Craig Knoblock

Craig Knoblock serves as the Keston Executive Director of the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California, Vice Dean of Engineering for the Viterbi School of Engineering, and Research Professor of both Computer Science and Spatial Sciences. He also directs USC's Data Science Program and leads the Center on Knowledge Graphs as Research Director.

Dr. Knoblock's research focuses on techniques for describing, acquiring, and exploiting the semantics of data. His extensive work spans source modeling, schema and ontology alignment, entity and record linkage, data cleaning and normalization, extracting data from the Web, and building comprehensive knowledge graphs. With over 300 published works in these areas, his research has significantly advanced the field of semantic data integration.

His work demonstrates strong trends toward practical applications of knowledge graphs across diverse domains including cultural heritage, geospatial information systems, human trafficking detection, and sensor networks. The evolution of his publications shows a progression from foundational ontology alignment techniques to sophisticated knowledge graph applications addressing real-world challenges.

• Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
• Fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Past President and Trustee of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI)
• Recipient of the 2014 Robert S. Engelmore Award
• Seven best paper awards for his research contributions

As Executive Director of USC's Information Sciences Institute, Dr. Knoblock leads one of the world's premier research centers in computer science and information technology. His leadership extends to directing the Center on Knowledge Graphs and serving as Associate Director of the Informatics Program at USC. His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University and Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.