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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Jasmine H
Session Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Alternate Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Developing a Machine Learning Benchmark Using Real-Time Data from the PUR-1 Reactor for Nuclear Applications
10:00–10:20AM PDT
William Richards (Purdue Univ.), Zachery Dahm (Purdue Univ.), Oliver Buss (Nuclear Energy Agency), Catalina Anghel (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Kamal Moravej (Canadian National Laboratory), Xingang Zhao (ORNL), Basma Foad (McMaster Univ.), Upendra Rohatgi (Brookhaven), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
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ContextGPT: Predictive Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plant with Contextually-Informed Situational Understanding
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Raisa Bentay Hossain (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Farid Ahmed (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jahangir Alam (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Development of AI-Based Decision-Making Support Technology to Prevent Human Error in Nuclear Power Plant
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Seo Ryong Koo (KAERI), Young Ho Chae (KAERI)
Enhancing the Cybersecurity of Advanced Nuclear Power Plants Through Generative AI and Large Language Models
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Raisa Bentay Hossain (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ismail Hossain (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Adaptive Machine Learning-Based Threat Intelligence in Nuclear Facilities (AML-TIN): A Framework for Enhanced Cybersecurity in Nuclear Computing Environments
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Alaa M. Alotaibi (Southern Illinois Univ.), Farid Ahmed (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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