Dr Gary Delaney is the Research Director for Data61's Analytics and Decision Sciences program at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Melbourne. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a PhD in Computational Physics in 2006. He then completed a postdoc at ANU's Applied Mathematics Department before joining CSIRO in 2008.

Gary's primary research interests are in computational modelling and structural characterization of granular systems, and applications of Machine Learning in understanding and optimizing natural and industrial processes. His work focusses on the intersection between data-driven and computational modelling, considering both the advancement of core science through leadership in the development and implementation of algorithmic techniques and the application of these technologies to problems of scientific and industrial importance.