About

Prof. Dr. Marta Sabou is a professor for Information Systems and Business Engineering at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and the Head of Institute for Data, Process and Knowledge Management (DPKM). She holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, for which she won the IEEE Intelligent System’s Ten to Watch Award in 2006. During her career, she performed Artificial Intelligence (AI) research at the Open University UK, MODUL University Vienna, Siemens and the Vienna University of Technology. Besides her interest in developing innovative AI technologies, she is also passionate about applying these powerful technologies in an ethical fashion, for the benefit of society and the environment. As such, she is an active member of the emerging area of Digital Humanism which focuses on the responsible use of digital technology for maximizing social good. Concretely, as part of this work, she currently co-leads the Doctoral College for Digital Humanism and is an advisory board member of the Association for Digital Humanism.