Presentation
Driving Autonomous Experiments and Molecular Explorations aided by Virtual Foundation Model OS
DescriptionFoundation models (FMs) have the potential to help drive experiments towards new discoveries, provided they are augmented with proper scientific knowledge and their reasoning is verified to assure self-consistency and compliance with basic physical principles. We are developing a Virtual Foundation Model (VFM) as an Operating System (VFMOS) infrastructure that manages Data, Model and Trust Augmentation Agents hidden under the VFM interface that dynamically retrieve the required knowledge, select suitable FMs and guide the reasoning process for domain specific use cases. We demonstrate benefits for autonomous characterization of defect sites in microscopy of material thin films, and for exploration of new molecules with interesting properties.