Outreach

Community outreach is very important to us at AIME, and we update this page regularly with ongoing outreach activities in the group.

Workshops and events

AI4Science Seminar

Rocío, together with Simon Olsson, co-organizes the monthly AI4Science seminar series at Chalmers, where early- to mid-career researchers working at the interface of AI and a scientific domain are invited to present their work and meet with researchers at Chalmers. The AI4Science seminar is generously funded by the Chalmers AI Research Center (CHAIR). You can learn more about the AI4Science seminar series and sign up for the newsletter here. You can also check out the YouTube channel to watch recorded talks from previous speakers.

ML2MD 2026 — Machine Learning for Materials and Molecular Discoveries Symposium

Rocío is co-organizing the 2nd edition of the ML2MD Symposium with Chao Zhang (Uppsala University), to be held at Uppsala University on June 17–19, 2026. This event brings together researchers working at the intersection of machine learning, materials science, and molecular discovery. The symposium is generously supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundations and the COST Action DAEMON. Visit the event page for more details.

CHAIR Structured Learning Workshop 2026

We are currently planning the 4th annual Structured Learning Workshop, to be held in the Fall 2026. More details coming soon. You can learn more about the CHAIR Structured Learning Theme on the CHAIR webpage, and check out event pages from previous years: 2023, 2024, 2025.

AI4Mat @ NeurIPS 2025

Rocío co-organized a workshop on AI for accelerated materials design at NeurIPS 2025 (previously also at ICLR 2025). To learn more, please see the event website.

In the media

  • “Intensive collaborations to secure new research funding.” Chalmers Communications. Dec 2025. link
  • “Designing molecular recipes: Rocío Mercado Oropeza’s push for smarter molecular AI.” WASP Sweden. Nov 2025. link
  • “Rocío Mercado receives ERC Starting Grant.” WASP Sweden. Sep 2025. link
  • “Distinguished EU grant to promising Chalmers researchers.” Chalmers News. Sep 2025. link
  • Rocío was asked to comment on the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Chalmers news.
  • In 2022, Rocío participated in Skype A Scientist LIVE, where she answered questions about AI for drug discovery: 🎞️link🎞️
  • In 2021, Rocío was on the Random Walks podcast, speaking about her scientific journey: 🎤link🎤

Scientific talks