About Me

I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Aalto University, where I lead the Telos Lab conducting research in the intersection of law, computer science, and complex systems. The overarching goal of my research is to understand how we can combine code, data, and law to better model, measure, and manage complex systems (e.g., contemporary information societies). To this end, I explore novel ways of connecting computer science and law, such as using algorithms to collect and analyze legal data as networks or formalizing and implementing legal and mathematical desiderata for responsible data-centric machine learning with graphs.

My interdisciplinary research is enabled by my undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate education in law and computer science. Inter alia, I hold PhDs in both subjects, having written my first thesis on Legal Network Science at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance (Dr. iur., 2018, summa cum laude) and my second thesis on Exploring Graphs in Many Dimensions at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (Dr. rer. nat., 2023, summa cum laude).

Working with Me

I am always looking for curious minds to work with.

If you would like to collaborate, visit, intern, or join my lab for a postdoc, PhD, (under)graduate thesis, or semester project, feel free to email me. As a student, make sure to enclose (1) your full transcript, (2) your CV, and (3) a succinct description of your motivation.

I will write more about what to expect on my lab website. In a nutshell, I take a scientific approach to everything, including running my lab. My approach to leadership in academia is informed by this excellent book.

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Corinna (they/she) is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Aalto University, where they lead the Telos Lab conducting research in the intersection of law, computer science, and complex systems. They are also a Fellow at the Bucerius Center for Legal Technology and Data Science, a Guest Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, and a Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance. Before joining Aalto University, they spent ten months as a Digital Futures Postdoctoral Fellow at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the Stockholm Resilience Center.

Corinna studied law at Bucerius Law School and Stanford Law School, completing their First State Exam in Hamburg in 2015. They obtained a PhD in law (Dr. iur., summa cum laude) from Bucerius Law School and a BSc in computer science from LMU Munich, both in 2018, as well as an MSc in computer science in 2020 and a PhD in computer science (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude) in 2023, both from Saarland University. Their legal dissertation was awarded the Bucerius Dissertation Award in 2018 and the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society in 2020, and their interdisciplinary research profile was recognized by the Caroline von Humboldt Prize for outstanding female junior scientists in 2022.

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