{
  "id": 13283314,
  "title": "17-yr-old Indian-American's AI method 68x more efficient, wins $25K scholarship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/17-yr-old-indian-americans-ai-method-68x-more-efficient-wins-25k",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-09T20:02:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/discovery/meet-pavan-subramani-the-17-year-old-indian-american-west-virginia-teen-whose-ai-method-sampled-key-molecular-configurations-68-times-more-efficiently-earning-a-25000-davidson-scholarship/articleshow/134842430.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 17-year-old Indian-American student from Morgantown, West Virginia, has been recognized for his groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence (AI) that could revolutionize drug discovery. Pavan Subramani, a senior at Morgantown High School, has been awarded a 2026 Davidson Fellowship and a $25,000 scholarship for his innovative method using AI to accelerate molecular simulations. This achievement highlights the potential of AI to enhance the speed and efficiency of drug development processes.",
  "summary": "Pavan Subramani, a 17-year-old Indian-American student from West Virginia, has received a $25,000 Davidson Fellows scholarship for developing an AI-based method to accelerate molecular simulations. His research improved sampling efficiency 68-fold in a specific test and helped simulations reach equilibrium ligand-binding populations more than four times faster, potentially supporting future…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}