Meeyoung Cha

Meeyoung (Mia) Cha is a Scientific Director at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP) in Germany and a professor at KAIST in South Korea. Her research in data science, artificial intelligence, and computational social science focuses on tackling critical global challenges in information and human environments. She has led breakthrough research on online misinformation detection, the democratic risks of AI swarms, satellite-based poverty mapping, and trade fraud detection, delivering keynotes at prestigious international stages including APEC, the UN Public Service Forum, and the World Health Summit. Prior to her current role, she was a chief investigator at the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea and served as a visiting professor with Meta’s Core Data Science team in Silicon Valley. She is an associated PI at the Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, an adjunct professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, and a Fellow of the Microsoft AI Economy Institute. Her contributions to science and society have been recognised with Korea’s National Innovation Medal and selection as an ACM Distinguished Member.