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Dr. Seda Gürses is an Associate Professor in the Department of Multi-Actor Systems at TU Delft's Faculty of Technology Policy and Management. She holds an affiliation with the COSIC Group at KU Leuven's Department of Electrical Engineering. Her research focuses on privacy engineering, protective optimization technologies (POTs), and the intersection of software infrastructures with social justice and political economy. Gürses has held prestigious positions including an FWO post-doctoral fellowship at KU Leuven and fellowships at Princeton University and NYU. She is a core member of the TPM AI Lab and co-founder of The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest.
Education & Previous Roles:
- FWO Post-Doctoral Fellowship (KU Leuven)
- Research Associate at Princeton University's Center for Information Technology and Policy
- Fellowships at NYU Steinhardt and NYU Law School's Information Law Institute
Research Focus: Gürses explores how privacy-preserving technologies interact with societal systems, advocating for ethical AI through frameworks like contextual integrity. Her work critiques surveillance capitalism and emphasizes infrastructural justice in digital systems.
Professional Activities:
- Member of MSI-AUT Expert Group on AI and Human Rights
- Co-Chair of ACM's CRAFT Program on Accountability in AI
- Contributor to DP3T contact tracing protocol (adopted by Google/Apple)
Teaching: Courses include 'Managing Multi-Actor Decision-Making' and 'Artificial Intelligence and Cybernetic Justice', addressing cloud computing ethics and socio-technical systems governance.
