LLNL Partners with AWS on AI Troubleshooting System

The US' Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for an AI-driven troubleshooting and reliability system at LLNL's National Ignition Facility (NIF). While AI is already used to manage the data generated by those experiences and to improve predictive modeling capabilities, AWS will provide an AI-driven troubleshooting and reliability system.

“I’m excited to unleash the superpower that is AI on NIF operations,” said LLNL director Kim Budil. “By leveraging our extensive historical data through advanced AI techniques, we’re solving today’s problems faster and paving the way for predictive maintenance and even more efficient operations in the future.”

“NIF is an incredibly complex facility that operates with extreme precision. We run 24/7, executing approximately 350 high-energy-density physics experiments each year,” said NIF operations manager Bruno Van Wonterghem. “This intelligent system analyzes 22 years of operational history across hundreds of NIF’s subsystems to help our staff resolve issues more quickly and keep experiments on track.”