PeopleofSuperintelligence

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David Joyner

Also known as David A. Joyner

David Joyner is a Georgia Tech researcher and educator whose research applies AI to online learning, student support, and assessment. He earned computer science and human-computer interaction degrees at Georgia Tech, helped develop OMSCS’s Knowledge-Based AI course with Ashok Goel and 100 intelligent tutoring agents in 2014, and completed a PhD in human-centered computing in 2015. He joined the College of Computing as a lecturer in 2015 and coauthored The Distributed Classroom in 2021. In 2024, he coauthored a deep-learning tool for peer-review feedback, and Georgia Tech planned to pilot Socratic Mind in his Intro to Computing course. He built DAI-vid, a digital twin for Foundations of Generative AI, in 2025; since July 2026, he serves as Georgia Tech’s interim vice provost for AI in Education and leads implementation of its Academic AI Strategy.

Works
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Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2008–2009

    Computer science and HCI degrees

    He earns a BS in computer science at Georgia Tech in 2008 and an MS in human-computer interaction there in 2009.

  2. 2014–2015

    AI tutoring for OMSCS

    In fall 2014, he works with PhD adviser Ashok Goel and Udacity to develop Georgia Tech’s Knowledge-Based AI course for OMSCS, whose video lessons embed 100 intelligent tutoring agents. He completes a PhD in human-centered computing at Georgia Tech in 2015.

  3. 2015

    Georgia Tech lecturer

    In 2015, he joins Georgia Tech’s College of Computing as a lecturer.

  4. 2019

    A Regents’ teaching award

    In 2019, he receives the USG Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award for Online Teaching.

  5. 2021

    The Distributed Classroom

    With Charles Isbell, he publishes The Distributed Classroom in 2021, presenting a deliberately designed distributed model for hybrid education.

  6. 2024

    Peer review and Socratic Mind

    In 2024, he serves as general chair of ACM Learning @ Scale and coauthors a deep-learning tool to assess feedback in student peer reviews. His Intro to Computing course is among those scheduled to pilot Socratic Mind, an AI-powered oral assessment platform.

  7. 2025

    DAI-vid for generative AI

    In 2025, he builds DAI-vid, an AI video avatar, to teach Foundations of Generative AI. The course uses images made with Sora and DALL·E 3, early quiz drafts generated by GPT-5, and Grady, an AI autograder.

  8. Since July 2026

    Interim vice provost for AI

    Since July 2026, he serves as Georgia Tech’s interim vice provost for AI in Education and continues as executive director of OMSCS, leading implementation of the Institute’s Academic AI Strategy. In August 2026, he leads the Academic AI Playbook.

Career

  1. Since 2026Georgia Institute of TechnologyInterim Vice Provost for AI in Education

Education

  1. 2015Georgia Institute of TechnologyPhD in human-centered computing
  2. 2009Georgia Institute of TechnologyMS in human-computer interaction
  3. 2008Georgia Institute of TechnologyBS in computer science

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Georgia Institute of Technology. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes Georgia Institute of Technology. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.
  3. People shaping AI work at a median of 3 organizations over a career: 3 for university starters and institute and lab starters, versus 2 for company startersIncludes Georgia Institute of Technology. Across 6,853 people shaping AI with a dated work role, we estimate a median of 3 parent organizations over a career (mean 3.6), comparing role groups, starting sectors and starting decades from the 1950s to 2020–2026.
  4. 84% of people shaping AI with recorded undergraduate and doctoral schools changed institutions for their doctorateIncludes Georgia Institute of Technology. 84% of people shaping AI with recorded undergraduate and doctoral schools changed institutions for their doctorate. Across 2,116 people with both an undergraduate degree and a doctorate recorded, we trace which undergraduate schools feed which doctoral programs, how often students stay at the same school, and how paths differ by birth-country region.

Colleagues

People named in this biography, and people with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. David Joyner – Computing Alumni Come Home To Stay sites.gatech.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  2. Using AI to Teach AI: Lessons from an Online AI Class lucylabs.gatech.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  3. djoyner3 | College of Computing cc.gatech.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  4. Computing Alumni Come Home To Stay – Georgia Tech Homecoming 2021 sites.gatech.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  5. David Joyner | College of Computing cc.gatech.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  6. New Book on Future of Online Education Draws on Faculty OMSCS Experience cc.gatech.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  7. OLC - Socratic Mind: Innovating Learning with AI-Powered Oral Assessment olc.secure-platform.com. Checked 22 October 2026.
  8. Publications | DavidJoyner.net davidjoyner.net. Checked 22 October 2026.
  9. AI Oral Assessment Tool Uses Socratic Method to Test Students’ Knowledge | News Center news.gatech.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  10. Teaching at the Speed of AI: Professor Uses Digital Twin to Teach About GenAI lifetimelearning.gatech.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  11. Joyner Appointed Interim Vice Provost for AI in Education gatech.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  12. Academic AI Strategy Establishes Shared Vision for Teaching and Learning at Georgia Tech gatech.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  13. David Joyner | Office of the Provost provost.gatech.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  14. DavidJoyner.net | Personal web site of educator and author David A. Joyner davidjoyner.net. Checked 22 October 2026.