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Symmetry: The future of particle accelerators may be autonomous
Particle accelerators are some of the most complicated machines in science. Scientists are working on ways to run them with a diminishing amount of direction from humans.
Symmetry: Studying the stars with machine learning
To keep up with an impending astronomical increase in data about our universe, astrophysicists turn to machine learning.
Particle physicists team up with AI to solve toughest science problems
Researchers from SLAC and around the world increasingly use machine learning to handle Big Data produced in modern experiments and to study some of the most fundamental properties of the universe.
Four SLAC Scientists Awarded Prestigious DOE Early Career Research Grants
Tais Gorkhover, Michael Kagan, Kazuhiro Terao and Joshua Turner will each receive $2.5 million for research that studies fundamental particles, nanoscale objects, quantum materials and machine learning.
Scientists Use Machine Learning to Speed Discovery of Metallic Glass
SLAC and its collaborators are transforming the way new materials are discovered. In a new report, they combine artificial intelligence and accelerated experiments to discover potential alternatives to steel in a fraction of the time.
Symmetry: Neural Networks for Neutrinos
Scientists are using cutting-edge machine-learning techniques to analyze physics data.
Q&A: Alan Heirich and Elliott Slaughter Take On SLAC’s Big Data Challenges
As members of the lab’s Computer Science Division, they develop the tools needed to handle ginormous data volumes produced by the next generation of scientific discovery machines.
Major Technology Developments Boost LCLS X-Ray Laser’s Discovery Power
Innovations at SLAC, including the world’s shortest X-ray flashes, ultra-high-speed pulse trains and smart computer controls, promise to take ultrafast X-ray science to a whole new level.
SLAC-Led Project Will Use Artificial Intelligence to Prevent or Minimize Electric Grid Failures
It's the first to employ AI to help the grid manage power fluctuations, resist damage and recover faster from storms, solar eclipses, cyberattacks and other disruptions.
Artificial Intelligence Analyzes Gravitational Lenses 10 Million Times Faster
Menlo Park, Calif. — Researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have for the first time shown that neural networks – a form of artificial intelligence – can accurately analyze the complex distortions in spacetime known as gravitational lenses 10 million times faster than traditional methods.
