Professor Karin Verspoor is a leading expert on artificial intelligence, applying language technologies to health and biomedical data – from text mining records, to guiding appropriate use of antimicrobial medicines, to detection and prediction of disease from clinical data. She has more than 25 years’ experience leading research and development across start-ups, government laboratories, and academia. She is currently executive dean of the RMIT School of Computing Technologies, where she has fostered a vibrant learning community. She has achieved significant educational impact through curriculum and diversity initiatives that engage students, actively cultivating a diverse new generation of technology scholars. 

Her thought leadership and communication shapes the discourse around ChatGPT, generative AI, and responsible innovation in digital health.

Professor Karin Verspoor is a leading global expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically language technologies and their application in health and biomedicine. She has more than 25 years’ experience in USA and Australia leading research and development in varied settings across start-ups, government R&D laboratories, and academia. She is currently Executive Dean of RMIT School of Computing Technologies, where she has had significant educational impact through curriculum and diversity initiatives in a short tenure. Her commitment to impactful interdisciplinary collaboration targeting the health sector, as well as educational STEM diversity initiatives will significantly contribute to ATSE’s goals.