AI chatbot to improve accelerator operations
Project: Converting digital logbooks into a conversational chatbot
As part of accelerator operations, operators carefully log their time and actions in an electronic logbook (eLog) whenever there are changes to how the accelerator is running. These detailed entries are valuable to other operators for troubleshooting problems, but can be challenging to interpret because operators often describe similar problems using different terminology. To address this, Fermilab developed an AI bot that can read eLogs and answer questions about operator’s response to past problems. This tool has measurably improved accelerator performance with demonstrable decreases in downtime.