Corey Clarkمشاهده پروفایل
استادیار
Corey Clark, Ph.D., serves as Deputy Director of Research and Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Southern Methodist University's Lyle School of Engineering. He leads the Human and Machine Intelligence (HuMIn) Game Lab, pioneering research at the intersection of gaming, artificial intelligence, and human computation to solve large-scale problems in healthcare, education, and national security. Dr. Clark holds a Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude for his undergraduate degree. His doctoral research focused on nanoscale modeling and simulation techniques for Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Chemical Vapor Deposition of exotic materials. His research spans Artificial Intelligence, Game Development, Human Computation, Distributed Computing, Machine Learning, Computational Biology, and Educational Technology. Clark is renowned for transforming commercial video games into distributed computing platforms through human computation, enabling breakthroughs in medical diagnostics and educational technology. His technical innovations in HTML5/JavaScript multithreading have been featured at major international game conferences. Analysis of Clark's 15 most recent publications (2022-2024) reveals a dominant focus on generative AI applications integrated with gaming mechanics, particularly for knowledge graph enhancement, medical diagnostics, and computational thinking education. Key trends include explainable AI systems, human-AI collaboration through gameplay, blockchain applications, and privacy-preserving machine learning, demonstrating consistent innovation in applying game-based approaches to real-world problems. Dr. Clark has secured over $1.7 million in competitive research funding, including: Human Computation for Ocular Tomography Analysis ($62,924) with Retina Foundation Cryptocurrency Transactional Analysis via Gaming ($60,000) with Raytheon Game-Based Adult Literacy (XPrize) ($480,000) Flexible Electronics for Airborne Laser ($820,000) with Missile Defense Agency Networked C4ISR Chip ($850,000) with US Army As CTO for Dallas-based game technology companies, Clark has helped raise over $12 million in startup funding. His HuMIn Game Lab currently develops immersive gameplay systems for cancer treatment research using crowdsourced computation and machine learning, with recent projects including therapeutic discovery platforms and blockchain-based task completion systems.




