ChemBio Finland: Session Machine Learning in Chemistry

As part of the ChemBio Finland 2026 Exhibition, held at Messukeskus in Helsinki, OCAMM and Aalto University professors Kari Laasonen and Miguel Caro are chairing a session on Machine Learning in Chemistry. The sympossium will take place on the second day of the ChemBio Finland event, 16 April 2026 between 10:00 and 15:35 in room 5 (“Sali 5”). The official website of the event is this, where you can find more information about the venue and the other parallel sessions.

Registration

The registration is free of charge. To register as a visitor, go to the official website or go directly to the registration page.

Program

The official web site for the program is here. There, you can also check the other sessions taking place in parallel at the same venue during ChemBio 2026.

Chairs: Kari Laasonen and Miguel Caro

Chairperson 10-12 Kari Laasonen

• 10:00–10:05 Opening. Kari Laasonen, Aalto University
• 10:05–10:30 Autonomous analysis, manipulation and reactions in Scanning Probe Microscopy. Nian Wu, Aalto University
• 10:30–10:55 Decoding Surface Adsorption Chemistry with Active Learning. Milica Todorovic, University of Turku
• 10:55–11:20 LUMI-AI: A novel platform for AI4Science. Pekka Manninen, CSC Tieteen tietotekniikan keskus
• 11:20–11:55 ML-trained interaction potential for simulations of graphite nucleation from paramagnetic Fe-C melt. Jaakko Akola, NTNU, Trondheim
• 12:00–13:00 Lunch break

Chairperson 13-14:15 Miguel Caro

• 13:00–13:25 Advancing Biomolecular Simulations with ML: GROMACS Integration and QM/ML/MM Synergies. Dmitry Morozov, University of Jyväskylä
• 13:25–13:50 Machine Learning in soft matter systems. Mikko Karttunen, University of Eastern Finland
• 13:50–14:15 Machine Learning in drug discovery. Serhii Vakal, Orion Pharma
• 14:15–14:35 small break/coffee break

Chairperson 14:35–15:25 N.N.

• 14:35–15:00 Inferring the atomic-scale structure of complex materials from experimental observables with MAD. Tigany Zarrouk, Aalto University
• 15:00–15:25 ML search for new catalyst structures. Timo Weckman, University of Jyväskylä
• 15:25–15:35 Closing. Miguel Caro, Aalto University