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Machine Learning Tackles Long COVID
January 5, 2023
A new machine learning tool developed by a Berkeley Lab-led team analyzes electronic health records to help understand how and why some individuals develop long COVID symptoms. The tool may even enable more effective treatments by helping clinicians develop tailore therapies to different patient groups.
HYPPO: Leveraging Prediction Uncertainty to Optimize Deep Learning Models for Science
March 1, 2022
A team of computational researchers has developed a new software tool for conducting hyperparameter optimization (HPO) of deep neural networks while taking into account the prediction uncertainty that arises from using stochastic optimizers for training the models. Dubbed “HYPPO,” this open-source package is designed to optimize the architectures of deep learning models specifically for scientific applications.
Advancing New Battery Design with Deep Learning
April 4, 2022
A team of researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the UC Irvine recently moved this effort forward with the development of deep-learning algorithms to automate the quality control and assessment of new battery designs.
Computational Analysis Enables Breakthrough in Biomolecular Dynamics
April 20, 2022
A new study with data analyses from Berkeley Lab computational researchers helps broaden the physical understanding of biomolecular assembly by tracking motion at unprecedented resolution and defining a general procedure for using in situ visualization and machine learning to explore such dynamics.
New Encoder-Decoder Overcomes Limitations in Scientific Machine Learning
May 2, 2022
A team of Berkeley Lab computational researchers led by Talita Perciano from the Scientific Data Division's Machine Learning and Analytics Group introduced a new Python-based encoder-decoder framework that overcomes both the segmentation and widespread adaptability problems.
Neuroscience Simulations Shed Light on Origins of Human Brain Recordings
July 11, 2022
A Berkeley Lab-led team is establishing a new understanding of which neurons, precisely, are generating signals recorded at the brain's surface. Their a seven-year search included developing new ECoG devices, performing brain surgery on rats to record their neurological signals, developing new machine-learning algorithms to process the data, and running a full-scale biophysically accurate simulation at NERSC.
Machine Learning Paves Way for Smarter Particle Accelerators
July 19, 2022
Scientists have developed a new machine-learning platform that makes the algorithms that control particle beams and lasers smarter than ever before.
Exabiome Brings Metagenomics Into the Exascale Era
October 10, 2022
The Exabiome project is developing novel software tools that allow researchers to harness the power of cutting-edge high performance computers (and now exascale supercomputers) alongside graph neural networks to solve previously infeasible problems in metagenomics.
How Do You Solve a Problem Like a Proton? You Smash It to Smithereens – Then Build It Back Together With Machine Learning
October 25, 2022
A new tool decodes proton snapshots captured by history-making particle detector in record time.
Cutting Through the Noise
Berkeley Lab’s Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences Division and its Physics Division joined forces to create a new approach to quantum error mitigation. "Noise estimation circuits" could help make quantum computing’s theoretical potential a reality.
February 23, 2022
Plants Buy Us Time to Slow Climate Change – But Not Enough to Stop It
December 8, 2021
An international team of researchers led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have used a novel methodology combining remote sensing, machine learning, and terrestrial biosphere models to find that, as our planet warms, plants are also photosynthesizing more CO2. The difference, however, can't make up for the rate at which humanity is releasing the greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.
FasTensor: Faster Data Analysis Designed for Science
January 26, 2022
A Berkeley Lab team has developed a machine learning tool that can analyze scientific datasets up to 1,000 times faster than its general-purpose counterparts. FasTensor, created specifically for the needs of science, can handle terabyte data-analysis tasks running in parallel on supercomputers.
Deep Learning Tactics Speed Quantum Simulations
October 4, 2021
Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley researchers are using an AI technique called reinforcement learning to optimize quantum simulations and speed the time it takes to create and test a range of quantum architecture designs.
Finally! Accurate Protein Prediction Courtesy of Artificial Intelligence
September 7, 2021
The dream of predicting a protein shape just from its gene sequence is now a reality thanks to an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm recently validated by a research collaboration including Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division. Predicting protein shapes is a long sought-after breakthrough for structural biologists because it offers a key to understanding protein functions to accelerate treatments for diseases like cancer and COVID-19.
X-Ray Experiments, Machine Learning Could Trim Years Off Battery R&D
April 2, 2021
Berkeley Lab’s COSMIC X-ray instrument contributed to a battery study that used an innovative approach to machine learning to speed up the learning curve about a process that shortens the life of fast-charging lithium batteries.
Supernovae Twins Open Up New Possibilities for Precision Cosmology
May 6, 2021
Using machine learning techniques, Berkeley Lab cosmologists have found a way to double the accuracy of measuring distances to supernova explosions – one of their tried-and-true tools for studying the mysterious dark energy that is making the universe expand faster and faster.
Researchers Hunt for New Particles in Collider Data
February 19, 2021
Berkeley Lab physicists are employing machine learning algorithms to search for new particles in the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS detector data collected from 2015-18.
Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Monitoring Capabilities Still in Use 10 Years After Fukushima Earthquake and Nuclear Power Plant Disaster
March 11, 2021
Eleven years after Berkeley Lab scientists began monitoring radiation loosed by an earthquake that struck the Fukushima nuclear powerplant in Japan, their monitoring efforts are still going strong. Now researchers are using machine learning to help improve the efficiency of their long-term monitoring efforts.
Berkeley Lab Scientist’s Work Deciphering Early Universe Secrets Garners 2021 Gruber Cosmology Prize
October 2, 2020
A trio of physicists – including Uroš Seljak of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) – has been awarded the 2021 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their work studying the large-scale structure of the universe as well as the properties of its first instant of existence. Seljak's recent work incorporates machine learning and other advanced computational techniques critical to the success of upcoming cosmology experiments including DESI and CMB-S4
AI for Efficient Flying Qubits
Project Aims to Up the Efficiency of Converting Optic Signals to Quantum Connections
December 2, 2020
How do quantum computers connect over fiber networks? Right now, not very well. A team of Berkeley Lab scientists led by post-doctoral researcher Mekena Metcalf is using artificial intelligence techniques to boost the efficiency of a key process that enables qubits to "fly" across optical fiber.
Artificial Intelligence Finds More Than 1,200 Gravitational Lensing Candidates
February 2, 2021
A research team with participation by Berkeley Lab physicists has used artificial intelligence to identify more than 1,200 possible gravitational lenses – objects that can be powerful markers for the distribution of dark matter. The count, if all of the candidates turn out to be lenses, would more than double the number of known gravitational lenses.
A Machine Learning Solution for Designing Optical Materials
December 2, 2020
Understanding how matter interacts with light – its optical properties – is critical in a myriad of energy and biomedical technologies, but calculating these properties is computationally intensive. And the inverse problem – designing a structure with desired optical properties – is even harder.
Now Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a machine learning model that can be used for both problems – calculating optical properties of a known structure and, inversely, designing a structure with desired optical properties.
Driver-less Data Acquisition
Self-learning algorithm breaks new ground in data collection and analysis
October 2, 2020
A self-learning algorithm developed by the CAMERA group at Berkeley Lab has enabled researchers at the Institut Laue-Langevin to for the first time run an autonomous data analysis during a neutron scattering experiment.
Machine Learning Takes on Synthetic Biology
September 25, 2020
Berkeley Lab scientists are developing smart algorithms with the potential to reduce bioengineering development cycles from years to months or even weeks. The field of synethic biology is rife with possibilities that reach beyond today's consumer-products applications (from burgers to face creams) and into fields of medicine, agriculture, climate, energy, and materials.
ENDURABLE: Berkeley Lab's Aggregate Data Standard for AI Modeling
August 31, 2020
Much of today's scientific data comes in a form that machine learning algorithms can’t use effectively. Berkeley Lab's ENDURABLE aims to make complex datasets compiled from a wide variety of sources more useful to scientists using the latest artificial intelligence techniques to make new discoveries.
Clues to COVID-19 Treatments Could Be Hiding in Existing Data
Berkeley Lab Scientists Want to Find Them
July 15, 2020
Berkeley Lab computing and bioinformatics experts are working together to develop a platform that consolidates COVID-19 data sources and uses the unified library to make predictions – about potential drug targets, for example.
Can CT Scans Be Used to Quickly and Accurately Diagnose COVID-19?
June 1, 2020
Berkeley Lab data scientist Daniela Ushizima is exploring whether image recognition algorithms and a data analysis pipeline powered by machine learning can help accurately distinguish COVID-19 abnormalities in CT scans and chest X-rays from other overlapping respiratory illnesses.
Smart Farms of the Future
Making Bioenergy Crops More Environmentally Friendly
June 2, 2020
Berkeley Lab scientists are marrying machine learning with agriculture in field research that also includes molecular biology, biogeochemistry, environmental sensing technologies, and machine learning. This “farm of the future” could revolutionize agriculture and create sustainable farming practices that benefit both the environment and farms.
Mining the Literature for New Insights
Machine Learning Tool Sets Sites on COVID-19
April 28, 2020
A team of Berkeley Lab scientists who normally spend their time researching things like high-performance materials for thermoelectrics or battery cathodes have built a text-mining tool in record time to help the global scientific community synthesize the mountain of scientific literature on COVID-19 being generated every day.
Estimating COVID-19's Seasonal Cycle
May 20, 2020
Is COVID-19 seasonal like the flu, waning in warm summer months then resurgent in the fall and winter? Berkeley Lab has launched a new project to apply machine-learning methods to health and environmental datasets, combining high-res climate models and seasonal forecasts, to tease out the answer.
Seeing the Universe Through New Lenses
May 14, 2020
Berkeley Lab scientists are employing a neural network and an award-winning algorithm to sort through troves of ground-based space images and identify strong gravitational lenses. Created by galaxies and other massive space objects, the lense bend light to reveal distant objects and phenomena along the same path, making them powerful probes of dark matter, dark energy, and other cosmic mysteries.
Applying ‘Decision Science’ to Transportation Behaviors
March 12, 2020
Why do some people adopt electric vehicles, ride-sharing, ride-hailing, or online shopping while others don’t? Berkeley Lab researcher Anna Spurlock spearheads the WholeTraveler Transportation Behavior Study, a three-year project that uses machine learning techniques to try to understand what drives human choices in transportation.
Microbiome Matchmaker
December 2, 2019
A unique neural network architecture called mmvec (microbe-metabolite vectors) is opening new windows into the complex microbial communities in the environment and our bodies. Such "microbiomes" are devilishly difficult to untangle, but doing so could help us understand processes that give rise to many biological and medical mysteries, such as inflammatory bowel disease.
Simulating the Universe in TensorFlow
March 6, 2020
In this blog post, Berkeley Lab's Uroŝ Seljak and his collaborators from the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics explain how to simulate a tiny universe in their FlowPM, a machine learning cosmological simulator that's both faster and smarter than conventional approaches.
Artificial Intelligence to Enable Smart Farming
February 28, 2020
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab scientists Ben Brown and Haruko Wainwright have been working with the University of Arkansas and Glennoe Farms on a pilot project called the “AR1K Smart Farm”. The project aims to improve sustainability in agriculture – increasing the yields while reducing chemical inputs and improving soil health - using sensors and artificial intelligence.
Stabilizing Synchrotron Light
November 19, 2019
Machine learning can predict noisy fluctuations in synchrotron light sources and correct them before they occur. The breakthrough solves a decades old issue and will make new, higher powered light sources, such as the Advanced Light Source located at Berkeley Lab, even more useful to scientists.
Etalumis Reverses Simulations to Reveal New Science
November 12, 2019
Deep neural networks are one key to helping scientists "reverse engineer" simulations, feeding experimental datasets back into models to reveal new science. Large Hadron Collider data provided the test case for this new framework, called Etalumis.
Deep Learning Expands Study of Nuclear Waste Remediation
November 9, 2019
A research collaboration including Berkeley Lab demonstrated how physics-informed generative adversarial networks (GANs) can be used in analyzing complex, large-scale science problems. The team modeled subsurface flows in the study of nuclear waste remediation, achieving exaplop/s-throughput in the process.
Berkeley Lab Researchers Help Caltrans Predict Traffic Tie-Ups
November 4, 2019
Berkeley Lab researchers are using machine learning to help improve Caltrans’ real-time decision making with more accurate traffic modeling. The system is being tested in Los Angeles County's I-210 corridor testbed in conjunction with state and local agencies.
Predicting Watershed Behavior
July 30, 2019
Studying watersheds using learning techniques can lead to better predictions about downstream water supply and quality while offering better information for stewarding these vital resources.
Putting AI Tools in the Hands of Scientists
July 29, 2019
Some 175 researchers attended the DL4Sci School to acquire new tools and skills that advance deep learning studies
Learning to Look for Elusive Inoviruses
July 22, 2019
Using a machine learning approach, a team led by the Joint Genome Institute at Berkeley Lab has opened a new window on the number and diversity of elusive inoviruses. Trawling caches of metagenomic data, the researchers' machine learning method identified 10,000 probable inovirus sequences in six broad families.
A Clearer Understanding of Extreme Weather
July 24, 2019
Berkeley Lab scientists share their cutting edge machine learning and deep learning studies of climate and extreme weather.
Mining for Hidden Knowledge
July 3, 2019
Berkeley Lab study finds that text mining of scientific literature can lead to new discoveries.
To Pump or Not to Pump?
June 3, 2019
Berkeley Lab scientists aim to create a new machine learning tool for smarter groundwater management.
The Nature of Dark Matter
May 14, 2019
Using deep learning a Lab-led team aims to enhance the use of gravitational lensing to study dark matter.
The Future of Scientific Machine Learning
April 15, 2019
Early, mid-career scientists identify applied math challenges, sow seeds of future collaborations.
The Quest to Convert CO₂ into Fuels
April 8, 2019
Materials Project's machine learning approach opens new vistas in photocathode research.
Identifying Suicide Risks in Veterans
April 4, 2019
Berkeley Lab team uses deep learning to help VA address veterans' psychological, medical challenges.
Better Simulations on the Cheap
March 10, 2019
ExaLearn will interpolate details from sparse data to create surrogate models, first for cosmology.
Detecting Global Climate Patterns
February 25, 2019
ClimateNet will use deep learning to shed light on the changing behavior of climate and extreme weather.
Combing Cosmological Data for the Big Picture
January 25, 2019
Berkeley Lab researcher wins Large Synoptic Survey Telescope machine-learning competition.
Tracing the Nature of Neutrinos
December 21, 2018IceCube research garners best paper award at IEEE machine learning conference.
Identifying Extreme Weather
November 20, 2018Berkeley Lab-led team shares 2018 Gordon Bell Prize for deep learning climate application.
Optimizing Traffic Models
October 28, 2018Berkeley Lab team using machine learning in smart and sustainable mobility solutions.
Supporting Sustainable Farming
October 28, 2018Harnessing the power of machine learning and microbiology
Topology, Physics & Machine Learning Take on Climate Research Data Challenges
September 4, 2018New data analytics tools could dramatically impact large-scale science data projects
Probing the Fabric of the Cosmos
September 5, 2018Deep Learning and 3D simulations assist scientists in exploring the physics of the universe.
Learning from Living Cells
August 23, 2018Infrared beams, machine learning show cell types in a different light
A Groundwater Early Warning System
August 13, 2018Berkeley Lab researchers devise system to monitor contaminant plumes
Berkeley Lab-BIDS Fellows Share Machine Learning Expertise
August 30, 2018Partnership Enriches ML4Sci Workshop and California Water Data Hackathon
Pinpointing Earthquake Impacts
June 28, 2018Using ML techniques, new simulations can break down potential major quake impacts by building location and size.
The Challenges of Big Data and Advanced Computing Solutions
July 12, 2018Berkeley Lab's Katherine Yelick contributes expert testimony to Congressional Committee hearing.
A ‘Google for Science’
June 19, 2018Berkeley Lab team automates metadata discovery to search scientific images and data.
New ECP Co-Design Center to Focus on Exascale Machine Learning
July 20, 2018Berkeley Lab One of Eight National Labs Participating in 'ExaLearn'
Physicists, Machine Learning Experts Team Up to Tackle TrackML
June 11, 2018ML challenge aims to quickly reconstruct the paths of millions of electrically charged particles created in colliders.
Biofuels Bonanza
May 29, 2018Predicting microbial biofuel production to speed up bioengineering
Extreme Weather
March 29, 2018Deep learning at 15 pflops to identify extreme weather at scale
Teaching Computers to Guide Science
March 6, 2018Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley's “Iterative Random Forests” deliver science insights
‘Minimalist Machine Learning’
February 21, 2018Machine learning algorithm analyzes experimental images from limited training data, speeding up the deployment of learning tools
Targeting More Effective Cancer Drugs
August 16, 2017Machine learning model predicts protein binding for better drug candidates
Machine Learning Enhances Predictive Modeling of 2D Materials
March 2, 2017Using machine learning algorithms could reduce the time it takes to accurately predict the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of nanomaterials from years to months.
Unlocking Mysteries of the Universe
January 30, 2018Teaching machines to analyze simulations of exotic subatomic ‘soup’
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