About

Bio

Pauline Bourmeau is an independent security researcher specializing in the intersection of artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, and threat intelligence. She has consulted on multilingual natural language processing, led deep learning and NLP workshops, and created training materials blending STEM with human factors. As founder of DEFCON group Paris (DC11331) and contributor to the MISP project, she actively advances collaborative cybersecurity practices.

Previously, Pauline worked as a Threat Intelligence Analyst at Corexalys (Chapvision), contributing to the AIL Framework under a European research initiative and conducting OSINT, HUMINT, and SOCINT analysis to profile threats and investigate APTs. She holds a Master’s in Criminology (CNAM, 2024) with a thesis on cybersecurity intelligence sharing, and a background in sociolinguistics and computer science from Sorbonne and School 42. Her expertise bridges AI, linguistics, and human cognition, bringing a unique perspective to information security and intelligence challenges.

In the education sector, she served as a tutor at the University of Paris Descartes. She also taught French as a foreign language and literacy instruction to war refugees.

Pauline is also a paraclimber, a medal-winning athlete with a disability at the French Paraclimbing Championships.

Graduate Education

Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Criminology department

Ecole 42 Paris, Software engineering

Center for interdisciplinary research and innovation of Paris

Université Paris-Descartes, General Linguistics department

Université Paris-Tolbiac, Philosophy department.

Conferences

  • August 2018 Bsides Manchester BeerSide, On chip debugging with Openocd (ARM microcontroller programming)
  • October 2019 Luxembourg, Hack.Lu, Intro to hardware hacking, firmware extraction and analysis with opensource tools
  • February 2020 Berlin, OffensiveCon, firmware extraction with Saumil Shah ARM Exploit Lab
  • February 2020 Paris, DEFCON Group meetup, “I love Hardboxes”, OSINT for IoT & MISP workflow
  • November 2019 Vienna, Deepsec, Please, bias Me!
  • January 2020 Bsides Leeds (UK), More hardware hacking, firmware extraction and analysis with opensource tools
  • June 2020 Online, Pass The SALT 2020, keynote with Alexandre Dulaunoy “How FOSS can help human to keep their sanity during a pandemic crisis? building better open source projects”
  • October 2023 Budapest, Hacktivity, Natural Language Processing: A Hands-On Workshop
  • October 2023 Quebec, Hackfest, Natural Language Processing: A Hands-On Workshop
  • October 2023 HackLu, You can learn anything!
  • November 2023 Brest, Unlock your Brain, Natural language Processing: Hands-On Worhshop
  • March 2024 CyberFlorida, Florida US, Natural Language Processing for Cyber Threat Intelligence
  • April 2024 HackSpaceCon 2024, Florida US, Natural Language Processing with Deeplearning Workshop
  • May 2024 CONFidence, Poland, Natural Language Processing with Deeplearning Workshop
  • June 2024 PassTheSalt, France, Natural Language Processing (NLP) with Deeplearning Workshop
  • September 2024 BalCCon2k24, Serbia, NLP Labs introduction & intermediate levels
  • October 2024 NoHat, Italy NLP Lab: Applied Text-Mining to Cybersecurity
  • October 2024 Hacklu – wt William Robinet, Luxembourg, NLP deep-dive: Transformers for Text Mining and Text Generation in Cybersecurity
  • November 2024: UnlockYourBrain, Brest: NLP for Threat Intelligence
  • November 2024: Deepsec, Vienna: Human Factors in Information Sharing: Why We Share and Why We Don’t.
  • June 2025: Bsides Luxembourg: Practical Introduction to Deep Learning: Chihuahua vs Muffins Workshop
  • June 2025: Pass The Salt Lille (FR): Practical Introduction to Deep Learning workshop, MISP for analysts workshop
  • September 2025, HackerHalted, Atlanta, Georgia: AI vs Cybersecurity debate
  • October 2025, Hacklu, Luxembourg: Hack your brain, emotional intelligence for cybersecurity professionals
  • October 2025, Hacklu, Luxembourg: Introduction to Computer Vision with fastai
  • November 2025, Unlock your Brain, Brest: Introduction to Computer Vision with fastai

Projects