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Delivering secure, trustworthy and efficient AI solutions
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is leading research to ensure secure, trustworthy, and efficient AI in the service of scientific research and national security. Researchers across the laboratory are using AI to advance scientific discovery—recent examples include developing explainable AI methods to enable near-real-time reporting of cancer treatments, quantum materials, and working with the nuclear industry to expedite licensing.
Expanding use of AI will require creative ways to address the energy demands and power requirements of training and running large language models. ORNL researchers are already developing efficient solutions to train AI algorithms on the Frontier supercomputer. Further, secure approaches are critical for mitigating threats to AI systems and threats that emanate from them. To enhance the trustworthiness of AI systems, ORNL is researching how to create AI models with embedded guardrails to prevent malicious actions.
Discovery
Discovery is an HPE system powered by AMD processors and accelerators that will arrive in 2028 featuring impressive speed and enhanced bandwidth across the system.
Frontier
ORNL’s exascale supercomputer is delivering world-leading performance.
Center for Artificial Intelligence Security Research
To address emerging AI threats, ORNL has established the Center for Artificial Intelligence Security Research, or CAISER.
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ORNL's Unique AI Advantages
ORNL's Unique AI Advantages
AI for Healthcare
AI for Healthcare
Using various tools developed by ORNL teams, researchers at the lab are adapting artificial intelligence techniques to better understand cancer and other diseases. Through a series of ongoing, interconnected research projects, they are informing health policy and improving public health outcomes.
AI for Manufacturing
AI for Manufacturing
ORNL researchers are using additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, to develop solid parts made of metal, plastic, and other materials for a wide range of applications. By incorporating AI into this process, they aim to reliably produce more durable and customizable products at a lower cost.
AI for Energy
AI for Energy
AI, in combination with the Frontier supercomputer and other resources at the lab, accelerates research across the broad spectrum of energy generation, distribution, storage, and security.
AI for Security
AI for Security
Cybersecurity experts are constantly collecting data, but sifting through information to pinpoint problem areas in a timely manner can be difficult. To address this challenge, alongside the emerging threats and vulnerabilities associated with artificial intelligence-based technologies, ORNL has established the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, or CAISER, as an expansion of the laboratory’s AI Initiative.
AI for Supercomputing
AI for Supercomputing
ORNL’s Frontier is more than the world's first exascale machine—it’s also smart. With computing power and architecture components optimized for AI applications, Frontier helps researchers apply machine learning and deep learning techniques to a variety of science problems to quickly obtain accurate results.
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Education
Several pathways ensure that Lab staff continue to lead the world in the application of artificial intelligence for innovation, including ORNL’s summer internship programs and the Bredesen Center Ph.D. Program in Data Science and Engineering.
Collaboration
ORNL works with vendors, universities, and other national laboratories to offer training opportunities across the artificial intelligence spectrum.
Users
Lab working groups ensure researchers have the AI knowledge and tools they need to tackle complex challenges across the scientific spectrum.