Asia Biega

Dr. Asia Biega is a computer scientist and a tenure-track faculty member at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP), where she leads the interdisciplinary Responsible Computing group. Her research explores the intersection of computing and society, with a focus on technology governance. She is a principal investigator in the CASA Cluster of Excellence and the FINDHR consortium, and has collaborated widely across disciplines and sectors. She has served as an external expert for the European Commission, and the General Co-Chair of FAccT 2025, the biggest academic conference focusing on the societal impacts of computing. She now sits on the FAccT Executive Committee. Her work has been recognized with the Council of Europe’s Rodota Award for innovative research in data protection, the Annual Privacy Forum Best Paper Award, the SaTML Notable Reviewer Award, the GI-DBIS Dissertation Award of the German Informatics Society, and she has been named one of the 2025 "100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics".

Institution

Max Planck Institute For Security And Privacy

Germany

The mission of the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy is to design, build, and analyze security and privacy technologies from foundations through systems to society. By combining our strong foundational research with our expertise in empirical research, we build new systems, refine existing technologies, and assess their real-world impact. We continuously explore emerging challenges for security and privacy, pushing the boundaries of research to find creative solutions.