PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Krishna P. Gummadi

Also known as Krishna Gummadi

Krishna P. Gummadi is a computer scientist whose work spans networked systems, online social networks and fair machine learning. He earned a B.Tech. at IIT Madras in 2000, joined MPI-SWS in October 2005, coauthored an online-network study in 2007, and received an ERC Advanced Grant in 2017. He studied algorithmic decision fairness in 2016 and 2018, and in April 2026 explained how computing architecture can give AI models agency; as of October 2026, he is a Scientific Member and Director at MPI-SWS and an ELLIS Fellow.

Works
287
Citations
30,084
h-index
75

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2000–2005

    Degrees in computer science

    He earns a B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Madras in 2000 and a Ph.D. in the same field at the University of Washington in 2005.

  2. October 2005

    Joining MPI-SWS faculty

    He joins MPI-SWS faculty as an independent researcher in networked systems in October 2005, in a post comparable to a U.S. tenure-track assistant professorship.

  3. 2007

    Mapping online social networks

    At IMC 2007, he coauthors “Measurement and Analysis of Online Social Networks” with Alan Mislove, Massimiliano Marcon, Peter Druschel and Bobby Bhattacharjee.

  4. 2016

    Defining classifier unfairness

    In a 2016 paper, he and collaborators define disparate mistreatment through classifier misclassification rates, then add fairness constraints to the learning formulation.

  5. 2017

    An ERC Advanced Grant

    He receives an ERC Advanced Grant in 2017 for “Foundations for Fair Social Computing,” a project focused on fairness and transparency in machine-based decision making for social computing systems.

  6. 2018

    Studying fairness judgments

    In 2018, he and collaborators survey 576 people about features used in criminal-risk prediction. Their framework identifies eight properties, including relevance, volitionality and reliability, that shape judgments about algorithmic fairness.

  7. As of October 2026

    Director and ELLIS Fellow

    In April 2026, he explains how computing architecture gives AI models agency and discusses the social risks of AI agents. He is a Scientific Member and Director at MPI-SWS and an ELLIS Fellow.

Sources and credits

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  1. Krishna Gummadi's Short Bio, Networked Systems Group, MPI-SWS people.mpi-sws.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Krishna Gummadi joins MPI-SWS faculty mpi-sws.mpg.de. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2007 Program conferences.sigcomm.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Fairness Beyond Disparate Treatment & Disparate Impact: Learning Classification without Disparate Mistreatment arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Speakers at the workshop on sex and gender dimension in frontier research erc.europa.eu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Human Perceptions of Fairness in Algorithmic Decision Making: A Case Study of Criminal Risk Prediction arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Interview with Krishna Gummadi about artificial intelligence and AI agents mpg.de. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Gummadi, Krishna P. | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft mpg.de. Checked 15 October 2026.
  9. Krishna P. Gummadi | European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems ellis.eu. Checked 15 October 2026.