How this Energy Lab is Unlocking the ‘Big Picture’ with Responsible AI

The Department of Energy is using AI to enable environmental missions.
The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) Science-based Ai/ML Institute (SAMI) is accelerating applied technology development for clean, efficient and affordable energy production. SAMI Technical Director Kelly Rose breaks down how the institute is using responsible AI in support of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) environmental and social justice strategic objectives. Rose explains how NETL is democratizing access to data through the FAIR data principles and the Energy Data eXchange (EDX) platform.
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Kelly Rose Technical Director, Science-based AI/ML Institute National Energy Technology Laboratory
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