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New agentic system AskALCF improves HPC user support by diagnosing AI failures

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Researchers have developed AskALCF, a novel agentic system designed to enhance user support for high-performance computing (HPC) facilities. This system systematically evaluates AI-driven support interactions, identifies specific failure points such as missing knowledge or retrieval errors, and routes these issues for targeted repairs. Through a controlled training process using expert references, AskALCF significantly reduced unattributable failures and improved expert agreement on answer quality, demonstrating a method for continuous AI system improvement beyond simple knowledge base updates. AI

IMPACT Enhances the reliability and maintainability of AI-powered support systems in specialized technical domains.

RANK_REASON The item describes a research paper detailing a new AI system and its evaluation. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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New agentic system AskALCF improves HPC user support by diagnosing AI failures

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Jingyan Jiang, Akhilesh Bondapalli, Krishna Rauniyar, Murat Keceli, Yasaman Ghadar, Haritha Siddabathuni Som, Venkatram Vishwanath, Michael E. Papka, Rong Ge, Huihuo Zheng ·

    AskALCF: A Self-Improving Agentic System for Intelligent HPC User Support

    arXiv:2611.15700v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI-based question-answering systems are increasingly used for user support, including at high-performance computing (HPC) facilities. However, existing systems lack a systematic, deployment-oriented approach for evaluating final-a…

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