TOOLS AND DATA
The Virtual Smart Lab brings together AI engines and models, cloud-based development environments, low-code innovation tools, and specialized domain datasets. Researchers and innovators can rapidly design, deploy, and scale AI-enabled workflows by combining leading AI services with programmable cloud infrastructure. The lab supports advanced techniques such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, stacked prompting, SQL integration, and document-aware AI, all applied to domain-specific challenges in digital health and clean energy. Core data assets are managed in scalable cloud platforms, enabling secure, high-performance experimentation and collaboration.
SaaS Maker
Type:
Rapid Innovation
Low-code B2B SaaS rapid innovation platform with robust AI integrations. HQ Morgantown, WV.
UtilityAPI
Type:
Data
An online service that collects and shares utility data via APIs
Google Public Datasets
Type:
Data
Google BigQuery Public Datasets
Google Gemini
Type:
AI Provider
Google family of multimodal large language models developed by Google DeepMind
NOAA Daily @BigQuery (GHCN)
Type:
Data
NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN). An integrated database of climate summaries from land surface stations across the globe that have been subjected to a common suite of quality assurance reviews.
NOAA Weather Data
Type:
Data
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the US Dept of Commerce
IBM Watsonx
Type:
AI Provider
IBM's commercial generative AI and scientific data platform
Kaggle
Type:
Data
Explore, analyze, and share quality data. Learn more about data types, creating, and collaborating.
AWS IoT
Type:
IoT
Internet of Things (IoT) services and solutions to connect and manage billions of devices. Collect, store, and analyze IoT data for industrial, consumer, commercial, and automotive workloads.
NIST Smart Grid
Type:
Standards
NIST info including NIST's Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards
EIA Open Data
Type:
Data
Energy Information Administration (EIA) time-series energy data sets
Google Cloud IoT Core
Type:
IoT
Partner-led IoT capabilities, built on Google Cloud. Edge messaging services, device management, analytics, and the ability to derive insights using Google Cloud’s industry leading AI/ML intelligence.
Google Vertex AI
Type:
AI Provider
Google's secure AI platform, which encompasses a variety of secure AI services
Data.Gov
Type:
Data
High value, machine-readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
OpenAI GPT
Type:
AI Provider
AI provider of GPT and DALL-E. HQ San Francisco, CA.
DeviceHive
Type:
IoT
Open Source IoT Data Platform with the wide
range of integration options.
Huggingface
Type:
AI Provider
AI research and platform company supports sharing of specialized ML models and datasets
Elastic
Type:
AI Provider
Low-latency, AI-optimized architecture. Native vector database capabilities.
Green Button
Type:
Standards
energy usage information in a consumer-friendly format
NIST Smart America / Cities
Type:
Standards
NIST Smart Buildings Blueprint
Type:
Standards
