Pura Peetathawatchai

Bio

I am a Computer Science PhD student at ETH Zurich's Secure and Private AI (SPY) Lab, under the supervision of Prof. Florian Tramèr. My research focuses on the intersection of AI and computer security, with an emphasis on machine learning privacy, generative image models, and the evolving role of AI in the cybersecurity landscape. My broader interests include cryptography and how technology can be used to combat climate change and economic inequality.

I completed my Master’s in Computer Science at Stanford University, specializing in Computer and Network Security, though most of my research work was in the AI space. Notably, I did research at the Stanford Trustworthy AI Research (STAIR) Lab with Prof. Sanmi Koyejo, AI for Climate Change with Prof. Andrew Ng, and worked on Cybench—a benchmark for evaluating the cybersecurity capabilities and risks of language models—with Profs. Percy Liang, Dan Boneh, and Daniel E. Ho.

I received my undergraduate degree from Cornell University, where I double majored in Mathematics and Computer Science. At Cornell, I was advised by Prof. Joe Halpern and conducted research on post-quantum cryptography with Prof. Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. I was also a junior inductee into the Phi Beta Kappa honors society, an honor reserved for the top 3% of the graduating class.

I am from Bangkok, Thailand, but am currently based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Publications

^‡ indicates equal contribution.

Teaching

ETH Zurich (as TA)