Robert Stewart turned a childhood fascination with maps and computers into a career at ORNL developing geospatial and AI tools for environmental cleanup and human security. His work has influenced nuclear remediation practices and supported efforts credited with saving lives. Today, he focuses on mentoring future scientists and advancing data-driven research at ORNL.
David Page, head of the Geographic Data Science Section at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, leads with a focus on judgment, collaboration and empowering teams. Drawing on experience in academia, entrepreneurship and national security science, he has helped advance faster, scalable geospatial analysis while building resilient, forward-looking research teams.
ORNL researchers developed a portable, highly sensitive detector that can identify GPS spoofing in real time, helping protect trucking shipments from theft and misdirection. Unlike existing systems, it works even when fake and real signals are equally strong and doesn’t rely on external references. The technology aims to improve transportation security by alerting drivers and operators to otherwise invisible GPS manipulation.
Researchers at ORNL have developed a deep learning algorithm that analyzes drone, camera and sensor data to reveal unusual vehicle patterns that may indicate illicit activity, including the movement of nuclear materials.
As a group leader and senior research scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dalton Lunga leads the Lab’s Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) group, which leverages high-performance computing, machine learning, and computer vision to create foundational geospatial analytic methods enabling at scale data generation to shed light on patterns of life and
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 23, 2017 – New mapping methods developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory can help urban planners minimize the environmental impacts of cities’ water and energy demands on surrounding stream ecologies. In an analysis published in&nb...
Bruce Lester has had a lot of jobs: fisherman, horse trainer, “professional stair builder.” He last worked for a real estate company, surveying land using geographic software. “When the bottom fell out of the construction industry and the company downsized, I got laid off,”
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a population distribution model that provides unprecedented county-level predictions of where people will live in the U.S. in the coming decades.
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a population distribution model that provides unprecedented county-level predictions of where people will live in the U.S. in the coming decades. Initially developed to assist in the siting of new energy infras...
Knoxville-based Fiveworx has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology that will help consumers reduce their utility bills by analyzing their home energy usage.