The AID4GREENEST project had a strong presence at the FEMS EUROMAT2025 Conference, held in Granada, Spain, organising the symposium Artificial Intelligence, Modelling and Data Science in Advanced Alloy and Process Design.
Over two days, the symposium brought together leading international experts to explore how AI, modelling, and data science can accelerate innovation in advanced materials and sustainable processes.
The programme opened with a keynote address by Dr. Gerhard Goldbeck from the European Materials Modelling Council (EMMC), who highlighted the role of the European Materials and Modelling Ontology (EMMO) in enabling AI-driven materials development. He also pointed to synergies with AID4GREENEST’s sister project, CoBRAIN, which is developing a knowledge base for hardmetal thermal spray coatings.
Across multiple sessions, a wide range of speakers presented their latest research. Contributors included academics and industry experts from Ruhr University Bochum, the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, ALBA Synchrotron, CEA, Montanuniversität Leoben, the Université de Bordeaux, IMDEA Materials Institute, ePotentia, Ghent University, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Fraunhofer IWM, Universidad de Concepción, Texas A&M University, and many more.
Topics covered spanned:
- Structure-property relationships and synthetic data
- Bayesian and advanced optimisation for materials design
- Process modelling and simulation
- Applications of machine learning and data-driven modelling
The symposium concluded with a session on FAIR data, interoperability, and digital workflows, underlining the importance of making research data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.
In addition to the project-organised symposium, Mary Osorio Baena (EurA AG) represented AID4GREENEST in the conference’s Sustainable Production and Processing of Metals symposium. Her presentation on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for sustainable steam shaft production, carried out in collaboration with Reinosa Forgings & Castings, showed that reusing industrial residues can cut environmental impact by up to 15%, supporting circular economy goals.
The sessions symposium was organised by Dr. Michael Sluydts from ePotentia, Dr. Ilchat Sabirov and Prof. Ignacio Romero from IMDEA Materials Institute, and Dr. Dirk Helm from Fraunhofer IWM, who ensured lively discussions and strong audience participation throughout.
AID4GREENEST thanks all the researchers and attendees who contributed to making the symposium a success and looks forward to building on these insights to further advance AI-driven, sustainable innovation in the steel sector.