Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Olivera Kotevska is a senior research scientist in the Computer Science and Mathematics Division (CSMD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, USA. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Université Grenoble Alpes, France, and conducted research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Washington, DC, during her doctoral studies. Her research focuses on machine learning, secure AI, and their intersection with scientific applications. Dr. Kotevska is a 2025 R&D 100 Award Winner, recognizing her leadership in the development of impactful, innovative technologies in privacy preservation, and the recipient of the Highly Cited Research Paper Award by Applied Energy in 2022 for her influential contributions to energy systems research. She has held various organizational roles, including chairing IEEE subcommittees, serving on the editorial boards of ACM Transactions on Internet Technology and Sensors – IoT Data Analytics, and organizing numerous workshops and technical programs. She was awarded IEEE Senior Membership and received the ORNL CSMD Outstanding Mentorship and Outreach Awards.
Publications
Sep, 2026
Conference Paper
Entropy‑weighted multilayer attention for token‑level attribution in autoregressive language models
Sep, 2026
Conference Paper
Energy–Performance Trade-offs in Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning on SmartNIC-Enabled HPC Systems
Aug, 2026
Conference Paper
CTRL-STEER: Closed-Loop Neuron Activation Control in Vision-Language-Action Models
News
October 15, 2024
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ORNL projects included in $67 million from DOE for AI in science research
