Materials informatics: Growing from the bio world

Materials informatics, drawing on principles developed in bioinformatics is emerging as a new approach for addressing these needs in the field. It fuses collections of annotated materials data interrogated in a structured learning framework. Combined with high-throughput experimental techniques, materials informatics offers a more efficient manner to develop new materials with optimal properties. A workshop is scheduled to take place on 15 October from 1-5 p.m in conjunction with the Materials Science & Technology 2006 conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.