Kyle Smith, (b.2000, US)

blotten@blotten.com

// Academics:

          PhD in Music Technology, Georgia Tech, Fall 2026 (incoming), supported by a Presidential Fellowship
          M.S. in Music Technology, Georgia Tech (Creative Music Technology Lab), Spring 2026. Advisor: Dr. Alexandria Smith. Committee: Dr. Claire Arthur, Dr. Patrick Danahy.
                    Thesis: "Biomimetic Agent-Based Modeling in Musical Interface Design: Ecological Dynamics, Care, and Constraint in a Physarum-Inspired Musical Instrument"
          B.S. Creative Technology and Design, Cum Laude Honors, Honors Engineering Program, University of Colorado Boulder, May 2024

//Presentations/Publications:

‍          2026 Biophilic Leadership Summit: "Biomimicry in Audio Design"
‍          2025 Biophilic Leadership Summit: "Biomimicry in Audio Design"
‍          2024 Biophilic Leadership Summit: "Biophilic Ambisonics" 
          2017 Cognorobotics STEAM Speaker - Invited to schools around San Jose, Costa Rica, (English/Spanish)
          2015 Finalist and Presenter of the IoT / M2M Innovation World Cup 2015, Firefly, Barcelona, Spain 
          2014 AT&T IoT Fast Pitch Presenter/Winner, Firefly Distributed Wild Fire Alert System, Las Vegas, Nevada

// Exhibitions:

          2026 Spores, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA‍
          2026 "Omnimodal" at Gainey Hall, Serenbe (with Dr. Alexandria Smith, Ishaan Jagyasi, Lilly Patterson, Ryan Baker)
          2025 Neo-Arcade, "Blank Canvas", The Goat Farm, Atlanta, GA
          2024 MËSH, The Goat Farm, Atlanta, GA
          2021 “I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You”, Boulder Creative Collective, Boulder, CO
          2020 YoungArts 2020 Lens Based Alumni Exhibition, Virtual YoungArts Gallery
          2019 A Salute to the 2019 Presidential Scholars, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, DC 
          2019 National YoungArts Week, YoungArts Gallery, Miami, FL

// Residencies:

          2021 Boulder Creative Collective 12-Month In-House Residency, Boulder, CO

// Awards and Grants:

          2026 Georgia Institute of Technology Presidential Fellowship
          2025 Georgia Institute of Technology Dean's Fellowship, College of Design
          2019 US Presidential Scholar in the Arts 
          2019 YoungArts Finalist in Photography

// Patents:

‍          ‍Patent - US8558702B2  “Apparatus and method for preventing pressure injuries and circulatory problems in sedentary patients”
‍          ‍Patent - US9619996B1 “Distributed Wild Fire Alert System”
‍          ‍Patent - US10117003B1 “[C]ontinuation of U.S. patent...titled ‘Distributed Wild Fire Alert System’”