Dr. Hadi Asghari
I am a senior researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Technische Universität Berlin. My research intersects computer science and policy, focusing on internet measurements, privacy, natural language processing, and AI systems that serve the public interest.
Computing and machine learning hold great promise for addressing 21st-century scientific challenges and sustainable development goals. However, when technologies are not well designed or properly regulated, they can make existing inequalities worse and/or threaten our basic freedoms. My research projects address several issues within this nexus through interdisciplinary collaborations. I actively contribute to the academic community through organizing workshops, serving on program committees, and engaging in policy debates.
Previously, I worked at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, where I remain affiliated as an associated researcher. Before this, I worked at Technische Universiteit Delft in the Netherlands, where I obtained my PhD in Information Security Economics. In 2016, I was a visiting research scholar at Princeton University’s Center for IT Policy. Prior to entering academia, I worked for several years as a software engineer and entrepreneur in Tehran.