NVAITC Webinar Series on AI Applications in Computational Sciences
NVIDIA AI Technology Center Finland in collaboration with FCAI and CSC are pleased to announce a webinar series focusing on AI applications in computational sciences, with a goal of bringing together AI researchers and researchers in other fields. Each webinar will highlight a different scientific field and they are given by domain-specific experts who are using AI as part of their numerical simulation workflows. The webinars run from the beginning of March approximately every three weeks as part of the AI Across Fields Forum.
Session 4 - AI TO DRIVE A LOW-CARBON ENERGY TRANSITION
Dr. Farah Hariri (NVIDIA)
May 20, 10AM Helsinki (9AM CET)
Abstract:
Within the context of increasing political pressure to meet the challenge of CO2 emissions and the net zero emission commitments of the European Green Deal, we are in a transition phase that does not yet possess a single and unique sustainable carbon-free solution to the energy problem. We are experiencing a major transition where the global energy sector is shifting from fossil fuel-based systems of energy production, distribution and consumption to alternative energy sources. This shift is called the energy transition. The increasing penetration of low-carbon solutions into the energy supply mix, the onset of electrification and the improvements in energy storage are all key drivers of the energy transition. Technological advancements such as AI-driven solutions and high performance computing (HPC) will also play a transformative role in its implementation. In this talk, I will lay out in more details where HPC+AI enter into play across the energy transition ecosystem. I will then give concrete examples of GPU technology and AI algorithms deployed in key vectors of the transition such as in wind energy, in hydrogen production and in management of smart grids.
Biography:
Dr. Farah Hariri is a physicist passionate about Technology and Energy. At NVIDIA, Dr. Hariri leads an effort to put AI and HPC in the service of accelerating the energy transition through all stages: from development to production including transportation, storage and consumption. Her activities investigate many combinations of known and future technologies, with emphasis on renewables, energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage (CCUS) and nuclear technologies. Dr. Hariri has completed research positions at CERN, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). She has a broad technical background in theoretical and nuclear physics, energy transition technologies, numerical modeling and artificial intelligence. Additionally, she understands the need for a politically-savvy energy transition and has worked with executive government in France to develop politically-acceptable and technologically-valid solutions.
NVIDIA AI Technology Center (NVAITC) is a joint research center of the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI, NVIDIA, and the Finnish IT Centre for Science CSC. NVAITC accelerates research, education and adoption of artificial intelligence in Finland.