Knowledge dissemination workshop public lecture "Artificial Intelligence, Physics - Applications"

Attending the workshop were Associate Professor, Dr. Dinh Van Trung, Director of the Institute of Physics; Ms. Nguyen Thi Van Nga, Director of the Information and Documentation Center; Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Hong Quang, Vice President of the Vietnam Physics Association; Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, Vice President of the Institute of Physics; Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dai Hung, former President of the Vietnam Physics Association; along with scientists inside and outside Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, and students from several universities in Hanoi. The speakers of the workshop were Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ai Viet (Hanoi National University) and Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Hong Duong (Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology).

Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Associate Professor, Dr. Dinh Van Trung said that in recent years, the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Mathematics, the Information and Documentation Center and the Vietnam Physics Association have successfully organized many public lectures on various topics to disseminate scientific and technological knowledge to the public. With a far-reaching topic, the Public Lecture "Artificial Intelligence, Physics - Applications" this time was organized not only to provide in-depth knowledge but also to open up new directions, combining artificial intelligence (AI) and physics to promote the development of science and technology.

• AI and physics: Opening up breakthrough developments

In the lecture "Artificial Intelligence, Physics and the Future", Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Ai Viet gave a comprehensive view of the combination of AI and physics. He began by explaining the core concepts of artificial intelligence such as Generative AI, Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Deep Learning (DL) and Large Language Model (LLM). He also emphasized the importance of quantum computing and Hopfield networks in developing AI models. AI not only helps analyze data, optimize simulations, improve research speed but also changes the research process, helping to discover new physical phenomena in an unprecedented asymptotic way. According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Ai Viet, AI will bring great value to physics in the design of new materials, such as materials for batteries and nanomaterials. Physical technologies such as spin glass have been applied in artificial neural networks to optimize information processing and memory storage. AI and quantum physics The combination of AI and machine learning to enhance the ability to handle complex problems that classical systems cannot solve will be a breakthrough. Physics also contributes to the development of AI through Memristors, creating hardware artificial neural networks, making AI more efficient and closer to the human brain. He concluded that integrating AI into physics teaching is necessary to create a generation of interdisciplinary scientists ready to face the challenges of the future.

In his lecture “Exploring the frontiers of artificial intelligence in lighting design and visual perception”, Associate Professor Dr. Pham Hong Duong shared his journey of incorporating AI such as ChatGPT, MidJourney and Gemini, from their earliest versions to the present, into his research practice, especially in lighting system design and vision measurement. According to Associate Professor Dr. Pham Hong Duong, one of the main challenges is getting used to the diverse languages of AI - whether it is verbal, visual or data input. This process requires progressive understanding as both AI and the author have to adapt to each other's communication style and capabilities.

The event not only provided an in-depth look at AI but also emphasized the indispensable role of physics in the development of AI. Both lectures by Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Ai Viet and Associate Professor Dr. Pham Hong Duong demonstrated that the combination of AI and physics can create breakthroughs in scientific research. In the future, AI will continue to help optimize scientific processes, while physics will play a fundamental role in developing intelligent AI applications.

At the workshop, scientists had open discussions on ethical issues when applying AI, and how to increase data to take advantage of the power of AI in scientific research. According to Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ai Viet, the field of science with many experts and scientists using AI, the data of that field will promote AI to progress very quickly. Professor, Dr. Nguyen Dai Hung commented that the content of the two lectures at the workshop raised new and major issues of AI, as applied in physics in particular. Therefore, to continue to clarify these topics, in the near future, the Vietnam Physics Association and the Information - Documentation Center will coordinate to organize more public lectures, in order to continue to bring useful information and knowledge to the public.

Some photos at the workshop:

Delegates attending the event at the Institute of Physics