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General Meeting

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Optimize Site Remediation

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (ET)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
William Jefferson Clinton West Building
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20004


To register for in-person attendance, visit: https://www.trainex.org/frtr.
To register for online attendance, visit: https://cluin.org/conf/tio/FRTRSpring24/.

View/Download the Spring 2024 Meeting Logistics (3pp/1.06MB/PDF).
View/Download the Spring 2024 Meeting Agenda (1pp/216KB/PDF).
View/Download the Spring 2024 Speaker Bios (1pp/144KB/PDF).

Meeting Objectives:

The FRTR Spring 2022 General Meeting explored applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) concepts to site cleanups. Technology advances in robotics, unmanned systems, and analysis of large data sets to support site characterization and remediation were reviewed. Projects seeking to advance use of AI/ML and support remedy decisions were presented. Potential benefits, risks, and limits of deploying AI/ML technologies were identified.

The FRTR 2024 Spring General Meeting provides an opportunity to share progress and results of recent AI/ML projects providing advanced contaminant plume characterization and predictive modeling, and improved cleanup efficiency. The meeting highlights site-specific case studies where AI/ML has substantially enhanced remedial decisions, remedy implementation and performance monitoring, and reduced needs for extensive sampling. Discussions during the meeting seek to provide remedial project managers and technical staff with information and best practices for deploying AI/ML technology.

AGENDA

8:00 am Welcome
Greg Gervais, Director EPA/FFRRO with Gilberto "Tito" Irizarry, Director, EPA OSRTI TIFSD
8:10 am Meeting Objectives
Jean Pabon, USDOE/EM
8:20 am Using AI Machine Learning Approaches to Predict Potential Future Environmental Violation
Hunter Klein, NAVFAC/EXWC
9:00 am Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Advanced Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Systems
Carol A. Eddy-Dilek, SRNL
9:40 am Break — Agency Announcements
10:00 am Application of AI, ML, and Digital Twins for Radiological Characterization, Survey, and Remediation for Decommissioning
Leonel E. Lagos, FIU
10:40 am Application of AI, ML, and Digital Twins for Radiological Characterization, Survey, and Remediation for Decommissioning — Case Studies
Brad Bonn, Boston Dynamics
11:20 am Web-Based Tool for Remedy Transition Assessments
David Adamson and Charles Newell, GSI Environmental
12:00 pm Lunch — Agency Announcements
1:00 pm Leveraging Data-Driven Approaches for Performance-Based Management of Pump-and-Treat Remedies
Inci Demirkanli, PNNL
1:40 pm 4D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Monitoring of Vadose Zone Soil Flushing at the Hanford 100-K Area Reactor Facility: Machine-Learning Based Assessment
Tim Johnson, PNNL
2:20 pm Break — Agency Announcements
2:40 pm TRAC — A Tool for Tracking Groundwater Restoration Across Multiple Sites
Christian Johnson, PNNL
3:20 pm A Scalable Reactive Transport Framework for PFAS
Christian Johnson, PNNL
4:00 pm Roundtable with Presenters
5:00 pm Action Items/Adjourn