PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Florian Tramèr

Also known as Florian Tramer

Florian Tramèr is an assistant professor at ETH Zurich, where he heads the SPY Lab, which studies the security, privacy and trustworthiness of machine learning systems. He completed a PhD at Stanford under Dan Boneh and then spent one year at Google Brain. In 2016 he co-authored a paper on stealing machine learning models through prediction APIs, presented at USENIX Security. ICML named 'Stealing part of a production language model' a Best Paper in 2024, and he co-authored it. In June 2025 Snyk acquired Invariant Labs, a company he co-founded, and in 2026 USENIX Security gave a Test of Time Award for the paper.

Works
140

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Timeline

  1. 2015

    A master's degree from EPFL

    He completes a master's degree in computer science at EPFL in 2015 and is set to begin a PhD at Stanford University.

  2. 2016

    Stealing models through prediction APIs

    In 2016 he co-authors a paper on stealing machine learning models through prediction APIs, presented at USENIX Security. WIRED also cites him on how to hack and steal machine learning models.

  3. 2021

    A doctorate under Dan Boneh

    In 2021 he gives a talk on measuring and enhancing the security of machine learning while at Stanford. He receives his PhD under Dan Boneh and then spends one year at Google Brain.

  4. By 2022

    Assistant professor at ETH Zurich

    By 2022 he is an assistant professor at ETH Zurich.

  5. 2024

    An ICML Best Paper

    In 2024 ICML names 'Stealing part of a production language model' a Best Paper. He co-authors the paper.

  6. June 2025

    Snyk acquires Invariant Labs

    In June 2025 Snyk acquires Invariant Labs, a company that he helps found.

  7. 2026

    A USENIX Test of Time Award

    In 2026 USENIX Security gives its Test of Time Award for the paper that he co-authored.

  8. As of October 2026

    Heading the SPY Lab

    He is an assistant professor at ETH Zurich and heads the SPY Lab, which studies the security, privacy and trustworthiness of machine learning systems.

Sources and credits

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  1. Florian Tramèr | MLconf - The Machine Learning Conference mlconf.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Ari Juels receives USENIX Security Test of Time Award | Cornell Chronicle news.cornell.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. IC Alumnus Florian Tramèr in WIRED - EPFL actu.epfl.ch. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Florian Tramer Stanford University | CASA @ RUB casa.rub.de. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Florian Tramer - Foresight Institute foresight.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Adversarial Machine Learning Research with Florian Tramèr - ZK PODCAST zeroknowledge.fm. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. ICML 2024 Awards icml.cc. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Stealing part of a production language model proceedings.mlr.press. Checked 15 October 2026.
  9. Snyk Acquires Invariant Labs to Accelerate Agentic AI Security Innovation | Snyk snyk.io. Checked 15 October 2026.
  10. Florian Tramèr - Schmidt Sciences schmidtsciences.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  11. SPY Lab spylab.ai. Checked 15 October 2026.