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Center for AI @PNNL

Advancing groundbreaking AI that unlocks new scientific discoveries, ensures reliable energy, and strengthens national security. 

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Partnering with the Department of Energy's Genesis Mission

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a key partner in the Genesis Mission, the Department of Energy’s integrated ecosystem to accelerate discovery and strengthen U.S. leadership in AI-powered science. Drawing on its deep expertise in the design and application of AI, novel computing paradigms, and fundamental science, PNNL is creating AI solutions to aid autonomous discovery science in chemistry, materials, and biology, speed environmental permitting, and ensure reliable, secure energy grids. Together, these efforts and more make PNNL a transformational AI engine advancing the nation’s scientific, energy, and national security missions.

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The Center for AI @PNNL is driving a research agenda that explores the foundations and emerging frontiers of AI, combining capability development and application to mission areas in science, security and energy resilience. The Center includes pillars in fundamental research, applied and trustworthy AI to operations, and access to workforce development and world-class infrastructure (to include state-of-the-art AI models, data, and hardware). The Center plays a pivotal role in coordinating institutional AI partnerships and outreach, integration, and communications, making PNNL the go-to Laboratory for AI science, security, and engineering.

Core Activities

  • Advance the state-of-the-art in AI through research and capability development
  • Foster a mission-capable AI workforce and enable exceptional AI talent acquisition
  • Support and advise project AI implementations via provisioning, infrastructure access, and project governance
  • Coordinate institutional AI partnerships and outreach, visibility, internal integration, and communications to ensure PNNL is a go-to Laboratory for AI science, security, and engineering

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Publications

Events and Conferences

PNNL @ ICML 2025

Join Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at the International Conference on Machine Learning in Vancouver, BC. Read more

PNNL @ AI+ Expo 25

PNNL researchers presented their work at this exclusive, highly collaborative event where innovation and education are shared on AI and emerging technologies. Read more on the PNNL @ AI+ Expo 25 website.

PNNL @ JMM 2025

See PNNL's contributions to JMM 2025 here.

PNNL @ NeurIPS 2024

PNNL researchers presented at the NeurIPS Conference in Vancouver, BC. Read more about our contributions to NeurIPS 2024 on our event page.

PNNL @ SC24

PNNL researchers showcased their latest findings in high performance computing, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence at SC24.  Read more about these presentations on the PNNL @ SC24 webpage.

PNNL @ JSM 2024

PNNL researchers presented their work at the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings. Read more about this work on the PNNL @ JSM 2024 event page. 

PNNL @ AAAI 2024

PNNL researchers showcased their work at the 38thAAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Find out more on our PNNL @ AAAI 2024 event page

PNNL @ JMM 2024

PNNL researchers presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings conference in San Francisco, California on January 3–6, 2024. Read more about PNNL's presence at JMM 2024

PNNL @ NeurIPS 2023

PNNL data scientists and engineers presented posters, lead workshops, and participated in competitions at the Thirty-seventh Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) in December 2023. Learn more about our activities at NeurIPS 2023.

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