Call for contributions

Help AI discover better algorithms for science.

Build a research environment around an important scientific problem, or collaborate with us to develop and validate new methods in your field.

01 / Scientific research tasks

Contribute a scientific research task.

Bring a fundamental, impactful problem from your field where better algorithms could make a difference. Turn it into a measurable task and build the complete environment for developing and testing new methods.

  • Scientific valueExplain the advance a better method would enable.
  • Room for discoveryShow where existing methods fall short and what can be improved.
  • Meaningful evaluationDefine inputs, outputs, and metrics that measure scientific progress.

Have a task idea? Discuss it in an issue, or submit a draft PR with missing pieces clearly marked.

Scientific question

Algorithmic objective

Optimization · Prediction · Classification · Generation

A complete research environment
  • Data pipelineRebuildable data from pinned sources, with train / development / test splits.
  • Research runtimeDependencies and a workspace for running experiments.
  • Reproduced baselineA reference method, runnable commands, and verified results.
  • Development evaluationMetrics and tests for iterative research.
  • Independent testingRerun the submission on held-out inputs to assess generalization.
  • Submission interfaceA portable model or harness with defined inputs and outputs.
New scientific research track
02 / Scientific discovery collaborations

Collaborate on scientific discovery.

Partner with us on a research question in your field. Combine your scientific expertise, data, or experimental validation with AI researchers that design, implement, and test new methods.

  • Shape the research questionDefine what progress would matter scientifically.
  • Bring data or validationProvide datasets, simulators, or experiments that can test the ideas.
  • Develop and assess methods togetherExplore algorithms with AI researchers and interpret the results.

Share your research question, the resources you can bring, and the collaboration you have in mind.

A shared scientific question

Domain researchers

Scientific judgment
Data & validation

AI researchers

Method design
Experiments & evaluation

New methods & validated scientific evidence