Speakers

Join us for our upcoming session featuring three inspiring speakers, who will offer perspectives, tools, and guided reflection, so you leave with clarity, connections, and momentum.

Prof. Dr. Lynda Hardman

Principal Researcher & Strategist at CWI | Professor at Utrecht University

Prof. Lynda Hardman is a Principal Researcher & Strategist at CWI and Professor of Multimedia Discourse Interaction at Utrecht University. She has held leading European roles including President of Informatics Europe and is Chair of the COST Scientific Committee. Alongside her research career, she has been active in advancing equality, diversity and inclusion in computing—helping found initiatives such as the Women in Informatics Research & Education working group.

Prof. Dr. Jana Hutter

Full Professor of Multi-Modal Signal Processing at Leibniz Universität Hannover | Senior Lecturer at King’s College London

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jana Hutter is Full Professor of Multi-Modal Signal Processing at the Leibniz Universität Hannover and Senior Lecturer at King’s College London. Her work focuses on AI-guided, motion-robust MRI at the interface of physics and machine learning, particularly in early development and women’s health. She holds a DFG Heisenberg Professorship on “Self-driving MRI” and an ERC Starting Grant (EARTHWORM), and contributes actively to the international MRI and medical imaging community.

Prof. Dr. Sunna Torge

Prof. Dr. Sunna Torge

Professor for Applied Mathematics and Data Science at HTW Berlin

Prof. Dr. Sunna Torge is a professor at HTW Berlin for Applied Mathematics and Data Science. She holds a Diploma in Mathematics from the University of Freiburg and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from LMU Munich. Prior to HTW Berlin, she was a senior researcher at ScaDS.AI (TU Dresden), led the NLP group at the Centre for Information Services and High Performance Computing, and held positions at Sony Research (Europe) GmbH and Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences.