Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Artificial intelligence is transforming how science is conducted at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. From accelerating drug discovery to optimizing complex experiments, AI is helping researchers work faster, smarter and with greater precision. Today we’ll explore how scientists are using Cognitive Simulation - an AI-driven approach that combines physics, data, and machine learning - to model the real world.

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Big Ideas Lab is a Mission.org original series.

Executive Produced by Levi Hanusch and Lacey Peace.

Sound Design, Music Edit and Mix by Daniel Brunelle.

Story Editing by Daniel Brunelle.

Audio Engineering and Editing by Matthew Powell.

Narrated by Matthew Powell.

Video Production by Levi Hanusch.

Guests featured in this episode (in order of appearance):

Brian Spears, Director of the AI Innovation Incubator, LLNL
Kelli Humbird, Group Leader, Computational Physics, LLNL
Brought to you in partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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