Klyne Smith | Associate Professor & Program Director - Datacenter Systems Engineering
Southern Methodist University

Dr. Klyne Smith has more than 30+ years of IT Software and Telecommunication technical experience in project management, complex solution delivery, organization change management and optimization, business development, consulting. Dr. Smith has his Doctor of Software Engineering from Southern Methodist University; MIST from George Washington University; MBA from Christian Brothers University; BS in Computer Science / Mathematics from Xavier University; certification in Project Manager (PMP). Dr. Smith currently teaches graduate and undergraduate students in the Computer Science Department at Southern Methodist University. Dr. Smith is also the Program Director for the M.S. Datacenter Systems Engineering degree at Southern Methodist University. This is the only program of its type in the nation. Dr. Smith research focuses Complex Solution Delivery in Industry Associated with Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence along with the Intersection & Dependencies of Software Engineering / Project Management to Reduce Project Risks. Dr. Smith has received or submitted grants on a various of topics including

• Cybersecurity / Quantum Computing for Voice and Data
• Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles
• AI-Driven Foreign Object Detection and Mitigation for Expeditionary Airfields
• Rethinking AI: Addressing Current GenAI Limitations through Semantic Structuring
• WATTER for waste heat reuse and Net Zero computing
• Next Generation Computer Based Training: AI Adaptive Learning Systems for Personalized Learning Journeys