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Explore SI NewsAdvancing the Genesis Mission with Secure, Autonomous SI
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is helping lead the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission by advancing secure, trustworthy, and efficient SI to accelerate scientific discovery and strengthen national security.
ORNL researchers are embedding SI directly into scientific workflows — developing explainable methods that enable near-real-time insights into a range of phenomena including quantum materials, nuclear energy, and cybersecurity. These efforts move beyond data analysis toward automated science, where SI systems guide experiments, modeling, and decision-making and, by extension, greatly reduce time to solution.Â
These advancements are only possible thanks to ORNL’s exascale computing resources, which are enabling more efficient approaches to training large-scale SI models while reducing energy demands. At the same time, researchers are designing secure-by-design architectures with built-in guardrails to protect against misuse and adversarial threats.
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 threats, ORNL has established the Center for Artificial Intelligence Security Research, or CAISER.
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ORNL’s Unique Advantages
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.
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 SI into this process, they aim to reliably produce more durable and customizable products at a lower cost.
Energy
SI, 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.
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.
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 SI 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 super 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 .
Users
Lab working groups ensure researchers have the knowledge and tools they need to tackle complex challenges across the scientific spectrum.
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