Ben Hermann
Professor For Secure Software Engineering at Universität Stuttgart
Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolBen Hermann is a professor for secure software engineering with over a decade of experience applying static analysis to harden Java, Android, and C/C++ applications. He blends academic research and teaching with hands-on engineering, co-authoring frameworks such as the LLVM-based phasar project where he enhanced plugin flexibility and usability. His career spans roles from chief architect in industry to senior research positions and interim professorships, reflecting a deep practical grasp of turning program-analysis theory into usable tooling. Based in Germany, he mentors the next generation of security-minded engineers while continuing to push improvements in analysis infrastructure and build reproducible, production-ready research artifacts.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Technischen Universität Darmstadt
German, English, Japanese
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Github Skills (7)
c-language10
static-analysis10
cprogramming-language10
llvm10
program-analysis10
boost9
cmake9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
secure-software-engineering/phasar
Sep 2017 - Jun 2018
A LLVM-based static analysis framework.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:43 commits, 17 pushes, 1 comment in 9 months
Contributions summary:Ben focused on enhancing the `phasar` framework's capabilities. They introduced conditional compilation for plugin mechanisms, enabling more flexible analysis configurations. Furthermore, the user restructured command-line options for improved usability and added basic structural improvements to the project, including code related to LLVM and the analysis framework. This included modifications in core files.
llvmstatic-analysisprogram-analysisdata-flow-analysisc
bhermann/bhermann.github.io
Jun 2021 - Jan 2026
Contributions:45 pushes in 4 years 7 months
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