About

Corban is a first-year PhD student at UC Berkeley, working with Professor Raluca Ada Popa on AI for security and security for AI. He founded the Berkeley Vulnerability Initiative, and co-organizes the UC Berkeley Security Seminar.

Corban completed his undergraduate at New York University studying computer science and working with Professor Christina Pöpper and Professor Michail Maniatakos.

Recently

• May 27th, 2026: Launched the Berkeley Vulnerability Initiative.
• August 27th, 2025: I am excited to begin my PhD at UC Berkeley this Fall as a Chancellor's Fellowship recipient!
• August 13th, 2025: I am presenting my first USENIX Security Paper.
• May 22nd, 2025: I completed my undergradate at NYU, and was honored to receive the annual Piano Prize.
• February 24th, 2025: I presented my first first-author research paper at NDSS 2025.
• September 9th, 2024: Officially disclosed my first vulnerability. 🥳
• July 15th, 2024: Attended PETS 2024 with Shujaat Mirza to introduce our new privacy paper. We were honored to be named a runner-up for the Andreas Pfitzmann Best Student Paper Award!
• August 14th, 2023: Loving the talks this year at the DEFCON AI Village.