Dr Zena Assaad
School of Engineering
ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics
Dr Zena Assaad is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the Australian National University.
Dr Assaad has held fellowships with the Australian Army Research Centre and Trusted Autonomous Systems. Her research explores the safety of human-machine teaming and the safety of autonomous and AI systems in safety critical domains.
She is a member of the expert advisory group for the global commission on responsible AI in the military domain (GC REAIM). She was awarded the tech stewardship award from Vogue and was named one of the “Top 10 Women in AI” in the Asia-Pacific by AI Magazine.
She received the 2023 Women in AI Award for Defence, the 2023 Women to Watch in Emerging Aviation Technologies Global Award and was named one of the “100 Brilliant women in AI Ethics” for 2023. She was also a Top 5 Science Resident with the ABC and is the host of the Responsible Bytes podcast.
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