Chief Scientist for Artificial Intelligence
Chief Scientist for Artificial Intelligence

Biography

Courtney (Court) Corley is the chief scientist for artificial intelligence (AI) in the AI and Data Analytics Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He is a leader in the field of data science and biosurveillance, and his current work focuses on deep learning and narrow AI methods across the United States Department of Energy and U.S. government missions. Corley co-led the Deep Learning for Scientific Discovery Laboratory Directed Research and Development investment, applying deep learning across the breadth of PNNL’s science and security missions through dozens of efforts. This resulted in a significant increase in AI publications and the recruitment of new researchers specializing in AI at PNNL.

Corley's specific areas of expertise are deep learning, natural language processing, AI for science, assured AI (including safety, security, and adversarial machine learning), human-machine teaming, and few-shot learning.

Education

  • PhD in computer science and engineering, University of North Texas
  • MS in computer science, University of North Texas
  • BS in computer science, University of North Texas