The artificial intelligence forecasting model Kelly Moran and Los Alamos National Laboratory statistician Dave Osthus devised was first in a Centers for Disease Control competition.
Jarrod McClean is a coauthor on a paper asserting a quantum computer solved a problem deemed virtually impossible for a state-of-the-art classical machine.
Kristin John's project aims to understand regolith, the fine material covering asteroids and other solar-system bodies, and its behavior in microgravity.
Priya Donti and Kelly Kochanski also are coauthors on a June paper identifying key climate change effects on which machine learning could have an impact.