Mark J. Daley is Chief AI Officer at Western University and a Professor of Computer Science with cross-appointments in Biology, Applied Math, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and several interdisciplinary institutes including the Brain and Mind Institute and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Recognized as a national and global AI leader, Mark was named to the Maclean’s Power List 2024 and Constellation Research’s AI150. In 2024, he was appointed NSERC Scholar in Residence in Artificial Intelligence. Mark previously held executive roles including Vice-President (Research) at CIFAR, and Chief Digital Information Officer and AVP (Research) at Western. He is the former chair of Compute Ontario and serves on multiple national research and policy boards. His research spans computational neuroscience, AI ethics, and complex systems.