COREY CLARK
Day 1 Speaker
Dr. Corey Clark is the J. Lindsay Embrey Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Southern Methodist University and the Deputy Director for Research at the SMU Guildhall. A leading voice at the intersection of artificial intelligence, human computation, and game-based learning, Dr. Clark brings over 20 years of experience in both academia and industry. His research blends large language models, generative AI, knowledge graphs, and human-in-the-loop systems to solve real-world challenges in multipole areas, such as education, drug discovery, and biomedical imaging.Dr. Clark is also the Chief Technology Officer at BALANCED Media | Technology, a crowdsourced AI company. His pioneering work has been recognized with the XPRIZE Grand Prize, and multiple other awards that include Tech Titans startup CTO of year and Texas State Bar Inventor of the Year. He has helped secure more than $28 million in research funding and venture investment. His research has been published in leading AI and HCI venues and secured numerous patents in machine learning, distributed systems, and blockchain technologies.
Current projects include the development of the KĀDI infrastructure for distributed autonomous agents, SmartCADD for AI-enabled drug discovery, and a series of games that crowdsource human intuition for scientific research. He is a passionate educator and mentor, preparing the next generation of AI researchers through multidisciplinary, impact-driven research.