On November 5th, 2025, Dr.-Ing. Josephine Kelley and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Max Marian participated in the Friction Forum 2025 at the renowned Tsinghua University in Beijing. The event celebrated the anniversary of the journal Friction and focused on the highly relevant theme “Impact of AI on Tribology Research.” Numerous international experts gathered to discuss the opportunities and challenges that artificial intelligence brings to both fundamental and applied tribology research.
Prof. Marian delivered an invited lecture titled “Bridging scales: Enhanced practical modeling of machine elements by AI-powered prediction of EHL contacts,” in which he presented innovative approaches to AI-assisted modeling of elastohydrodynamic contacts. He also took part in a panel discussion that explored the future role of AI in tribology from diverse and interdisciplinary perspectives.
The Friction Forum provided an inspiring platform for scientific exchange among international research groups and impressively highlighted the growing importance of data-driven methods in modern tribology research — a field that is also being actively advanced at the IMKT.
