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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technical Session|Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Horace Tabor
Session Chair:
Ben Whewell (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Chris Brady (NCSU)
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Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Martin Desombre
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Harmonic Analysis of a Repositioning Plan Optimization Problem
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Martin Desombre (Univ. Littoral Cote d'Opale), Baptiste Magnaudet (CEA), Jean-Michel Do (CEA), Jean Fromentin (Univ. Littoral Cote d'Opale), Sébastien Verel (Univ. Littoral Cote d'Opale)
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Sequential Optimal Experimental Design for Efficient Learning of Reduced Order Models with Application to Microreactor Pin Powers
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Nazmul Hossain (Univ. Michigan), Dean Price (Univ. Michigan)
Physics-Informed ML using RAPID for Predicting Eigenvalue and 3-D Fission Distribution in JSI TRIGA Mark-II Research Reactor
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Timothy Franck (Virginia Tech), Alireza Haghighat (Virginia Tech), Luka Snoj (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Designing Energy Discretisations Using a Genetic Algorithm for Sensitivity Studies in Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors Using a Genetic Algorithm
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Emilie Delvaux (Université libre de Bruxelles), Federico Grimaldi (Université libre de Bruxelles), Nicoló Abrate (Politecnico di Torino), Alex Aimetta (Politecnico di Torino), Mattia Massone (ENEA), Victor J. Casas-Molina (SCK CEN), Antonin Krása (SCK CEN), Pierre-Etienne Labeau (Université libre de Bruxelles)
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