TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Annual Report 26 toxic algae blooms. The sponge works to remove phosphates from water to prevent toxic blooms before they appear. Outstanding Technology Development: Autonomic Intelligent Cyber Sensor INL researchers Todd Vollmer, Craig Rieger and Milos Manic won the Outstanding Technology Development Award for the Autonomic Intelligent Cyber Sensor (AICS), an artificial intelligence breakthrough that can protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from devastating cyberattack. AICS works autonomously to give industries the power to quickly identify and divert hackers, using machine learning to identify and map industrial control systems so it can recognize anomalous network traffic, alert operators, and deploy virtual decoys to slow or halt hacking attempts. Federal Laboratory Consortium Far West Regional Awards INL won two Federal Laboratory Consortium Far West Regional Awards in 2018. The FLC is a formally chartered organization mandated by Congress to promote, educate and facilitate technology transfer among more than 300 federal laboratories, research centers and agencies nationwide. Outstanding Partnership: Phosphate Sponge Gary Smith, retired INL commercialization manager, along with Steve Hammon and Mike Irish of industry partner Rocky Mountain Scientific Corporation, were awarded the Outstanding Partnership Award for their work on a phosphate sponge that has the potential to alleviate one of the world’s most challenging environmental issues: Awards & Recognition Steve Hammon