7:30–8:30 (ET): Breakfast and Registration
8:30–10:00 (ET): Welcome Remarks and Keynote Presentations
Session Chair: Prof. Anna Erickson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Anna Erickson, ETI 2.0 Consortium Director, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology | Welcome and ETI 2.0 Overview | |
William Robinson, Deputy Director, Georgia Tech Research Institute | Welcome and GTRI GT Overview | |
Craig Sloan, Director, Office of Proliferation Detection Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D, NNSA | NNSA Overview | |
Huban A. Gowadia, Principal Associate Director for Global Security, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | What’s Next for Nuclear Security and Non-proliferation. | |
William Pike, Chief Science and Technology Officer, National Security Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Nuclear Science and Security in the Evolving AI Landscape |
10:00–10:30 (ET): Break
10:30–11:45 (ET): Thrust Area 1: Data Science and Digital Technologies in Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation
Session Chair: Prof. Pavel Tsvetkov, Texas A&M University
Hiroshi Sagara, Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo | Advanced Nuclear 3S Research and Education in SCIENCE TOKYO | [Abstract]; [Presentation slides] |
Pavel Tsvetkov, Professor, Texas A&M University | Thrust Area 1 Overview | [Presentation slides] |
Fan Zhang, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology | Enhancing Nuclear Security: The Intersection of AI, Robotics, and Cybersecurity | [Abstract] |
Katherine Davis, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University | Needle-in-the-Haystack: On Automatic Risk-based Searching of Cyber-Physical Power Systems to Stop Cyber-Physical Threats in Large-Scale Power Systems | [Abstract]; [Presentation slides] |
11:45–12:00 (ET): Group Photo
12:00–13:00 (ET): Lunch
13:00–13:50 (ET): Cross-cutting Area 1: Novel Radiation Detectors and Algorithms
Cross-cutting Area 2: Testbeds and Digital Twins
Session Chair: Prof. Steven Biegalski, Georgia Institute of Technology
Paul Sellin, Professor, University of Surrey | Latest Developments in Perovskite Semiconductor and Scintillator Detectors | [Abstract]; [Presentation slides] |
Steven Biegalski, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology | Cross-cutting Area 1 Overview | [Presentation slides] |
Derek Haas, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin | Cross-cutting Area 2 Overview | [Presentation slides] |
13:50–14:10 (ET): Break
14:10–15:00 (ET): Thrust Area 2: Precision Environmental Analysis for Enhanced Nuclear Nonproliferation Vigilance and Emergency Response
Session Chair: Prof. Raymond Cao, The Ohio State University
Raymond Cao, Professor, The Ohio State University | Thrust Area 2 Overview | |
Rusty Towell, Professor, Abilene Christian University | An Introduction to ACU’s NEXT Lab, the Molten Salt Research Reactor, and Supporting R&D | [Abstract]; [Presentation slides] |
Anne Co, Professor, The Ohio State University | Electrochemical Separation, Preconcentration and Detection of Radionucleides | [Presentation slides] |
15:00–15:20 (ET): Break
15:20–16:30 (ET): Thrust Area 3: Emerging Technologies for Nonproliferation
Session Chair: Prof. Paul Wilson, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paul Wilson, Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Thrust Area 3 Overview | [Presentation slides] |
Moussa N’Gom, Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Hybrid Quantum Probe for Nuclear Spectroscopy | [Abstract]; [Presentation slides] |
Michael West, David Fee, Research Professors, University of Alaska Fairbanks | Remote Detection and Characterization of Nuclear Proliferation Activities Using Geophysical Signals | [Abstract]; [Presentation slides] |
Timothy Glotch, Professor, Stony Brook University | Field and Laboratory Spectroscopic Capabilities at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory | [Abstract]; [Presentation slides] |
16:30 (ET): Adjourn
17:00–19:00 (ET): Reception