambridge
Programme Manager
![Image of Moshe Eliasof](/assets/uploads/moshe-5473-1342-3.jpg)
Moshe Eliasof
University of Cambridge
Research Associate
![Image of Neil D. Lawrence](/assets/uploads/neil-l.jpg)
Neil D. Lawrence
Cambridge University
The DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning
![Image of Oisin Kim](/assets/uploads/oisin-5524-1393-3.jpg)
Oisin Kim
University of Cambridge
PhD Student
![Image of Radzim Sendyka](/assets/uploads/rdzim-5190-1059-4.jpg)
Radzim Sendyka
Research Assistant
![Image of Ryan Daniels](/assets/uploads/ryan-daniels3.jpg)
Ryan Daniels
University of Cambridge
Machine Learning Engineer, Accelerate Programme
![Image of Sam Nallaperuma](/assets/uploads/sam-nallaperuma.jpg)
Sam Nallaperuma
Senior Research Associate
![Image of Shrankhla Pandey](/assets/uploads/shrankhla-5171-1040-3.jpg)
Shrankhla Pandey
University of Cambridge
PhD student
![Image of Soumya Banerjee](/assets/uploads/soumya-5294-1163-3.jpg)
Soumya Banerjee
Cambridge University
Senior Research Associate, Accelerate Programme
![Image of Zhiyuan Song](/assets/uploads/zhiyuan-song-5109-978-3.jpg)
Zhiyuan Song
University of Cambridge
PhD Student
![Image of Ann Copestake](/assets/uploads/ann-copestake.jpg)
Ann Copestake
Head of the Department of Computer Science and Technology
![Image of Austen Lamacraft](/assets/uploads/austen-lamacraft.jpg)
Austen Lamacraft
Professor of Theoretical Physics
![Image of Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb](/assets/uploads/carola-schoenlieb.png)
Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb
Professor of Applied Mathematics and Head of the Cambridge Image Analysis (CIA) Group
![Image of Mark Girolami](/assets/uploads/mark-girolami.jpg)
Mark Girolami
Professor of Computing and Inferential Science
![Image of Richard Turner](/assets/uploads/richard-turner.jpg)
Richard Turner
Professor of Machine Learning
![Image of Sarah Teichmann](/assets/uploads/sarah-teichmann.jpg)
Sarah Teichmann
Director of Research, Department of Physics, and Head of Cellular Genetics, Wellcome Sanger Institute