i DMT Summer School 2025
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
22 September - 26 September 2025
iDMT Centre of Excellence is offering its second summer school in digital technologies for chemical R&D. The summer school will be in person, limited to 20 participants, and held in Cambridge (UK) on September 22-26, 2025.
The school is aimed at academia and industrial researchers interested in latest developments in AI for chemistry R&D and novel technologies for lab automation. The school will cover the following topics and participants may choose specific practical sessions that will be run in parallel:
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Advanced machine learning for drug discovery, Prof. Pietro Liò
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An introduction to high-throughput chemistry, Prof. Matthew Gaunt
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Bayesian optimisation for chemistry, Prof. Miguel Lobato
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An introduction to computer assisted synthesis planning, Prof. Alexei Lapkin
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Practical lab automation and machine learning, Dr. Nicholas Jose, Accelerated Materials Ltd.
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Practical self-optimisation of reactions in flow, iDMT researchers
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Practical chemical robotics, iDMT researchers
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Practical synthesis planning with ML & chemoinformatics tools, Instructors: tbc.
Event Information
Please read before booking
Location: Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW
Date: Monday 22 to Friday 26 September 2025
Cost (including all tuition materials, refreshments and a dinner at a University College):
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Participants from Academia: £375.00
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Participants from Industry: £1500.00
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Payment by credit card only.
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Please note that we do not offer accommodation as part of the course.
A list of various accommodation options can be found here (not exhaustive).
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Please get in contact with us if you have any question regarding the summer school.
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​How to register
Please send an expression of interest by completing the form:
Please download the form, complete it and send back by email to
idmt@ch.cam.ac.uk
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Once you are accepted on the course, you'll be sent the online payment link.
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Details for participants:
Summer School will start 10:30 am on Monday 22nd of September (registration and refreshments from 10:00)
Summer School will finish after lunch (2 pm) on Friday 26th.
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On Monday please come to Reception of Chemistry and we'll take you to the lecture room. Lab sessions will be in the iDMT laboratories in the same building. Please bring your own safety glasses if you use prescription specs and have them. Otherwise we'll provide all necessary PPE.
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We will be splitting the group into parallel sessions to ensure lab sessions are in small groups.
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There will be tea/coffee/water available throughout the week. All lunches are provided for participants. We are inviting all participants to a college dinner. There will be an open bar for networking and continuing discussions after sessions every day.