Curriculum Vitae — Paul Pommer

Experience

Senior Research Engineer — Helmholtz Munich

since May 24 · Munich (DE)

  • Working on machine learning algorithms for representation learning at the Dynamical Inference Lab
  • Currently building core infrastructure for explainability research based on Sparse Autoencoders (SAEs)
  • Also interested in training transformer and dynamics models on brain data at scale

Lead Engineer — KI macht Schule

since Jun 21 · Berlin (DE), Munich (DE)

  • Building the Adaptive Intelligent System (AIS), an AI-powered digital teaching and learning environment
  • Built a PoC for hub.schule, an educational content platform built on top of Gitea
  • Developed and shipped the AI teaching platform kiwi.schule
  • Founded the Munich chapter of the initiative and established a strategic cooperation with Google

AI Consultant & Researcher — Deloitte

Apr 21 - Aug 22 · Munich (DE)

  • Contributed to applied AI and data projects alongside Deloitte's AI Institute
  • Developed and integrated full-stack solutions, including an Angular frontend and NLP backends
  • Implemented semantic search for legal documents using Haystack and Elasticsearch
  • Master's thesis on fairness in NLP, focusing on detecting and mitigating bias in language models

Transfer Pricing Consultant & Researcher — Deloitte

Apr 17 - Sep 19 · Munich (DE), Vienna (AT), Brussels (BE)

  • Worked on transfer pricing projects across multiple international Deloitte offices
  • Led internal trainings on SAP-based concepts for cross-border intercompany transactions
  • Conducted financial, economic, and IP valuation analyses for transfer pricing reports
  • Bachelor's thesis on Operational Transfer Pricing

Education

Master of Science (M.Sc.), Management & Technology — Technical University of Munich

2019 - 2022

Double major in Computer Science and Finance. Thesis: "Towards Fairness in NLP: Neural Methods for Flavor Detection and Bias Mitigation".

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Management & Technology — Technical University of Munich

2015 - 2019

Double major in Computer Science and Finance. Thesis: "A Data Model for the Determination, Adjustment, and Documentation of Transfer Prices".

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Architecture — Technical University of Munich

2014 - 2015

Volunteering

Course Instructor — KI macht Schule

Jun 2021 - Present

Teaching AI/ML fundamentals to high school students and educational concepts to teachers. Established the Munich chapter and initiated cooperation with Google.

Organist — Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern

Jan 2011 - Present

Playing the organ in services. Played a concert in Munich's largest Protestant church.

Certified Group Leader — EJE-Freizeiten e.V.

May 2023 - Nov 2025

Co-leading group activities and vacation camps for children aged 6 to 15. Completed the Juleica training for team-building, leadership, communication, and conflict management.

Contributor — BigScience Workshop

Sep 2022 - Apr 2023

Incorporated metadata into LLM pretraining to enhance zero-shot capabilities and controllability. Implemented a pipeline for perplexity evaluation on different types of metadata.

Project Manager — Kulturwald

Sep 2013 - Dec 2016

Classical music festival in the Bavarian forest. Co-managed concerts and artist communication.

Election Helper — Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg von Berlin

Feb 2023

Supported the elections to the Berlin House of Representatives and district assemblies. Deputy secretary jointly responsible for the electoral roll and the final record of results.