Presenter

Catherine Appleby is a technical staff member in the National Security Programs division at Sandia National Laboratories. As a computer scientist, she focuses on applications of deep learning and generative artificial intelligence in computer vision and natural language processing. She is interested in how state-of-the-art machine learning models interplay with decision making, especially how large language models perform when informing strategic decisions. Catherine supports a range of projects across Sandia’s mission areas, including several in nuclear deterrence, and co-leads Sandia’s Deep Learning Community of Practice. She holds a BS and an MEng in operations research and information engineering from Cornell University.