CSE DSI Hosts Workshop on GenAI for Science & Engineering
The CSE Data Science Initiative (CSE DSI) is holding a full-day Generative AI for Science & Engineering (GenAI4Sc) workshop on Friday, February 13, 2026. Building on the momentum of the May 2025 GenAI Open House, the August 2025 National GenAI4Science Workshop, and the October 2025 Mixers, the February 13 event will bring interested researchers together for a day of learning, vision-setting, and team formation. The program will include high-level talks, theme-based panels, a poster session highlighting work across the college, as well as structured discussions designed to catalyze new collaborations aimed at future proposal developments.
The College of Science & Engineering (CSE) has substantial and growing activity at the interface of AI and science and engineering, spanning a wide range of domains and methodologies. These efforts align with emerging federal priorities, including America’s AI Action Plan and the Genesis Mission, which emphasize scientific challenges as a key driver of the next wave of AI advances. Generative AI represents a pivotal mechanism for addressing these science-driven challenges, and CSE, by virtue of its disciplinary breadth and leadership in foundational AI, is well positioned to lead in this rapidly evolving space. This workshop is intended to connect and amplify ongoing efforts across the college, deepen interdisciplinary collaboration, and position our community to pursue new research and funding opportunities.
The workshop will open with a foundational session introducing the core components and evolution of generative AI, with a focus on how these methods are being adapted to address scientific and engineering problems and why scientific knowledge, constraints, and structure are essential for advancing the next frontier of GenAI. There will be two sessions with lightning talks from CSE faculty as well as a poster session during lunch.
In the afternoon, a federal program manager panel will discuss emerging national directions and cross-agency coordination in AI for science, including efforts aligned with the Genesis Mission, and will explore how academic institutions, as drivers of scientific frontiers and workforce development, can help shape mission-relevant directions for these rapidly evolving technologies.
There will be a reception with a continuation of the poster session and informal networking at 4:00 PM.