NE’s Abdel-Khalik to co-sponsor a global IAEA workshop on AI and Machine Learning

Hany Abdel-Khalik, Professor of Nuclear Engineering
Hany Abdel-Khalik, professor in the School of Nuclear Engineering, is co-organizing the Joint IAEA-ICTP Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Advancing Nuclear Engineering Technology: from Theory to Practice to be held March 10-14, 2025 in Trieste, Italy.
Organized in cooperation with the IAEA Collaborating Centre on AI for Nuclear Power, the workshop will explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in nuclear engineering, covering AI paradigms, ML techniques, decision support and practical exercises to build skills for real-world applications.
In 2024, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) named Purdue’s Center for Science of Information (CSOI) its first IAEA Collaborating Center on using artificial intelligence for nuclear power. It is a four-year agreement.
“To realize the immense AI potential, academic material must focus on training the workforce to not only understand the AI fundamentals but also the implementation details to help refine the technology and ensure its responsible and effective integration into the nuclear sector,” Abdel-Khalik said.
He is overseeing all IAEA Collaborating Center activities at Purdue, including coordinating projects with other member states worldwide. The Collaborating Center at CSOI will advance new frontiers of nuclear technology through modeling and simulations, validating AI concepts for nuclear technologies, and training and education.
The genesis of the IAEA was a 1953 address by President Dwight Eisenhower to the United Nations General Assembly. The agency polices almost 200 member states and manages research projects around the world, supported by its collaborating centers, to help achieve the United Nations’ nuclear development goals.
To learn more about the workshop, visit https://indico.ictp.it/event/10826.