17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

Agentic AI as a Middle Layer for Accelerator Control: Multi-Facility Deployment and Early Results

MOP6324
18 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC6.D13: Instrumentation: Artificial Intelligence Poster session

Speaker

Thorsten Hellert (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Description

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems are emerging as a practical middle layer for intelligent, self-optimizing accelerator operations. Building on work at the Advanced Light Source, we have developed a modular agentic framework that integrates natural-language interfaces with control systems, archival data, simulation tools, and technical documentation, enabling context-aware reasoning with human-in-the-loop execution. This approach provides intuitive access to complex accelerator environments while preserving safety, transparency, and reproducibility.

A central focus of the framework is usability and rapid onboarding. Self-contained tutorials, reproducible deployment patterns, and a facility-agnostic interface allow laboratories to adopt agentic workflows with minimal customization. This streamlined process has supported deployments at APS, SLAC, SNS, CEBAF, ALS, and BELLA as part of a DOE/MOAT effort within the Genesis mission, where agents execute multi-step tasks, generate inspectable plans, and analyze historical and live data through a shared language interface.

This contribution presents the core architecture, cross-facility deployment experience, and early operational lessons from these implementations. It also outlines how agentic workflows form a unifying layer for emerging capabilities, such as physics-informed optimizers, reinforcement-learning agents, and automated tuning assistants, advancing autonomous control in next-generation scientific facilities.

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Author

Thorsten Hellert (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Co-authors

Adam Carpenter (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) Antonin Sulc (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Auralee Edelen (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Dr Axel Huebl (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Chad Mitchell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Chenran Xu (Argonne National Laboratory) Chris Tennant (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) Daniel Ratner (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Edoardo Zoni (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Gianluca Martino (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Hairong Shang (Argonne National Laboratory) Hayden Hoschauer (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) Jean-Luc Vay (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Jerone Samari (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) Ji Qiang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Jonathan Jarvis (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) Kevin Brown (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Malachi Schram (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) Martin Smith (Advanced Photon Source) Meifeng Li (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Nathan Urban (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Nicholas Schwarz (Argonne National Laboratory) Nikita Kuklev (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) Philippe Piot (Argonne National Laboratory) Rajat Sainju (Argonne National Laboratory) Remi Lehe (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Ryan Roussel (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Salman Habib (Argonne National Laboratory) Simon Leemann (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Dr Willem Blokland (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Zhe Zhang (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

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