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Associate Professor in Computer Security at the University of Birmingham and Tech Lead for AI Verification at the Singapore AI Safety Hub (SASH). Research focuses on verifiable AI safety, zero-knowledge proofs, and privacy.

Contact Information

Name Pascal Berrang
Email contact@paberr.net

Experience

  • 2026 -

    Munich, Germany

    Tech Lead – AI Verification
    Singapore AI Safety Hub (SASH)
    Leading SASH’s technical work on AI verification.
  • 2024 -

    Birmingham, UK

    Associate Professor in Computer Security
    University of Birmingham
    Creator of an ARIA-funded research program on privacy-preserving AI safety verification, applying cryptographic techniques such as zero-knowledge proofs to enable verifiable guarantees in AI systems.
  • 2020 - 2024

    Birmingham, UK

    Assistant Professor in Computer Security
    University of Birmingham
  • 2026 -

    Birmingham, UK

    Associate Member
    Zeroth Research
  • 2025 - 2026

    Birmingham, UK

    Co-Founder & CTO
    Zeroth Research
    Non-profit making intelligent systems safe, with mathematical certainty.
  • 2017 -

    Munich, Germany

    Founder & Consultant
    Independent Security Consulting
    Independent consulting and research in security, privacy, and blockchain systems.
    • timefonds AG (2021–2026): Threat modelling, architecture review, and support for ISO 27001 certification.
    • OpenRedact (2019–2020): Open-source anonymization tool funded by the Prototype Fund; designed and implemented core privacy mechanisms.
  • 2017 - 2026

    Munich, Germany

    Researcher
    Nimiq
    Recursive zk-SNARKs and consensus protocols — the origin of my zero-knowledge work.
    • Board member of the Nimiq Foundation (2019–2026).
  • 2014 - 2018

    Saarbrücken, Germany

    Researcher in IT Security & Privacy (PhD)
    CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security

Education

  • 2014 - 2018

    Saarbrücken, Germany

    Dr.-Ing. (PhD)
    Saarland University
    Computer Science
    • Thesis: Quantifying and Mitigating Privacy Risks in Biomedical Data
  • 2013 - 2014

    Saarbrücken, Germany

    Preparatory Phase
    Saarland University, Graduate School
    Computer Science
  • 2010 - 2013

    Saarbrücken, Germany

    B.S.
    Saarland University
    Computer Science

Awards

  • 2019
    Dr. Eduard Martin-Award
    Saarland University

    Best PhD thesis in the category of mathematics and computer science.

  • 2019
    Distinguished Paper Award
    Network and Distributed Security Symposium (NDSS'19)

    For the paper MBeacon: Privacy-Preserving Beacons for DNA Methylation Data.

  • 2019
    Nomination: Deutscher Studienpreis
    Körber Stiftung

    One of 10 nominees for the excellent thesis award.

  • 2019
    Nomination: GI-Dissertationspreis
    German Informatics Society

    One of 28 nominees for the excellent thesis award.

  • 2013
    Graduate Scholarship
    Saarland University
  • 2012
    Deutschlandstipendium
    Germany Scholarship
  • 2011
    Saarland Scholarship
    Studienstiftung Saar

Languages

German : Native speaker
English : Fluent