- PhD researcher in Computer Science and Technology
Anna Ida Hudig is a PhD candidate in Human-Centered Technology at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, supervised by Dr Jat Singh. Anna Ida is member of the Compliant and Accountable Systems Group https://www.compacctsys.net. Anna Ida's research focuses on human rights and accountability in digital infrastructures and algorithmic supply chains. She combines computer science with law and social sciences.
Public Procurement of Artificial Intelligence
Together with Emma Kallina, Anna is conducting research on how public procurement can serve as a mechanism for AI governance. Their earlier study, based on interviews with procurement professionals across the UK and EU, identified seven promising procurement practices to help align public sector AI systems with public values. Building on this work, the current phase of the project focuses on jointly evaluating and applying these procurement practices with public sector professionals. Through a series of interactive workshops across EU member states and the UK, the researchers aim to explore how these approaches can be put into practice to support responsible and value-aligned AI procurement.
Academic background
- PhD Candidate in Computer Science and Technology | University of Cambridge, current position
- Research Associate at the Department of Computer Science and Technology | University of Cambridge, 2021-2023
- MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development (graduated with distinction) | University of Cambridge, 2020
- BSc with a major in Artificial Intelligence | University of Amsterdam, 2018
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) | University of Amsterdam, 2017
Biography
Research
My research focuses on aligning digital technologies with human rights, accountability and transparency. Specifically, I work or have been working on projects about:
- Public Procurement as AI Governance Mechanism (in progress)
- Oversight Mechanisms in Digital Infrastructures (in progress)
- Data Rights and Transparency in Smart Consumer Devices / Internet of Things (finalised)
- Data Transparency and Control in Fertility Tracking (finalised)
Teaching
Supervisor of undergraduate computer science students in:
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Interaction Design (Part IA CST)
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Economics, Law and Ethics (Part IB CST)
Guest lecturer at the MSt Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
Professional Activities
Publications
Hudig, A.I. and Singh, J. 2026. Transparency and Digital Governance: How Oversight Bodies Access Information, What Hinders Them, and How They Respond. In The 2026 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT ’26), June 25–28, 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 24 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3805689.3806741
Hudig, A.I.*, Kallina, E.M.*, & Singh, J. (2026). “It’s Just a Wild, Wild West”: Harnessing Public Procurement as an AI Governance Mechanism. In Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’26), April 13–17, 2026, Barcelona, Spain. ACM, New York, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3791968.
Hudig, A.I, Mandalari, A.M., Norval, C., Haddadi, H., Binns, R., and Singh, J. (2025). Rights Out of Sight: Data Practices and Transparency Gaps in Smart Consumer IoT Ecosystems. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2260–2273. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715275.3732154.
Hudig, A.I. & Singh, J. (2025). Intimate Data Sharing: Enhancing Transparency and Control in Fertility Tracking, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’25), April 26–May 01, 2025, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.
Hudig, A.I., Norval, C. & Singh, J. (2023). Data rights in the consumer Internet of Things, International Conference on AI and the Digital Economy (CADE 2023), Hybrid Conference, Venice, Italy, pp. 25-30, doi: 10.1049/icp.2023.2560.
Hudig, A.I., Norval, C. & Singh, J. (2023). Transparency in the Consumer Internet of Things: Data Rights and Data Flows [Research Report]. This project was funded by a grant from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The report can be found here: https://iot-transparency.org
Hudig, A.I. (2023, June). Transparency in the Consumer Internet of Things [seminar]. Seminar Series on Challenges for a Cyber-Physical World. Institute for Cyber Security, University of New South Wales. Available at: https://allenshub.unsw.edu.au/events/transparency-consumer-internet-things.
Hudig, A.I. (2023, April). What happens with our data in the Internet of Things? [presentation] Oxbridge Women in Computer Science Conference 2023.
