Embedded Intelligent Systems, Infrastructures and Approaches

The focus of the third seminar in the UM-INL Nuclear Energy Futures Series is on Embedded Intelligent Systems, Infrastructures and Approaches. The technical scope of this thrust area targets reducing plant maintenance costs, reducing reactor design and operation margins, and intelligent autonomous frameworks that include inherent cyber security.

Dr. Garcia will start with an overview of the concept of secure embedded intelligence and how this will transform monitoring and control systems of nuclear power plants and enable autonomous operation. Prof. Kochunas will then present on an alternative approach to supporting autonomous operation through consideration of the inherent physics and design of the reactor. Dr. Agarwal will conclude the seminar by discussing some of the research his team focuses in trying to connect state-of-the-art reactor diagnostics and prognostics to risk informed decision-making processes.