[2] Smith's previous appointments as an academic administrator include service as dean of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
[4] His doctoral thesis, Support for Speculative Execution in High-Performance Processors, was published as a technical report in 1992; his advisor was Mark Horowitz, and additional advising was provided by Monica S.
[5] From 1989 to 1992, Smith worked as a teaching and research assistant at Stanford University.
[7] Smith was described in a 2013 feature in The Harvard Gazette as "a remarkably adept problem solver in navigating FAS through the financial crisis.
[4] Smith was appointed to a new role in July 2023 as Interim Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.