hessian.AI Co-Director Professor Mira Mezini Elected as Member of Leopoldina
Professor Mira Mezini, head of the Software Technology research group in the Department of Computer Science at TU Darmstadt and founding Co-Director of hessian.AI, has been elected as a member of the Leopoldina, one of the oldest scientific academies in the world, by its presidency into the National Academy of Sciences. This appointment is considered one of the highest honors in the scientific field. As a member of the Leopoldina, she belongs to the field of information sciences.
At the Technical University of Darmstadt, Mezini holds a LOEWE Excellence Professorship in computer science and leads the Software Technology Group within the Department of Computer Science. Additionally, she is the founding co-director of hessian.AI, the Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence, and a member of the board of the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE.
Mezini’s research focuses on programming languages and software engineering, and she is among the pioneers in the application of machine learning techniques for the automatic completion of programs. In her role as a LOEWE Excellence Professor, she emphasizes the research of programming foundations for the development of reliable and trustworthy decentralized interactive learning software systems.
Her research has received several awards, including a prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council in 2012. She has been a member of the German Academy of Engineering Sciences (acatech) since 2016 and a member of Academia Europea since 2024. In 2024, Mira Mezini was appointed an ACM Fellow, one of the most prestigious awards in computer science globally. This recognition underscores her outstanding international reputation and affirms her position in the global elite of computer science research.
Founded in 1652, the Leopoldina is the oldest scientific academy in the world and was declared the National Academy of Sciences in Germany in 2008. It advises politics and the public on scientific matters, establishes commissions, and represents German science in international bodies. The academy appoints scientists who have made significant contributions to science and society through their outstanding research achievements. Former members include renowned figures such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alexander von Humboldt, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, and Werner Heisenberg.
