BITS Pilani Students Arnav Kulshreshtha and Sattwik Das Are Building an AI Copilot for Scientific Discovery

What if AI could help scientists do more than summarise research papers? Arnav Kulshreshtha and Sattwik Das, students at BITS Pilani's Hyderabad Campus and co-founders of NovAtom Labs, are developing an AI-powered research copilot designed to support scientists throughout the discovery process.

The platform helps researchers synthesise scientific literature, identify experimental parameters and constraints, analyse previous results and explore potential directions for further investigation. It has been evaluated by researchers associated with ETH Zurich, Georgia Tech and the University of Toronto, and demonstrated to researchers at the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, where NovAtom Labs is collaborating on semiconductor research applications.

With potential applications across materials science, semiconductors, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and advanced manufacturing, the founders aim to develop AI systems that can eventually support self-driving research laboratories in India.

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