Dr. Anelia Kurteva

I am an Assistant Professor in Computer Science (Data Management in AI) at the University of Birmingham, The UK. 

Previously, I was a senior postdoc at Department of Informatics, King’s College London, The UK and a postdoc at TU Delft, The Netherlands. My research lies at the intersection of the Semantic Web, Privacy and Human-Computer Interaction domains and explores how ontologies and knowledge graphs can be utilised to support FAIR, responsible, privacy-preserving and legally (e.g. GDPR) compliant data management as a backbone for trustworthy AI. I completed my PhD at the Semantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck,Department of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria. My doctoral research focused on supporting machines and humans in making sense of informed consent, for sensor data sharing in smart cities, with knowledge graphs. In collaboration with colleagues, our research on automated GDPR compliance verification based on semantically modelled informed consent was recognised by the OECD Policy Division and the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs as a significant contribution to the field of Accountable AI.

In 2023, I joined the European Data Protection Board’s pool of experts in new technologies, privacy and data protection and in 2024 I was awarded a postdoc fellowship in Safety and Security in AI by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Prior to my PhD, I received an MSc in Advanced Computer Science from Cardiff University, The United Kingdom, where I also completed my BSc in Computer Science and Visual Computing. 

Projects that I have been involved in: smashHit H2020, CampaNeo FFG, RePlanIT, CIRPASS-2, FAIR-PV, MLCommons, Trustworthy Knowledge Graphs and WikiGaps.