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The Department of Energy national laboratories are working together to use artificial intelligence (Al) models for scientific research. Registration is required and is being managed by each hosting laboratory.
Better understanding and exploring the potential impact of AI reasoning models on national security and science and, in particular, how reasoning models may accelerate science more broadly is of national interest. Toward that end, the DOE national laboratories are convening an AI Jam Session for scientists to explore multiple advanced AI models including using them on challenging scientific problems. This will be the first in a series of AI Jam Sessions involving multiple AI Laboratories to gather data on model performance across a diverse range of realistic, representative tasks in scientific research and development. The outputs will serve as a first-pass proxy to extrapolate the potential impact of these tools for the scientific community.
The first AI Jam Session will be held in-person on February 28, 2025 at Argonne, Berkeley, Brookhaven, Idaho, Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Princeton Plasma Physics national laboratories.
Each DOE national laboratory participant will bring problems from their scientific domain and spend the day using the latest capabilities of AI reasoning models to solve complex problems. Participants can work in small teams (e.g., 1-3) to avoid getting stuck and to help observe or analyze the performance of the models. Small teams need to collectively define the challenge problems prior to the AI Jam Session. Access to leading-edge models will be provided for the duration of the AI Jam Session.
Every participant is expected to:
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Participate in person; no travel stipend will be provided by the hosting laboratory
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Have previous experience using GenAI models (OpenAI’s or others)
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Possess deep technical knowledge of a scientific and/or technical domain related to DOE missions
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Have already formulated research questions to be refined on the day
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Work on questions that do not require the use of confidential and/or sensitive information
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Capture/share model outputs for model evaluation and model training purposes.
To help participants prepare for the AI Jam Session, OpenAI will be hosting two training webinars. Both will last 45 minutes and be recorded and available to all participants. These training webinars will take place on:
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February 6, 2025 at 1:00pm CST
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February 20, 2025 at 1:00pm CST
During these webinars, OpenAI will introduce participants to the technology, describe how it will work during the AI Jam Session, and walk through best practices in terms of how to structure research questions for such an AI Jam Session. Other AI laboratories may offer additional webinars prior to February 28th.
This is an in-person AI Jam Session open ONLY to DOE national laboratory scientists, researchers, and engineers. Participants must register at the specific hosting laboratory where they will be attending the AI Jam Session. Do not register at multiple national laboratories. Availability of seats is limited due to space constraints. You will be notified within a week of registration if you are confirmed for the event. Do not make travel plans until you have a confirmation email from the hosting laboratory.
