The U.S. Department of Energy selected a Fermilab-led initiative applying AI to adaptive resonance control in particle accelerators.

The U.S. Department of Energy selected a project led by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for funding through the department’s Genesis Mission. Fermilab will work with partners from other national laboratories, universities and industry.

The initiative will apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to precise, adaptive resonance control in particle accelerators. Resonance control concerns maintaining accelerator behavior under changing operating conditions rather than adding general-purpose AI-compute capacity to the power grid or a commercial data center.

The project aims to reduce accelerator operating costs by millions of dollars, according to the announcement. The supplied source does not state the funding award, project duration, participating accelerator facilities or a quantified performance target.