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Dariush Wahdany

> Researcher in Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning
> Research Associate at Helmholtz CISPA
> PhD Candidate at Freie Universität Berlin
> Founder of Nunc.immo
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About

// researcher & founder

I like doing new and useful things. Currently, that means:

  • researching how to make AI systems more private and trustworthy at Helmholtz CISPA
  • pursuing a PhD at Freie Universität Berlin
  • building an improved way to find rental apartments at Nunc.immo

Speaking

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I regularly speak about privacy-preserving ML, practical privacy engineering, and the intersection of AI and society. Recent topics include differential privacy in practice, private synthetic data generation, and secure ML systems.

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AI in Public Administration

OMNISECURE 2025

> Outlining the challenges and possibilities of using AI in public administration. Focus on privacy and black-box AI.

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Public Data Reuse Improves Private Imbalanced Transfer Learning

Google Research @ Munich

> Presented results from our AAAI-25 paper 'Differentially Private Prototypes for Imbalanced Transfer Learning'.

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AI Privacy in Practice

Cosmo Consult

> Presented practical applications of privacy-preserving AI techniques in real-world business scenarios.

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Private Synthetic Data for Medical Research

Health & Law Network Berlin

> Presented on the use of synthetic data generation techniques to protect patient privacy.

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Experience

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Researcher @ Helmholtz CISPA

Frontier research in privacy-preserving machine learning.

PhD Candidate @ Freie Universität Berlin

Pursuing doctoral research in privacy-preserving machine learning and their real-world applications.

Founder @ Nunc.immo

A startup focused on innovating the apartment search and rental process through technology and user-centric design.

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Researcher @ Fraunhofer AISEC

Conducting research in privacy-preserving machine learning and developing practical solutions for secure AI applications.

Research Associate @ CISPA Helmholtz Center

Led a research project on private machine learning for imbalanced transfer learning.

Consultant @ Umlaut Consulting

Automated data processing using Python, IEC61850 substation automation, cluster management, ISO9001 quality management.

Simulations Engineer @ Maon GmbH

Aggregated hydraulic power plants and modelled coupled power and heat (CPH) systems.

Working Student @ Siemens Healthineers

Product lifecycle management of electronics for medical devices.

Research Assistant @ IAEW RWTH Aachen

Assisted in various projects regarding the european energy market, processing using MATLAB.

Research Assistant @ Institute for Man-Machine Interaction RWTH Aachen

Supervision of students and examination of software projects.

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M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Technology @ RWTH Aachen

Specialized in electrical power systems and computer engineering.

M.T. End-to-End Learning @ TU Delft & RWTH Aachen

Developed ML models for renewable energy forecasting systems.