Krishna P. Gummadi

Krishna P. Gummadi is a Professor and Scientific Director at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), leading the Networked Systems Research Group. His work bridges computer science and social science, focusing on social computing systems that network humans and computers at societal scale.

• Academic Leadership: Faculty (Scientific Director), Head of Networked Systems Research Group
• Key Research Areas: Algorithmic fairness, privacy in social media, distributed systems, human-centered machine learning

His research methodology combines user-centric studies through large-scale observational analysis, data-centric studies using statistical learning and NLP, and systems-centric approaches for practical deployments like information diet tools and fraud detection services. Current work explores crowdsourcing systems, peer-to-peer networks, and trusted cloud computing.

Scientific Awards & Recognitions:

• CNIL-INRIA Privacy Runners-Up Award (2018)
• Casper Bowden PET Runners-Up Award (2018)
• SIGCOMM Test of Time Award (2007)

Students & Postdocs:

• Current: Junaid Ali, Reza Babaei, Nina Grgić-Hlača, Preethi Lahoti, Johnnatan Messias, Till Speicher
• Former: Asia J. Biega (Microsoft Research), Przemyslaw Grabowicz (UMass Amherst), Muhammad Bilal Zafar (Bosch AI), Juhi Kulshrestha (GESIS), Mainack Mondal (University of Chicago), Rijurekha Sen (IIT Delhi)