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December 13, 2023

14 MIN READ

Tracing throughlines: A brief history of artificial intelligence at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Despite its futuristic essence, artificial intelligence has a history that can be traced through several decades, and the ORNL has played a major role. From helping to drive fundamental and applied AI research from the field’s early days focused on expert systems, computer programs that rely on AI, to more recent developments in deep learning, a form of AI that enables machines to make evidence-based decisions, the lab’s AI research spans the spectrum.

August 24, 2022

11 MIN READ

Seven ORNL technologies win R&D 100 research awards

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their technologies have received seven 2022 R&D 100 Awards, plus special recognition for a battery-related green technology product.

August 12, 2021

5 MIN READ

Brain-inspired computing concepts take center stage at ICONS conference

The fourth annual International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems, or ICONS, which took place virtually from July 27 to 29, assembled 175 participants scattered across four continents to attend live sessions, view prerecorded presentations and converse with peers about pushing the boundaries of novel architectures, models and applications.

June 1, 2021

2 MIN READ

ORNL scientists innovate evaluation metrics to drive autonomous vehicle development.

June 1, 2021

2 MIN READ

ORNL researchers demonstrate neuromorphic computing capabilities via scaled autonomous racing.

April 27, 2021

4 MIN READ

ORNL licenses revolutionary AI system to General Motors for automotive use

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed its award-winning artificial intelligence software system, the Multinode Evolutionary Neural Networks for Deep Learning, to General Motors for use in vehicle technology and design.

August 26, 2020

5 MIN READ

Scientists share latest neuromorphic news at virtual ICONS conference

In late July, staff from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory hosted the third annual International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems, or ICONS. Like many conferences in 2020, ICONS took place entirely online to ensure the safety of organizers, speakers and attendees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 18, 2020

1 MIN READ

Computing – Mining for COVID-19 connections

Scientists have tapped the immense power of the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to comb through millions of medical journal articles to identify potential vaccines, drugs and effective measures that could suppress or stop the

August 28, 2019

5 MIN READ

Neuromorphic computing conference fosters multidisciplinary collaboration

Materials scientists, electrical engineers, computer scientists, and other members of the neuromorphic computing community from industry, academia, and government agencies gathered in downtown Knoxville July 23–25 to talk about what comes next in

August 1, 2019

1 MIN READ

Computing—“Seeing” in real time

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is training next-generation cameras called dynamic vision sensors, or DVS, to interpret live information—a capability that has applications in robotics and could improve autonomous vehicle sensing.

July 1, 2019

1 MIN READ

Computing—Building a brain

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are taking inspiration from neural networks to create computers that mimic the human brain—a quickly growing field known as neuromorphic computing.

November 20, 2018

6 MIN READ

ORNL technologies receive six R&D 100 Awards

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received six R&D 100 Awards in recognition of their significant advancements in science and technology. The honorees were recognized over the weekend at the 56th annual R&D 100 Conference, sponsored by R&D Magazine.