Anja Feldmann

Anja Feldmann is a Professor of Internet Network Architectures at Technische Universitaet Berlin and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken. With a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and postdoctoral experience at AT&T Labs Research, she has established herself as a leading expert in computer networks. She was elected to SAP's Supervisory Board in 2012 as the first woman on the employer side, and her research focuses on internet architecture, network measurement, and privacy-enhancing technologies.

• Current affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken
• Academic rank: Professor of Internet Network Architectures at TU Berlin
• Education: Computer Science, Universitaet Paderborn (BS 1990); M.Sc. and Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University (1991, 1995)

Her research spans network architecture, traffic measurement, and online privacy, with recent work examining DNS in IPv6 environments, BGP routing patterns, and programmable data planes. She has pioneered studies on internet traffic changes during the pandemic, analyzed malware loaders through honeypot systems, and investigated online tracking in illegal streaming platforms across multiple countries.

Recent publications (2023-2025) focus on:

• DNS infrastructure vulnerabilities and measurement biases
• Privacy issues in illegal streaming services
• Security implications of cookie partitioning
• Collaborative network security approaches
• Analysis of conspiracy theory dissemination on Telegram
• Machine learning-driven network monitoring at terabit scales

Honors include a Best Paper Award at PAM 2023 for DNS readiness research. Her work appears in ACM, IEEE, and Springer venues, covering topics from DDoS mitigation to information propagation in online communities.

Professor Feldmann's team collaborates extensively across institutions, with publications involving researchers from TU Berlin, Max Planck Society, and international universities. Her work bridges theoretical network research with practical implications for internet governance, security, and user privacy.