On November 23–24, 2025, Zhongguancun Academy and the Zhongguancun Institute of Artificial Intelligence will host the inaugural International Conference on AI Scientist (ICAIS 2025) —— a landmark event in the global scientific community. The conference is honored to welcome Professor Arieh Warshel, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, who will deliver a keynote address and join distinguished international scholars in high-level panel discussions. His presentation will explore cutting-edge research in computer simulations and the interpretation of complex biological macromolecules, providing profound insights into their transformative impact on chemistry, biology, and adjacent fields.
ICAIS 2025 is jointly organized by the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, ZGCAxZGCI, Tsinghua University, Westlake University, and the University of Chicago. With the theme AI-Driven Scientific Innovation, the conference will convene a distinguished assembly of global thought leaders — including Nobel Laureates, Fields Medalists, Turing Award recipients, academicians from China and abroad, and leading experts in artificial intelligence. ICAIS aims to establish a premier platform for interdisciplinary exchange, foster collaboration at the intersection of carbon-based and silicon-based intelligence, and set a new benchmark for international AI research and innovation.
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Introduction
Arieh Warshel
2013 Nobel Chemistry Laureate
Professor Arieh Warshel, the 2013 Nobel chemistry laureate, the academician of the National Academy of Sciences and an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Southern California.
Professor Arieh Warshel has pioneered key approaches for simulating the functions of biological molecules, including introducing molecular dynamics in biology; developing the quantum-mechanical/molecular-mechanical (QM/MM) approach; introducing simulations of enzymatic reactions; pioneering microscopic simulations of electron transfer and proton transfer in solutions and in proteins; pioneering microscopic modeling of electrostatic effects in macromolecules; and introducing simulations of protein folding. In addition, Dr. Warshel and his collaborators recently elucidated the structure-based origin of the vectorial action of molecular machines. The multi-scale molecular simulation method developed by Prof.
Warshel's computational methods have been successfully applied to biomolecular systems and protein reaction mechanisms. He won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.