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Securing and Evaluating Agentic AI at Scientific Facilities

This lecture explores the security and evaluation challenges of deploying agentic AI at scientific computing facilities. Participants will examine real-world attack surfaces, structural defenses, and the PALISADE and SIEGE frameworks for protecting privileged actions and maintaining scientific correctness.
MacKenzie Boyd
August 11, 2026
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Tag-Teaming Turbulence

Researchers used the world’s fastest supercomputer for open science to train an artificial intelligence model that captures magnetic turbulence within a plasma in unprecedented detail. Results from the model, trained on the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, could support research ranging from modeling a supernova to building the…
Matt Lakin
April 20, 2026
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Nanodiamonds and Beyond: Designing Carbon Materials with Artificial Intelligence at Exascale

by Argonne National Laboratory   Key Takeaways Carbon is one of nature’s most versatile elements, capable of forming materials that are stronger than steel, lighter than plastic and adaptable to countless applications. Using powerful supercomputers and artificial intelligence and drawing on expertise in multiple disciplines, Argonne scientists are learning to…
Katie Bethea
March 16, 2026
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OLCF’s 2025 in Review

In 2025, high-performance computing and rapid advances in artificial intelligence pushed the boundaries of scientific discovery, accelerating progress across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Deep collaborations among leading academic, industrial, and government partners fueled major breakthroughs in areas such as simulating cellular machinery, accelerating AI, integrating quantum and classical computing…
Angela Gosnell
December 22, 2025
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Protein Design on Demand

Researchers used the world’s fastest supercomputer to train an artificial intelligence model to draw up blueprints for the building blocks of life. The study earned the multi-institutional team a finalist nomination for the Association for Computing Machinery’s Gordon Bell Prize, which honors innovation in applying high-performance computing to applications in science,…
Matt Lakin
November 14, 2024
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Visionary Report Unveils Ambitious Roadmap to Harness the Power of AI in Scientific Discovery

Innovations in artificial intelligence are rapidly shaping our world, from virtual assistants and chatbots to self-driving cars and automated manufacturing. Seizing on the potential of AI to transform science, the nation’s leading experts in science and technology have released a blueprint for the United States to accelerate progress by expanding its capabilities…
Scott Jones
June 13, 2023
Technology

ORNL Researchers Earn R&D 100 Award for AI Technology

Gremlin, software developed by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to identify weaknesses in neural networks, has been recognized with a 2022 R&D 100 Award in the Software/Services category. Neural networks are algorithms used to recognize patterns in datasets of text, images, or…
Coury Turczyn
September 28, 2022

ATS Seminar Series: Martin Foltin and Rangan Sukumar

The Advanced Technologies Section (ATS) of the National Center for Computational Sciences at ORNL is a world leader in developing and deploying scientific and technical solutions for leadership-class computing environments. The R&D activities of ATS are organized around designing and deploying leadership class systems, developing artificial intelligence solutions for science…
Betsy Sonewald
July 6, 2022
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Speeding up simulations

Artificial intelligence has transformed industrial research and development in recent decades during what scientists call "the AI revolution." The technology enables detailed simulations and high-speed modeling that can streamline the journey from drawing board to production line by speeding up or cutting out costly, time-consuming steps to a practical working…
Matt Lakin
June 13, 2022
Science

Supercomputing Exposes Potential Pathways for Inhibiting COVID-19

To explore the inner workings of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a novel technique. The team — including computational scientists Debsindhu Bhowmik, Serena Chen and John Gounley — ran molecular dynamics simulations of the novel virus…
Elizabeth Rosenthal
January 25, 2022
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Thinking outside the Black Box

A study led by scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) plumbs the depths of deep learning and could connect the digital synapses toward better, more reliable artificial-intelligence (AI) models. The research team from ORNL and the National Energy Technology Laboratory used Summit, the…
Matt Lakin
January 6, 2022
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OLCF’s Advanced Technologies Section Hosts Seminar Series

The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) Advanced Technologies Section (ATS) is hosting a series of seminars on topics relevant to its section groups and beyond. On the second and fourth Mondays of each month, speakers from various research disciplines across the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory…
Rachel McDowell
August 31, 2021

ATS Seminar Series: David Womble

The Advanced Technologies Section (ATS) of the National Center for Computational Sciences at ORNL is a world leader in developing and deploying scientific and technical solutions for leadership-class computing environments. The R&D activities of ATS are organized around designing and deploying leadership class systems, developing artificial intelligence solutions for science…
Katie Bethea
August 18, 2021
ORNL’s Sergei Kalinin and Rama Vasudevan (foreground) use scanning probe microscopy to study bulk ferroelectricity and surface electrochemistry -- and generate a lot of data. Credit: Jason Richards/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of EnergyScience

ORNL’s Superb Materials Expertise, Data and AI Tools Propel Progress

At the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists use artificial intelligence, or AI, to accelerate the discovery and development of materials for energy and information technologies. “AI gives scientists the ability to extract insights from an ever-expanding volume of data,” said David Womble, ORNL’s AI program director. “New AI…
Dawn Levy
May 5, 2021