Jefferson Lab launches virtual AI Winter School for physicists More than 300 participants from around the world have signed up to explore artificial intelligence's game-changing role in nuclear physics research DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Artificial intelligence is a game-changer in nuclear physics, able to enhance and accelerate fundamental research and analysis by orders of magnitude. The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is exploring the expanding synergy between nuclear physics and computer science as it co-hosts together with The Catholic University of America and the University of Maryland a virtual weeklong series of lectures and hands-on exercises Jan. 11-15 for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and even "absolute beginners."