EuMINe COST Action Second General Meeting – 16-18 July 2025 (Aveiro, Portugal)

16 Aprile 2025

We are pleased to announce the EuMINe COST Action Second General Meeting, dedicated to fostering collaborative research and knowledge exchange within the European Materials Informatics Network.

This meeting aims to unite a diverse community of researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and industry collaborators, all driven by the common objective of advancing materials informatics for the development of advanced materials. In this Second General Meeting, ongoing collaborative work within the EuMINe COST Action will be showcased with the objective of further exploring collaborative research and knowledge exchange. The event will encompass keynote lectures, selected oral communications, poster presentations, and round table discussions.

🔍 Meeting Focus: Working Group Highlights

The program will spotlight the progress and vision of each EuMINe Working Group:

Materials Informatics and Data-Driven Technologies
Driving data-centric innovation in advanced materials development.
Collaborative Research and AI-Driven Methods
Exploring cutting-edge AI and machine learning approaches in materials discovery.
Shared Methods and Policies
Standardizing tools, best practices, and frameworks across Europe.
Materials Data Structuring & Management
Focusing on metadata, data formatting, and efficient knowledge transfer.

We look forward to your active participation in making the EuMINe Second General Meeting to discuss and harness the field of Materials Informatics!

📝 Registration & Abstract Submission

🗓️ Registration Deadline (extended): 15 May 2025 01 June 2025
👉 Register here

📄 Abstract Template

👉 Download the abstract template here

💸 Financial Support

The EUMINE Cost Action is pleased to provide the opportunity for reimbursement to participants (travel expenses coverage and daily allowance), supporting their attendance at the meeting:

Invited speakers, Management Committee (MC) members and EuMINe Core Group (CG) members
Working Group (WG) and other participants will be selected for reimbursement upon the following criteria:
- Active participation in the meeting by submitting an abstract. The presenting author will only be considered for reimbursement.
- Gender, age, and geographic inclusivity (ITC/NNC balance)
- Potential contribution to the COST Action goals

📅 Important Dates

Registration Deadline: ~~15 May 2025~~ 01 June 2025
Notification of Acceptance: ~~01 June 2025~~ 13 June 2025

📌 Programme

🗓️ Day 1 – July 16, 2025

09:30 – Registration

10:00 – Opening Session

10:30 – WG Oral Presentations (Chair: Andrea Lorenzoni; Co-chair: Deniz Atila)

Alexandra Farcas – Computational Design of Polymer-Based Nanoplatforms for Gene/Drug Delivery Systems

Arjeta Hallunovi Shpuza – AI and Collaboration in Materials Science: A Regression-Based Study from Albania

Nima Azimi – Hybrid Experimental-Machine Learning Framework for Assessing Durability of Lime-Based Mortars in Acidic Environments

Yue-Wen Fang – Search for thermodynamically stable ambient-pressure superconducting hydrides in GNoME database

Hanoch Senderowitz – Machine Learning Models for Green Energy Harvesting and Storage

12:00 – Break

14:00 – WG Oral Presentations (Chair: Iman Peivaste; Co-chair: Eduarda Mota da Silva)

Andrea Lorenzoni – Automated Multiscale Modelling Workflows for Safe and Sustainable Materials Design

Jurgen Mecaj – Machine Learning-Enhanced Materials Discovery: Advancing Predictive Modeling and Data-Driven Design for Next-Generation Advanced Materials

Fabio Le Piane – Automatic Workflows for Computational Materials Science: Towards High-throughput Data Generation for Foundational Models

Oleksandr Vasiliev – Bridging Materials Informatics and Experimental Practice: Activities and Challenges at IPMS NAS of Ukraine

15:00 – Coffee break – POSTER SESSION 1 and Networking

16:00 – WG Oral Presentations (Chair: Alexandra Farcas; Co-chair: João Santos)

Roberto Iglesias – Early Stages of Self-Healing at Tungsten Grain Boundaries from Ab Initio Machine Learning Simulations

Rocco Libero Giossi – ML-Guided Neighbor Search for Hydrogen Adsorption on GO

Saeideh Ghaderi – Thermal Buckling of Higher-Order Reinforced Composite

Iman Peivaste – ChemPilot AI: Multi-Agent System for Automated Quantum Chemistry Workflows

Razie Izadi – Computational Modelling and Data-Driven Optimization for Advanced Composite Manufacturing

Salim Belouettar – Driving Sustainability in Materials Innovation through Digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Product Passports

Dimitra Tsimpli – Enhancing Concrete Sustainability and Durability through Self-Healing Additives and Predictive Modeling

18:30 – Closing session DAY 1

🗓️ Day 2 – July 17, 2025

09:30 – WG Oral Presentations (Chair: Mariana Oliveira; Co-chair: Dinis Abranches)

Filipe H. B. Sosa – Predicting Laccase Activity in Deep Eutectic Solvents with Machine Learning

Marlene Correia – Devitalized Cellular Constructs for Therapeutical Applications

Margarida D. Pinhão – Solubility Enhancement with AI-Designed Hydrotropes

10:30 – Coffee break

11:00 – Workshop (Dinis Abranches): Tutorials on Python, Machine Learning, Scikit-Learn

12:30 – Break

14:00 – Invited Keynote speaker (Open Session): Arslan Mazitov, EPFL

14:40 – EuMINe meets CICECO – Presentation of CICECO with vice-directors Dr. Mara Freire, Professor Paula Vilarinho and Professor Rute Ferreira

15:40 – Coffee break + POSTER SESSION2

16:20 – Round table with CICECO vice-directors and EuMINe representatives (Francesco Mercuri, Roberto Iglesias and Leticia García)

17:00 – Poster + networking

18:00 – Closing session DAY 2

🗓️ Day 3 – July 18, 2025

10:00 – Brokerage Workshop + Coffee break

12:00 – Closing session and Awards

12:30 – Core Group meeting (closed)

👥 Organizing Committee

Scientific Committee

Mariana B. Oliveira (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Dinis O. Abranches (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Francesco Mercuri (CNR, Italy)
Andrea Lorenzoni (CNR, Italy)
Roberto Luis Iglesias Pastrana (University of Oviedo, Spain)
Lejla Banjanović-Mehmedović (University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Amila Akagić (University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Huanyu Li (Linköping University, Sweden)
Tiago Galvão (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Rute Ferreira (University of Aveiro, Portugal)

Local Organizers

Mariana B. Oliveira (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Dinis O. Abranches (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Diana Tavares (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Eduarda Mota da Silva (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
João P. Santos (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Margarida Pinhão (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Marlene Correia (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Deniz Atila (CICECO, Portugal)
Beatriz Guapo Neves (CICECO, Portugal)
Gabriel Camilo (CICECO, Portugal)

📍 Venue

The meeting will be held at the Auditorium of the Department of Psychology and Education (DEP), University of Aveiro, Portugal.

👉 Venue directions and logistics

✈️ Getting to Aveiro

From Porto Airport (OPO)

By Metro + Train

Metro to Campanhã Station (~40 min, €2.60)
Train to Aveiro:
- Intercidades (~50 min, €13)
- Alfa Pendular (~50 min, €15–21)
- Urbanos (~70 min, €3.55)

By Taxi/Car

Taxi to Campanhã (~25 min, €25)
Driving to Aveiro (~1 hr, ~75 km)

From Lisbon Airport (LIS)