Fellows

DSI Fellows are researchers from universities around the world who work with a DSI Community. The DSI Fellowship Program aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration on all issues related to the impact of the digital transformation.

Dr. María Vasquez Callo-Müller will work as a Fellow of the DSI Community AI & Laq from May to December 2026.

María is a legal academic and expert consultant specialising in digital trade, intellectual property, and AI governance. As a DSI Fellow of the DSI Community AI & Law, she brings extensive experience advising governments and international organisations on digital trade and data policy, including the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Policy Support Unit, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ). She is the author of Intellectual Property in the Age of AI: Data, Copyright and Trade Secrets (Edward Elgar, 2026). María holds a PhD in Law from the University of Bern, an LL.M. from the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Munich), and a Master of Advanced Studies in International Law and Economics from the World Trade Institute, University of Bern. She is admitted to practice law in Peru.

During her time at the DSI, María will research digital trade in the context of AI. The current digital trade framework – largely reflected in trade agreements – risks becoming insufficient as societies and economies adapt to the AI era and governments shift toward a more securitised geopolitical landscape. Her research situates digital trade at the intersection of AI-driven technological change and current geopolitical dynamics, aiming to contribute to policy discussions on how digital trade frameworks can remain effective and adaptive. 

Matthew Wright, PhD, will give a keynote speech on November 12, 2026, as a fellow of the DSI Community Cybersecurity.

Matthew Wright, PhD, is the Kevin O’Sullivan Professor and Chair of Cybersecurity at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Dr. Wright has co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, including papers published in leading venues such as IEEE S&P («Oakland»), CCS, USENIX Security, NDSS, ACM CHI, and numerous IEEE and ACM Transactions. He received an NSF CAREER Award in 2010 and has served as Principal Investigator on externally funded projects totaling $5.8 million.

Intelligence analysts, journalists, and forensic experts must quickly and accurately examine and report on information across multiple modalities, including video, audio, and images. With the rise of Generative AI, these professionals face unprecedented challenges and require effective, reliable, and explainable tools for media detection and analysis.

This work explores their requirements for deepfake detection tools and explainability features through studies involving 30 U.S.-based intelligence analysts, 24 U.S. journalists, and 11 Bangladeshi journalists. We find that these professionals need an all-in-one tool for media forensics and propose an ontology-based approach to creating a navigable user interface for such a tool.

Here you find an overview of former Fellows.