Dr. Prasanna Balaprakash
Director of AI Programs and Distinguished R&D Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Prasanna Balaprakash is the Director of AI Programs and Distinguished R&D Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he directs laboratory research, development and application of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to solve problems of national importance. His research interests span artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, and high-performance computing. He is a recipient of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2018 Early Career Award. Prior to joining Oak Ridge, he was a R&D lead and computer scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. He earned his Ph.D. from CoDE-IRIDIA at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium, where he was a recipient of the European Commission’s Marie Curie and Belgian F.R.S-FNRS Aspirant fellowships.
