Issues and challenges of informatics applications using actual crystal growth experimental data

Abstract

  In recent years, systems and services that utilize information science and technology (so-called AI) have been widespread and are changing our lives and industries. Also in academic researches, a large number of studies have been achieved in various research fields, including the field of crystal growth. There are two types of data related to crystal growth: data generated by simulations and data generated by actual experiments. In this paper, I focus on informatics applications using data from actual crystal growth experiments. I first give an introduction of informatics applications and then discuss the difficulties in applying informatics to the crystal growth process and in using actual experimental data. Next, examples of research conducted by the authors are presented. Finally, I summarize this paper and discuss the issues and challenges of applying informatics to crystal growth research.