CAS is delighted to host the Boston Area Group for Informatics and Modeling for an evening of science and conversation. Come close out the year with us over drinks and food, plus a presentation from CAS exploring how AI and trusted scientific data are accelerating drug discovery.
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Time: 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Agenda:
5:30–6:15 — Check-in and networking
6:15–7:00 — Presentation by James Law, Senior Technical Product Manager, CAS
7:00–7:30 — Continued networking
Please register --HERE--
Location: The Westin Boston Seaport District — Sauciety event space (Lobby Level), 425 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210
James’ Bio
James Law’s work focuses on building AI agents that act as collaborative colleagues for chemists, analogous to how modern AI assistants support software developers. With a career spanning AI research, product leadership, and systems engineering, James was the lead author and software architect of one of the first machine‑learning‑based chemical retrosynthesis systems, which became the foundation for CAS Retrosynthesis. He has guided cross‑functional teams across industry at scale — including designing the core arithmetic architecture for Google’s Tensor Processing Units, optimizing global infrastructure for Google Search, and managing GPU capacity across Meta’s data centers. James holds a B.Math. in Pure Mathematics and a B.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
