PNNL

Data scientist Courtney “Court” Corley leads research to make artificial intelligence more reliable, safe, and secure. As chief scientist for AI at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Corley directs the Center for AI @PNNL to advance the frontiers of AI and of scientific discovery, energy resilience, and national security by applying AI to global issues. The Center for AI seeks to recruit and retain a skilled AI workforce, provide access to world-class infrastructure, services, and tools, and coordinate institutional AI partnerships with industry. He is currently the co-principal investigator for the DOE Advanced Scientific Computing Research's Transformational AI Model Consortium and co-leads the Models Pillar of DOE's AI Initiative.

Prior to leading the center and supporting DOE's AI initiative, Corley led numerous AI efforts across the laboratory. Most recently, he led PNNL's National Security AI strategy on Full Stack AI Leadership and launched PNNL’s Generative AI for Science, Energy, and Security investment, applying generative AI across the breadth of PNNL’s missions. Corley also 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), and few-shot learning.

• 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