LSU AI researchers teaming with other universities, Department of Energy to develop nuclear safety models [Video]

BATON ROUGE — LSU artificial intelligence researchers will collaborate with other universities to develop AI models to protect the United States from nuclear threats as part of a $25 million national defense and energy project, the university announced Tuesday.

The consortium of 15 universities and eight national labs is being funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration to support nuclear safety and nonproliferation, as well as train a new generation of data science, cyber and AI experts. 

The initiative will be led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Clemson University and the Air Force Institute of Technology are among the universities participating.

The broader research thrusts of the group, the Enabling Capabilities in Technology Consortium, include fundamental science in earth, environmental, atmospheric and space science, as well as …